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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A High academic achievement
B Delinquency and drug use
C Later relationship stability
D Depression
Question #2
A Peer status
B Affection
C Compatibly
D Companionship
Question #3
A Contribute to a rise in depression
B Often interfere with identity development
C Help young people deal with stress
D Are tightly structured and exclusive
Question #4
A Instant messaging
B Cell-phone texting
C Social networking
D Cell calling
Question #5
A Shared attitudes and values
B Shared interests and activities
C Self-disclosure
D Intimacy
Question #6
A More important to the teen, but more strained
B More intense in negative feelings
C Less intense in both positive and negative feelings
D More intense in positive feelings
Question #7
A Genes can induce depression by affecting the balance of neurotransmitters in the brain
B Heredity plays only a minor role in depression
C Biological changes associated with puberty explain why girls are more prone to depression than boys
D Late-maturing girls are especially prone to depressions
Question #8
A Not
B Just
C Twice
D Three times
Question #9
A An identity crisis
B Anxiety
C A citation C deficiency
D Depression
Question #10
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
Question #11
A Few suicidal adolescents have a family history of emotional problems
B Gay, lesbian, and bisexual youths are at lower risk for suicide
C Suicidal adolescents are likely to have experienced multiple stressful life events
D Highly intelligence teens rarely commit suicide
Question #12
A SES and ethnicity are strongly related to teenagers’ self reports of antisocial acts
B Girls account for about one in three adolescent arrests for violence
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 Families of delinquent youths tend to be low in warmth, high in conflict and characterized by harsh, inconsistent discipline and low monitoring
Question #13
A Doug, who first showed signs of physical aggression at age 3
B David, who first displayed antisocial behavior around puberty
C Lana who was arrested three times in high school but it is now doing well in college
D Shonna, who was first arrested at age 15 when she fell in with the wrong crowd
Question #14
A Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement
B Are less likely to monitor their teenagers daily activities
C Have an easier time adapting to their teenagers’ push for autonomy
D More readily achieve a mature, harmonious relationship with their teenagers
Question #15
A Are less likely to monitor their teenagers’ daily activities
B More readily achieve a mature, harmonious relationship with their teenagers
C Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement
D Have an easier time adapting to their teenagers’ push for autonomy
Question #16
A Feminine; girls
B Androgynous; girls
C Masculine; boys
D Androgynous; boys
Question #17
A Everyday moral judgements are efforts to arrive at just solutions
B Kohlberg’s stage sequence adequately accounts for morality in everyday life
C Gilligan’s theory provides a more accurate account of moral reasoning than Kohlberg’s theory
D Everyday moral judgements are practical tools that people use to achieve their goals
Question #18
A Is more involved in community service activities aimed at helping the less fortunate
B Uses more alcohol, but does not use drugs
C Is less advanced in moral reasoning
D Engages in less misconduct, but is less academically responsible
Question #19
A Most young people reject the idea of a “higher being”
B Formal religious involvement tends to decline
C Church attendance becomes a major source of parent-child conflict
D Formal religious involvement tends to increase
Question #20
A Inductive discipline
B A diffuse-avoidant cognitive style
C An authoritarian
D A permissive child-rearing style
Question #21
A Weak
B Strong
C Modest
D Very strong
Question #22
A Level of
B Justice
C Private conscience
D Other-directed
Question #23
A Peers who present differing viewpoints
B Peers of the same ethnicity
C Like minded peers
D Peers of the same race
Question #24
A Timmy will say that the exclusion is acceptable under certain circumstances
B Thom will say that the exclusion is always unfair
C Thom will say that the exclusion is acceptable under certain circumstances
D Timmy will say that the exclusion is always acceptable
Question #25
A The results are too inconclusive to reach consensus
B Most have used invalid measures
C Measuring an “ethic’ of care” is too difficult to be reliable
D Most do not support her contention
Question #26
A 5
B 3
C 4
D 6
Question #27
A Conventional
B Post-conventional
C Universal ethnical
D Pre-conventional
Question #28
A Observing his own children in situations where they were tempted to something they knew was wrong
B Using puppets to act our misbehavior and then asking children to explain why the puppet was wrong
C Interviewing parents about how their children would behave under a variety of circumstances
D Presenting children and adults with moral dilemmas, and asking them what the main actor should do and why
Question #29
A Bicultural identity
B Ethnic identity
C Identity diffusion
D Acculturative stress
Question #30
A Achievement
B Moratorium
C Foreclosure
D Diffusion
Question #31
A Foreclosed
B Achieved
C Diffused
D Delayed
Question #32
A Foreclosure
B Achievement
C Diffusion
D Moratorium
Question #33
A Moratorium
B Diffusion
C Foreclosure
D Achievement
Question #34
A Uninvolved
B Permissive
C Authoritarian
D Authoritative
Question #35
A Fluctuates a great deal
B Declines
C Rises
D Declines
Question #36
A I am usually pretty honest, but sometimes I cheat on my homework
B I am good athlete, I play three sports: soccer, tennis, and wrestling. It is hard to get my homework done
C I am not all that smart. I try really hard, but i can never seem to remember all of the details for the test
D I’m talkative around friends, who really listen to me, but at home, i clam up because no one really hears me
Question #37
A Forming an ideal self
B An identity crisis and a resolution
C Experimentation and error
D Exploration followed by commitment
Question #38
A Isolation
B Inferiority
C Role confusion
D Mistrust
Question #39
A Considering a moral dilemma
B Building his self esteem
C Constructing his identity
D Adopting his parents’ values as his own
Question #40
A Intimacy
B Trust
C Identity
D Autonomy