Chapter 12 Quiz

A  Later relationship stability 

B  Delinquency and drug use 

C  Depression

D  High academic achievement 

A  Compatibly 

B  Affection

C  Companionship

D  Peer status 

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

A  Cell-phone texting 

B  Social networking 

C  Cell calling

D  Instant messaging

A  Intimacy

B  Self-disclosure 

C  Shared interests and activities 

D  Shared attitudes and values

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

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

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

C  Heredity plays only a minor role in depression

D  Late-maturing girls are especially prone to depressions

A  Just

B  Three times

C  Not

D  Twice

A  An identity crisis

B  Depression

C  Anxiety 

D  A citation C deficiency 

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  Highly intelligence teens rarely commit suicide

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

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

D   Few suicidal adolescents have a family history of emotional problems 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D  David, who first displayed antisocial behavior around puberty

A  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

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

C  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers daily activities

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

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

B  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers’ daily activities 

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

D  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

A  Feminine; girls

B  Masculine; boys

C  Androgynous; boys

D  Androgynous; girls

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

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

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

B  Engages in less misconduct, but is less academically responsible 

C   Is less advanced in moral reasoning

D  Uses more alcohol, but does not use drugs

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

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

C  Formal religious involvement tends to decline

D  Formal religious involvement tends to increase

A  A diffuse-avoidant cognitive style

B  An authoritarian

C  Inductive discipline

D  A permissive child-rearing style

A  Strong

B  Weak

C  Very strong

D  Modest

A  Private conscience

B  Other-directed

C  Level of

D  Justice 

A  Peers of the same race

B  Like minded peers

C  Peers of the same ethnicity

D   Peers who present differing viewpoints

A  Thom will say that the exclusion is always unfair

B  Timmy will say that the exclusion is always acceptable

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

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

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

B  Most have used invalid measures

C  Most do not support her contention

D  The results are too inconclusive to reach consensus 

A  3

B  5

C  4

D  6

A  Universal ethnical 

B  Pre-conventional

C  Post-conventional

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  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

A  Ethnic identity 

B  Bicultural identity

C  Identity diffusion

D  Acculturative stress

A   Diffusion

B  Achievement 

C   Moratorium

D  Foreclosure

A  Diffused 

B  Achieved 

C   Delayed

D  Foreclosed

A  Diffusion

B  Moratorium

C  Foreclosure

D  Achievement 

A  Diffusion

B   Achievement 

C  Moratorium 

D  Foreclosure

A  Authoritative

B  Uninvolved 

C  Permissive

D  Authoritarian 

A  Rises

B  Fluctuates a great deal

C  Declines

D  Declines

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

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

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

A  An identity crisis and a resolution 

B  Exploration followed by commitment 

C  Experimentation and error

D  Forming an ideal self 

A  Inferiority

B  Mistrust 

C  Isolation

D  Role confusion 

A  Constructing his identity

B   Adopting his parents’ values as his own 

C  Building his self esteem

D  Considering a moral dilemma

A  Identity 

B  Intimacy

C  Autonomy

D  Trust