Chapter 12 Quiz

A  Later relationship stability 

B  Delinquency and drug use 

C  Depression

D  High academic achievement 

A  Companionship

B  Peer status 

C  Compatibly 

D  Affection

A  Often interfere with identity development 

B  Contribute to a rise in depression

C  Help young people deal with stress 

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 important to the teen, but more strained 

B  More intense in positive feelings

C  More intense in negative 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  Late-maturing girls are especially prone to depressions

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

D  Heredity plays only a minor role in depression

A  Just

B  Not

C  Twice

D  Three times

A  Depression

B  Anxiety 

C  A citation C deficiency 

D  An identity crisis

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  Highly intelligence teens rarely commit suicide

D   Few suicidal adolescents have a family history of emotional problems 

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

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

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

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

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

B  David, who first displayed antisocial behavior around puberty

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

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

A  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers daily activities

B  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

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

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

A  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers’ daily activities 

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

C  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

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

A  Androgynous; boys

B  Androgynous; girls

C  Masculine; boys

D  Feminine; girls

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

B  Everyday moral judgements are efforts to arrive at just solutions

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

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

A   Is less advanced in moral reasoning

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

C  Engages in less misconduct, but is less academically responsible 

D  Uses more alcohol, but does not use drugs

A  Formal religious involvement tends to increase

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

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

D  Formal religious involvement tends to decline

A  A diffuse-avoidant cognitive style

B  A permissive child-rearing style

C  Inductive discipline

D  An authoritarian

A  Modest

B  Very strong

C  Strong

D  Weak

A  Other-directed

B  Private conscience

C  Justice 

D  Level of

A  Peers of the same ethnicity

B   Peers who present differing viewpoints

C  Like minded peers

D  Peers of the same race

A  Timmy will say that the exclusion is always acceptable

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

C  Thom will say that the exclusion is always unfair

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

A  Most have used invalid measures

B  Most do not support her contention

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

D  The results are too inconclusive to reach consensus 

A  5

B  3

C  4

D  6

A  Pre-conventional

B  Post-conventional

C  Universal ethnical 

D  Conventional 

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

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

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

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

A  Identity diffusion

B  Bicultural identity

C  Acculturative stress

D  Ethnic identity 

A   Diffusion

B  Foreclosure

C   Moratorium

D  Achievement 

A  Foreclosed

B  Diffused 

C   Delayed

D  Achieved 

A  Diffusion

B  Foreclosure

C  Moratorium

D  Achievement 

A  Moratorium 

B   Achievement 

C  Foreclosure

D  Diffusion

A  Authoritative

B  Permissive

C  Authoritarian 

D  Uninvolved 

A  Declines

B  Declines

C  Fluctuates a great deal

D  Rises

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

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

A  An identity crisis and a resolution 

B  Forming an ideal self 

C  Experimentation and error

D  Exploration followed by commitment 

A  Isolation

B  Mistrust 

C  Role confusion 

D  Inferiority

A  Building his self esteem

B  Considering a moral dilemma

C  Constructing his identity

D   Adopting his parents’ values as his own 

A  Autonomy

B  Intimacy

C  Trust

D  Identity