1) Who of the following is likely to gain excess weight during adolescence?
A.Mary, who gets inadequate sleep on school nights but sleeps in on the weekends
B.Kevin, who gets insufficient physical inactivity, but lives near recreational facilities
C.Tony whose friends are relatively overweight
D.All of these adolescents are likely to gain excessive weight during puberty.
2) Which term refers to the number of years of schooling completed by an individual?
A.school performance
B.academic achievement
C.educational attainment
D.social promotion
3) Have attempts to speed up the identity development process by training individuals
to think more about how specific life events have played a role in their development
been effective?
A.Yes, adolescents can be trained to crystallize their sense of identity.
B.No, these training programs have been ineffective.
C.The results of these training programs have been mixed.
D. Yes, programs that train individuals how to think about specific life events can play a
substantial role in the development of female adolescents (but the effect has not been
found in a sample of male adolescents).
4) Why is it difficult to determine the exact nature (and direction of the effect) of the
relations between family characteristics and adolescent development?
A.Adolescent behavior may be a stronger determinant of family relationships than
parents’ behavior patterns.
B.Parents and adolescents reciprocally influence each other.
C.We cannot tell how parents’ parenting patterns impact their adolescents’ behavior
until it is too late.
D.Genetic inheritance has a stronger impact on adolescent behavior than parenting
practices.
5) Which of the following statements about self-esteem in children is true?
A.Having high self-esteem boosts scholastic achievement.
B.High achievement in school boosts self-esteem.
C.High achievement in school and high self-esteem are spuriously related.
D. The direction of the effect between high achievement in school and high self-esteem
is bidirectional.
6) Suzanne and Greg are the first members of their class to begin the pubertal transition.
Based on what you know about early-maturing adolescents, Suzanne and Greg are more
likely to:
A.become involved in illegal activities.
B.do better in school.
C.be ostracized by their classmates.
D.get along with their parents.
7) Why should data that is obtained by asking adolescents to self-report whether they
are still virgins be interpreted with caution?
A.Adolescents are likely to lie about whether they are still virgins.
B.Adolescents are likely to give the response that they think the researcher wants to
hear.
C.It is dependent on how adolescents interpret what it means to be a “virgin.”
D.There is a selection bias, with substantial between-person differences between those
who choose to answer this question and those who typically leave this question blank.
8) According to the textbook, why might the estimated 8 hours a day of media use for
adolescents be an understatement?
A.Time spent using a smartphone is typically not calculated into the total amount of
media use time.
B.Adolescents are typically not aware of the fact that they are using media.
C.Adolescents notoriously underestimate the time they spend using various types of
media.
D.This estimate includes media multitasking.
9) Why is it so difficult to draw a legal boundary between when someone should be
treated like a child and when someone is ready to be treated like an adult?
A.Development is so rapid and so variable between individuals.
B.It is difficult to predict when individuals will go through puberty.
C.These laws have been in place for 100s of years and they are difficult to change.
D.Most adolescents look older than they feel.
10) Who of the following is probably an adolescent (and not a child)?
A.Maryann, who believes that people have complete control over their thoughts
B.Matthew, who believes that it is very possible to go for a long period of time without
thinking about anything
C.Tamara, whose thinking is bound to observable events
D.Frank, who appraises his reading comprehension before starting the next chapter
11) In general, which of the following relationships tends to be the least intimate?
A.mother-son relationship
B.mother-daughter relationship
C.father-son relationship
D.father-daughter relationship
12) Even though Chloe works very hard in school, she gives her classmates the
impression that she is uninterested in school in order to have an excuse for her poor
performance. What type of behavior is this?
A.learned helplessness
B.self-handicapping
C.need for fulfillment
D.need for success
13) Across all of the identity development frameworks, what is a common factor related
to healthy development?
A.having authoritative parents
B.having a high self-esteem and positive self-regard
C.a period of experimentation and exploration before finalizing choices
D.exploration in depth and exploration in breadth