1) Which of the following individuals would be considered to be in an identity diffusion
state?
A.Alexandra, who has not made firm commitments and is not currently trying to make
them
B.Denise, who has made identity commitments without needing a period of exploration
C.Brandon, who is in the midst of a period of exploration
D.Francis, who has established a coherent sense of identity; she has made identity
commitments after a period of exploration
2) According to Sullivan, the need for intimacy starts to develop during:
A.childhood.
B.preadolescence.
C.early adolescence.
D.late adolescence.
3) When researchers use brain-imaging technology to investigate patterns of adolescent
brain activation, what do they find?
A.Researchers find that regions of the brain that are especially sensitive to rewards are
more intensely activated during early and middle adolescence than adulthood.
B.Researchers find that regions of the brain that are especially sensitive to rewards are
less activated during early and middle adolescence than adulthood.
C.Researchers find that regions of the brain that are sensitive to punishment are more
intensely activated during early and middle adolescence than adulthood.
D. Researchers find that regions of the brain that block the ability to perceive rewards
are more intensely activated during early and middle adolescence than adulthood.
4) One aspect of brain maturation that is associated with increases in the speed of neural
impulses and improvements in information transmission is:
A.formal operational thought.
B.myelination.
C.metacognition.
D.information-processing gains.
5) Researchers who oppose trying juvenile offenders as adults in criminal court
typically base their arguments on findings that:
A.the legal age of majority is 18.
B.mature decision making is the product of both cognitive abilities, which mature
around 16 years of age, and psychosocial factors, which are still developing in young
adulthood.
C.no juvenile can think as maturely as an adult.
D.there is consensus that juveniles do not have sufficiently good decision-making skills
to understand right from wrong.
6) According to research from Clardy and King, which adolescent is most likely to say
that God is important to him?
A.an adolescent from Mexico
B.an adolescent from China
C.an adolescent from Japan
D.an adolescent from France
7) Dan, an adolescent, has more developed cognitive skills than his -year-old brother
Timmy because Timmy’s thinking is:
A.in general, bound to what he can directly observe.
B.moving easily between specific and abstract ideas.
C.systematically generating alternative possibilities and explanations.
D.comparing what he actually observes with what he believes is possible.
8) Which of the following individuals would be considered to be in an identity achieved
state?
A.Alexandra, who has not made firm commitments and is not currently trying to make
them
B.Denise, who has made identity commitments without needing a period of exploration
C.Brandon, who is in the midst of a period of exploration
D.Francis, who has established a coherent sense of identity; she has made identity
commitments after a period of exploration
9) Involvement in delinquent activity may lead to ________ in self-esteem, perhaps
because involvement in delinquency _____.
A.an increase; earns teenagers approval from certain peers
B.a decrease; leads to social isolation
C.stability; has no effect on an adolescent’s self-image
D.sudden fluctuations; is dynamic and unpredictable
10) According to the textbook, during adolescence, which are more influential,
nonshared or shared environmental influences?
A.shared
B.nonshared
C.shared and nonshared environmental factors are equally influential
D.the most important issue is the interaction between the shared and nonshared factors
11) Which adolescent would probably score lowest on measures of prosocial moral
reasoning?
A.Latonya, who scores high on both typically masculine and feminine traits
B.Talya, who scores high on femininity
C.Michael, who scores high on femininity
D.Randy, who scores high on masculinity
12) It appears the Daniel is uninfluenced by his childhood relationship with his mother.
For example, even though his mother wasn’t around much during his childhood, instead
of being upset, Daniel replies, “No big deal, I didn’t need her anyway.” Based on the
classifications, Daniel would be categorized as:
A.secure.
B.anxious avoidant attachment.
C.anxious-resistant attachment.
D.preoccupied.
13) According to the inventionist theory, adolescence was not considered a distinct
transitional period until:
A.the publication of Seventeen magazine.
B.the creation of child labor laws.
C.the industrial revolution.
D.It has always been recognized as a distinct part of development.
14) The average American adolescent sends _____ text messages a day.
A.1-20 texts
B.21-50 texts
C.51-100
D.more than 100