Quiz 6

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

B  women more than men.

C  men more than women.

D  men and women equally.

A  the lack of clear rites of passage.

B  prejudice and poverty.

C  hostility and assimilation.

D  diversity and difference.

A  Hormones

B  Neurotransmitters

C  Phospholipids

D  Carbohydrates

A  homicide; gang activity

B  a chronic disease; cancer

C  suicide; alcohol

D  unintentional injuries; motor vehicle accidents

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

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

C  Adolescents seldom engage in media multitasking.

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

A  exploration

B  moratorium

C  commitment

D  foreclosure

A  motor vehicle accidents.

B  firearms.

C  sports-related injuries.

D  homicide.

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

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

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

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

A  cease to emphasize educational success.

B  have family dinners most nights of the week.

C  engage in less parental monitoring and control.

D  discourage his son from making more friends at school.

A  family problems.

B  peer-related problems.

C  career choice dilemmas.

D  juvenile delinquency.

A  e-mail

B  phone calls

C  instant messaging

D  text 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  undergo normal pubertal changes.

B  develop abnormal female physical characteristics.

C  develop abnormal male physical characteristics.

D  be depressed and show extreme behavior.

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

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

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

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

A  identity foreclosure

B  identity diffusion

C  identity moratorium

D  identity achievement

A  60

B  100

C  20

D  40

A  56

B  75

C  68

D  84

A  identity diffusion

B  unresolved identity

C  identity moratorium

D  identity confusion

A  a distorted image of their body shape

B  higher than average height

C  higher than average body weight

D  a constant need to consume food

A  commitment

B  crisis

C  conscientiousness

D  calling

A  bicultural

B  monocultural

C  multiplicative

D  additive

A  identity

B  pride

C  gloss

D  awareness

A  insignificant change.

B  mild increase.

C  significant increase.

D  sizeable decline.

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

B  in low-income areas of inner cities.

C  in high-income areas of the suburbs.

D  among Asian American adolescents.

A  Anna Freud

B  Daniel Offer

C  G. Stanley Hall

D  Jean Piaget

A  emerging adulthood

B  late adulthood

C  early to middle adolescent years

D  childhood

A  Japan

B  the United Kingdom

C  the United States

D  Switzerland

A  intimacy versus isolation

B  initiative versus guilt

C  identity versus identity confusion

D  autonomy versus shame and doubt