Chapter 12 Quiz

A  Later relationship stability 

B  High academic achievement 

C  Depression

D  Delinquency and drug use 

A  Peer status 

B  Compatibly 

C  Affection

D  Companionship

A  Often interfere with identity development 

B  Help young people deal with stress 

C  Contribute to a rise in depression

D  Are tightly structured and exclusive

A  Social networking 

B  Cell-phone texting 

C  Cell calling

D  Instant messaging

A  Intimacy

B  Shared interests and activities 

C  Shared attitudes and values

D  Self-disclosure 

A  More intense in negative feelings

B  More important to the teen, but more strained 

C  More intense in positive feelings

D  Less intense in both positive and negative feelings 

A  Genes can induce depression by affecting the balance of neurotransmitters in the brain

B  Heredity plays only a minor role in depression

C  Late-maturing girls are especially prone to depressions

D  Biological changes associated with puberty explain why girls are more prone to depression than boys

A  Twice

B  Just

C  Not

D  Three times

A  Anxiety 

B  Depression

C  An identity crisis

D  A citation C deficiency 

A  It is nearly impossible to prevent adolescent suicide, as teenagers rarely exhibit warning signs around adults 

B  Parents and teachers must be trained to pick up on the signals that a troubled teenager sends

C  Parents should not be concerned about teenagers’ commenting, “I wish i were dead,” because adolescents are overly dramatic

D  Gun-control legislation that restricts the availability of firearms to adolescents has little impact on suicide rates

A  Highly intelligence teens rarely commit suicide

B   Few suicidal adolescents have a family history of emotional problems 

C   Gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths are at lower risk for suicide 

D  Suicidal adolescents are likely to have experienced multiple stressful life events 

A  Girls account for about one in three adolescent arrests for violence 

B  Families of delinquent youths tend to be low in warmth, high in conflict and characterized by harsh, inconsistent discipline and low monitoring

C   Teenagers tend to commit crimes in high SES neighborhoods where parents are more likely to be absent after school and in early evening

D  SES and ethnicity are strongly related to teenagers’ self reports of antisocial acts

A   Shonna, who was first arrested at age 15 when she fell in with the wrong crowd

B  David, who first displayed antisocial behavior around puberty

C  Doug, who first showed signs of physical aggression at age 3

D  Lana who was arrested three times in high school but it is now doing well in college

A  More readily achieve a mature, harmonious relationship with their teenagers

B  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

C  Have an easier time adapting to their teenagers’ push for autonomy 

D  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers daily activities

A  Have an easier time adapting to their teenagers’ push for autonomy 

B  More readily achieve a mature, harmonious relationship with their teenagers

C  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers’ daily activities 

D  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

A  Androgynous; boys

B  Feminine; girls

C  Androgynous; girls

D  Masculine; boys

A  Everyday moral judgements are practical tools that people use to achieve their goals

B  Gilligan’s theory provides a more accurate account of moral reasoning than Kohlberg’s theory

C  Everyday moral judgements are efforts to arrive at just solutions

D  Kohlberg’s stage sequence adequately accounts for morality in everyday life

A   Is less advanced in moral reasoning

B  Engages in less misconduct, but is less academically responsible 

C  Uses more alcohol, but does not use drugs

D  Is more involved in community service activities aimed at helping the less fortunate

A  Church attendance becomes a major source of parent-child conflict 

B  Formal religious involvement tends to increase

C  Most young people reject the idea of a “higher being”

D  Formal religious involvement tends to decline

A  An authoritarian

B  A diffuse-avoidant cognitive style

C  A permissive child-rearing style

D  Inductive discipline

A  Strong

B  Very strong

C  Modest

D  Weak

A  Justice 

B  Other-directed

C  Private conscience

D  Level of

A  Peers of the same ethnicity

B  Peers of the same race

C   Peers who present differing viewpoints

D  Like minded peers

A  Thom will say that the exclusion is always unfair

B  Timmy will say that the exclusion is acceptable under certain circumstances

C  Timmy will say that the exclusion is always acceptable

D  Thom will say that the exclusion is acceptable under certain circumstances

A  Measuring an “ethic’ of care” is too difficult to be reliable 

B  The results are too inconclusive to reach consensus 

C  Most have used invalid measures

D  Most do not support her contention

A  4

B  3

C  5

D  6

A  Post-conventional

B  Pre-conventional

C  Conventional 

D  Universal ethnical 

A  Interviewing parents about how their children would behave under a variety of circumstances

B  Using puppets to act our misbehavior and then asking children to explain why the puppet was wrong

C  Presenting children and adults with moral dilemmas, and asking them what the main actor should do and why

D  Observing his own children in situations where they were tempted to something they knew was wrong

A  Bicultural identity

B  Identity diffusion

C  Acculturative stress

D  Ethnic identity 

A   Moratorium

B  Achievement 

C  Foreclosure

D   Diffusion

A   Delayed

B  Diffused 

C  Foreclosed

D  Achieved 

A  Foreclosure

B  Moratorium

C  Achievement 

D  Diffusion

A   Achievement 

B  Moratorium 

C  Foreclosure

D  Diffusion

A  Uninvolved 

B  Permissive

C  Authoritative

D  Authoritarian 

A  Declines

B  Fluctuates a great deal

C  Rises

D  Declines

A  I am not all that smart. I try really hard, but i can never seem to remember all of the details for the test

B  I’m talkative around friends, who really listen to me, but at home, i clam up because no one really hears me

C  I am usually pretty honest, but sometimes I cheat on my homework 

D  I am good athlete, I play three sports: soccer, tennis, and wrestling. It is hard to get my homework done

A  Exploration followed by commitment 

B  An identity crisis and a resolution 

C  Experimentation and error

D  Forming an ideal self 

A  Role confusion 

B  Isolation

C  Mistrust 

D  Inferiority

A   Adopting his parents’ values as his own 

B  Constructing his identity

C  Considering a moral dilemma

D  Building his self esteem

A  Intimacy

B  Trust

C  Autonomy

D  Identity