Chapter 12 Quiz

A  High academic achievement 

B  Depression

C  Delinquency and drug use 

D  Later relationship stability 

A  Companionship

B  Compatibly 

C  Peer status 

D  Affection

A  Help young people deal with stress 

B  Are tightly structured and exclusive

C  Often interfere with identity development 

D  Contribute to a rise in depression

A  Instant messaging

B  Cell-phone texting 

C  Cell calling

D  Social networking 

A  Shared interests and activities 

B  Self-disclosure 

C  Intimacy

D  Shared attitudes and values

A  Less intense in both positive and negative feelings 

B  More intense in positive feelings

C  More intense in negative feelings

D  More important to the teen, but more strained 

A  Late-maturing girls are especially prone to depressions

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

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

D  Heredity plays only a minor role in depression

A  Not

B  Twice

C  Just

D  Three times

A  Anxiety 

B  A citation C deficiency 

C  Depression

D  An identity crisis

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  David, who first displayed antisocial behavior around puberty

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

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

B  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers daily activities

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

D  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

A  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers’ daily activities 

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

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

D  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

A  Androgynous; girls

B  Feminine; girls

C  Masculine; boys

D  Androgynous; boys

A  Everyday moral judgements are efforts to arrive at just solutions

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

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

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

A  Uses more alcohol, but does not use drugs

B  Engages in less misconduct, but is less academically responsible 

C   Is less advanced in moral reasoning

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

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

B  Formal religious involvement tends to increase

C  Formal religious involvement tends to decline

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

A  Inductive discipline

B  A diffuse-avoidant cognitive style

C  An authoritarian

D  A permissive child-rearing style

A  Modest

B  Strong

C  Weak

D  Very strong

A  Other-directed

B  Level of

C  Justice 

D  Private conscience

A  Peers of the same ethnicity

B   Peers who present differing viewpoints

C  Peers of the same race

D  Like minded peers

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

B  Thom will say that the exclusion is always unfair

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

D  Timmy will say that the exclusion is always acceptable

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  4

C  3

D  6

A  Pre-conventional

B  Universal ethnical 

C  Conventional 

D  Post-conventional

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

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

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

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

A  Identity diffusion

B  Bicultural identity

C  Ethnic identity 

D  Acculturative stress

A  Achievement 

B   Moratorium

C   Diffusion

D  Foreclosure

A   Delayed

B  Foreclosed

C  Achieved 

D  Diffused 

A  Moratorium

B  Diffusion

C  Achievement 

D  Foreclosure

A   Achievement 

B  Foreclosure

C  Diffusion

D  Moratorium 

A  Uninvolved 

B  Authoritarian 

C  Authoritative

D  Permissive

A  Declines

B  Fluctuates a great deal

C  Rises

D  Declines

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

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

A  Exploration followed by commitment 

B  Forming an ideal self 

C  Experimentation and error

D  An identity crisis and a resolution 

A  Inferiority

B  Mistrust 

C  Role confusion 

D  Isolation

A  Considering a moral dilemma

B  Building his self esteem

C  Constructing his identity

D   Adopting his parents’ values as his own 

A  Autonomy

B  Trust

C  Intimacy

D  Identity