Chapter 12 Quiz

A  Delinquency and drug use 

B  High academic achievement 

C  Later relationship stability 

D  Depression

A  Peer status 

B  Compatibly 

C  Companionship

D  Affection

A  Help young people deal with stress 

B  Often interfere with identity development 

C  Are tightly structured and exclusive

D  Contribute to a rise in depression

A  Social networking 

B  Cell-phone texting 

C  Instant messaging

D  Cell calling

A  Shared interests and activities 

B  Self-disclosure 

C  Intimacy

D  Shared attitudes and values

A  More intense in positive feelings

B  More important to the teen, but more strained 

C  Less intense in both positive and negative feelings 

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

D  Late-maturing girls are especially prone to depressions

A  Three times

B  Not

C  Twice

D  Just

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

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

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

B   Few suicidal adolescents have a family history of emotional problems 

C  Highly intelligence teens rarely commit suicide

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

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

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

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

D  David, who first displayed antisocial behavior around puberty

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

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

C  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers daily activities

D  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

A  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

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

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

D  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers’ daily activities 

A  Androgynous; girls

B  Androgynous; boys

C  Feminine; 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  Kohlberg’s stage sequence adequately accounts for morality in everyday life

D  Everyday moral judgements are efforts to arrive at just solutions

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  Formal religious involvement tends to decline

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

C  Formal religious involvement tends to increase

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

A  A diffuse-avoidant cognitive style

B  An authoritarian

C  Inductive discipline

D  A permissive child-rearing style

A  Strong

B  Modest

C  Very strong

D  Weak

A  Other-directed

B  Level of

C  Private conscience

D  Justice 

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 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  Most have used invalid measures

B  The results are too inconclusive to reach consensus 

C  Most do not support her contention

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

A  4

B  5

C  3

D  6

A  Pre-conventional

B  Post-conventional

C  Conventional 

D  Universal ethnical 

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  Acculturative stress

B  Identity diffusion

C  Ethnic identity 

D  Bicultural identity

A  Foreclosure

B   Diffusion

C   Moratorium

D  Achievement 

A  Achieved 

B  Diffused 

C   Delayed

D  Foreclosed

A  Foreclosure

B  Diffusion

C  Moratorium

D  Achievement 

A  Foreclosure

B   Achievement 

C  Diffusion

D  Moratorium 

A  Permissive

B  Authoritative

C  Uninvolved 

D  Authoritarian 

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 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  Forming an ideal self 

B  Experimentation and error

C  Exploration followed by commitment 

D  An identity crisis and a resolution 

A  Role confusion 

B  Inferiority

C  Mistrust 

D  Isolation

A  Building his self esteem

B   Adopting his parents’ values as his own 

C  Constructing his identity

D  Considering a moral dilemma

A  Identity 

B  Autonomy

C  Intimacy

D  Trust