Quiz 6

A  women more than men.

B  men more than women.

C  women more than older men but less than younger men.

D  men and women equally.

A  prejudice and poverty.

B  the lack of clear rites of passage.

C  hostility and assimilation.

D  diversity and difference.

A  Hormones

B  Carbohydrates

C  Phospholipids

D  Neurotransmitters

A  homicide; gang activity

B  unintentional injuries; motor vehicle accidents

C  suicide; alcohol

D  a chronic disease; cancer

A  The largest increases in media use in early adolescence involved listening to music.

B  Media use jumps more than 3 hours in early adolescence.

C  Eight- to eleven-year-olds used media an average of 8 hours and 40 minutes a day.

D  Adolescents seldom engage in media multitasking.

A  exploration

B  moratorium

C  foreclosure

D  commitment

A  motor vehicle accidents.

B  homicide.

C  sports-related injuries.

D  firearms.

A  declining abstract thought and emotional maturation during late adolescence involving neural and synaptic development in the brain.

B  rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that occur primarily during early adolescence.

C  declining gross motor development during late childhood due to the maturation of the temporal and parietal lobes.

D  rapid psychological and emotional maturation that lasts through adolescence and is a product of enhanced cognitive development.

A  cease to emphasize educational success.

B  engage in less parental monitoring and control.

C  discourage his son from making more friends at school.

D  have family dinners most nights of the week.

A  career choice dilemmas.

B  juvenile delinquency.

C  peer-related problems.

D  family problems.

A  phone calls

B  instant messaging

C  text messaging

D  e-mail

A  using rotation model for the students in high school

B  facilitating and emphasizing peer learning

C  enrolling the students only in a community-based education and reducing parental monitoring

D  providing early intervention for reading problems, tutoring, counseling, and mentoring

A  develop abnormal female physical characteristics.

B  develop abnormal male physical characteristics.

C  be depressed and show extreme behavior.

D  undergo normal pubertal changes.

A  when given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep an average of 7 hours a night.

B  early school starting times are conducive to the sleep patterns of older adolescents but not to those of younger adolescents.

C  older adolescents tend to be sleepier during the day than younger adolescents.

D  adolescents being sleepy during the day was a result of academic work and social pressures.

A  identity foreclosure

B  identity moratorium

C  identity achievement

D  identity diffusion

A  100

B  40

C  20

D  60

A  68

B  84

C  75

D  56

A  identity diffusion

B  identity confusion

C  identity moratorium

D  unresolved identity

A  higher than average height

B  higher than average body weight

C  a distorted image of their body shape

D  a constant need to consume food

A  crisis

B  conscientiousness

C  commitment

D  calling

A  multiplicative

B  additive

C  bicultural

D  monocultural

A  awareness

B  gloss

C  identity

D  pride

A  sizeable decline.

B  significant increase.

C  insignificant change.

D  mild increase.

A  in low-income areas of inner cities.

B  among Asian American adolescents.

C  in high-income areas of the suburbs.

D  among adolescents in the 13- to 15-year age group.

A  G. Stanley Hall

B  Jean Piaget

C  Daniel Offer

D  Anna Freud

A  early to middle adolescent years

B  emerging adulthood

C  childhood

D  late adulthood

A  Japan

B  Switzerland

C  the United Kingdom

D  the United States

A  identity versus identity confusion

B  initiative versus guilt

C  autonomy versus shame and doubt

D  intimacy versus isolation