CHAPTER 5: DEVELOPMENTAL CRISES AND SPECIAL ISSUES OF
ADOLESCENCE (BULLYING, PREGNANCY, RUNAWAYS AND EATING
DISORDERS)
Multiple Choice
1. The empty nest syndrome is part of the crisis of which stage?
A. Infancy
B. Middle adult
C. Childhood
D. Toddlerhood
E. None of the above
2. During which stage of development might a crisis worker teach parents how to deal with
power struggles?
A. Toddlerhood
B. Adolescence
C. Maturity
D. Both A and B
E. None of the above
3. During middle childhood, the major role changes going on for the child deal with:
A. bonding.
B. stagnation.
C. success and failures.
D. all of the above.
4. A major emotional cause of teen runaways is:
A. to live with friends
B. due to feelings of abandonment by parents
C. due to the glamour of the streets
D. all of the above
5. Which statement is most true about teen pregnancy?
A. About 400,000 teenagers give birth in the U.S. per year.
B. About 5 million teenagers give birth in the U.S. per year.
C. It is rare and not a problem in the U.S.
D. None of the above
6. An eating disorder in which a person starves him or herself and refuses to maintain
adequate nutrition is called:
A. bulimia nervosa.
B. anorexia nervosa.
C. food abstinence syndrome.
D. none of the above.
7. Many elderly struggle with issues of:
A. integrity vs. despair.
B. intimacy vs. isolation.
C. generativity vs. stagnation.
D. none of the above.
8. Which need best describes why an adolescent might “act out?”
A. Autonomy
B. Nurturance
C. Independence
D. All of the above
9. Cyberbullying may include:
A. slapping in the face in front of other students.
B. stealing lunch money.
C. placing embarrassing photos on Facebook.
D. all of the above.
Short Answer/Essay
1. What is a need of most adolescents that often is thwarted and leads to acting out through
self-destructive behaviors?
2. Discuss the developmental stages and possible intervention strategies to deal with a crisis
for each stage.
3. What are the characteristics of teens with eating disorders?
4. What is bullying and how should we intervene?