Quiz 6

A  men more than women.

B  men and women equally.

C  women more than men.

D  women more than older men but less than younger men.

A  the lack of clear rites of passage.

B  prejudice and poverty.

C  diversity and difference.

D  hostility and assimilation.

A  Phospholipids

B  Neurotransmitters

C  Hormones

D  Carbohydrates

A  suicide; alcohol

B  homicide; gang activity

C  a chronic disease; cancer

D  unintentional injuries; motor vehicle accidents

A  Media use jumps more than 3 hours in early adolescence.

B  The largest increases in media use in early adolescence involved listening to music.

C  Eight- to eleven-year-olds used media an average of 8 hours and 40 minutes a day.

D  Adolescents seldom engage in media multitasking.

A  exploration

B  moratorium

C  foreclosure

D  commitment

A  homicide.

B  sports-related injuries.

C  firearms.

D  motor vehicle accidents.

A  declining gross motor development during late childhood due to the maturation of the temporal and parietal lobes.

B  rapid psychological and emotional maturation that lasts through adolescence and is a product of enhanced cognitive development.

C  declining abstract thought and emotional maturation during late adolescence involving neural and synaptic development in the brain.

D  rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that occur primarily during early adolescence.

A  discourage his son from making more friends at school.

B  engage in less parental monitoring and control.

C  cease to emphasize educational success.

D  have family dinners most nights of the week.

A  career choice dilemmas.

B  family problems.

C  juvenile delinquency.

D  peer-related problems.

A  text messaging

B  e-mail

C  phone calls

D  instant messaging

A  using rotation model for the students in high school

B  enrolling the students only in a community-based education and reducing parental monitoring

C  facilitating and emphasizing peer learning

D  providing early intervention for reading problems, tutoring, counseling, and mentoring

A  be depressed and show extreme behavior.

B  develop abnormal female physical characteristics.

C  undergo normal pubertal changes.

D  develop abnormal male physical characteristics.

A  early school starting times are conducive to the sleep patterns of older adolescents but not to those of younger adolescents.

B  older adolescents tend to be sleepier during the day than younger adolescents.

C  when given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep an average of 7 hours a night.

D  adolescents being sleepy during the day was a result of academic work and social pressures.

A  identity achievement

B  identity moratorium

C  identity diffusion

D  identity foreclosure

A  40

B  20

C  60

D  100

A  75

B  84

C  68

D  56

A  identity diffusion

B  identity confusion

C  unresolved identity

D  identity moratorium

A  higher than average height

B  higher than average body weight

C  a distorted image of their body shape

D  a constant need to consume food

A  crisis

B  calling

C  conscientiousness

D  commitment

A  multiplicative

B  monocultural

C  bicultural

D  additive

A  pride

B  gloss

C  awareness

D  identity

A  significant increase.

B  mild increase.

C  sizeable decline.

D  insignificant change.

A  in high-income areas of the suburbs.

B  in low-income areas of inner cities.

C  among Asian American adolescents.

D  among adolescents in the 13- to 15-year age group.

A  Jean Piaget

B  Daniel Offer

C  G. Stanley Hall

D  Anna Freud

A  emerging adulthood

B  childhood

C  early to middle adolescent years

D  late adulthood

A  Japan

B  the United Kingdom

C  the United States

D  Switzerland

A  initiative versus guilt

B  identity versus identity confusion

C  intimacy versus isolation

D  autonomy versus shame and doubt