Chapter 12 Quiz

A  Later relationship stability 

B  High academic achievement 

C  Delinquency and drug use 

D  Depression

A  Peer status 

B  Companionship

C  Affection

D  Compatibly 

A  Are tightly structured and exclusive

B  Often interfere with identity development 

C  Help young people deal with stress 

D  Contribute to a rise in depression

A  Instant messaging

B  Social networking 

C  Cell calling

D  Cell-phone texting 

A  Self-disclosure 

B  Shared attitudes and values

C  Intimacy

D  Shared interests and activities 

A  Less intense in both positive and negative feelings 

B  More intense in positive feelings

C  More important to the teen, but more strained 

D  More intense in negative feelings

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

B  Heredity plays only a minor role in depression

C  Late-maturing girls are especially prone to depressions

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

A  Twice

B  Just

C  Three times

D  Not

A  Anxiety 

B  A citation C deficiency 

C  Depression

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  Suicidal adolescents are likely to have experienced multiple stressful life events 

B  Highly intelligence teens rarely commit suicide

C   Few suicidal adolescents have a family history of emotional problems 

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

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

C  David, who first displayed antisocial behavior around puberty

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

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

B  Are less likely to monitor their teenagers daily activities

C  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

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

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

B  Often react more strongly to adolescent disagreement 

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  Feminine; girls

C  Masculine; boys

D  Androgynous; boys

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

B  Everyday moral judgements are efforts to arrive at just solutions

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

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

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

B  Uses more alcohol, but does not use drugs

C   Is less advanced in moral reasoning

D  Engages in less misconduct, but is less academically responsible 

A  Formal religious involvement tends to increase

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

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

D  Formal religious involvement tends to decline

A  Inductive discipline

B  A permissive child-rearing style

C  A diffuse-avoidant cognitive style

D  An authoritarian

A  Weak

B  Very strong

C  Modest

D  Strong

A  Private conscience

B  Level of

C  Other-directed

D  Justice 

A  Peers of the same race

B   Peers who present differing viewpoints

C  Peers of the same ethnicity

D  Like minded peers

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

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

C  Timmy will say that the exclusion is always acceptable

D  Thom will say that the exclusion is always unfair

A  The results are too inconclusive to reach consensus 

B  Most have used invalid measures

C  Most do not support her contention

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

A  6

B  4

C  3

D  5

A  Post-conventional

B  Conventional 

C  Universal ethnical 

D  Pre-conventional

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

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

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

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

A  Bicultural identity

B  Identity diffusion

C  Ethnic identity 

D  Acculturative stress

A  Foreclosure

B   Diffusion

C  Achievement 

D   Moratorium

A  Achieved 

B   Delayed

C  Diffused 

D  Foreclosed

A  Achievement 

B  Diffusion

C  Foreclosure

D  Moratorium

A  Foreclosure

B   Achievement 

C  Moratorium 

D  Diffusion

A  Permissive

B  Uninvolved 

C  Authoritarian 

D  Authoritative

A  Fluctuates a great deal

B  Declines

C  Declines

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

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

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

A  Forming an ideal self 

B  Exploration followed by commitment 

C  Experimentation and error

D  An identity crisis and a resolution 

A  Mistrust 

B  Role confusion 

C  Isolation

D  Inferiority

A  Considering a moral dilemma

B  Building his self esteem

C   Adopting his parents’ values as his own 

D  Constructing his identity

A  Intimacy

B  Identity 

C  Autonomy

D  Trust