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1) in america, early-maturing girls are more likely than their late-maturing peers to:
a.be unpopular.
b.have a lower self-image.
c.succeed in school.
d.perceive themselves as attractive.
2) to reduce the decline of students' academic knowledge, the carnegie corporation
council on adolescent development recommends all of the following, except:
a.divide middle schools into units of 50 to 100 students.
b.provide smaller units within schools to reduce students' feelings of anonymity.
c.hire teachers who have special training in adolescent development.
d.strengthen ties between schools and the communities in which they are located.
3) judy's parents express love toward her and they let her, for the most part, establish
her own schedule. she eats when she's hungry, has full run of the house, and sleeps
when she's tired. this parenting style fits best with which of the following?
a.authoritative
b.authoritarian
c.indulgent
d.indifferent
4) adolescents are most likely to behave __________ in romantic situations and with a
classmate, and they are least likely to engage in ___________ with parents.
a.falsely; inauthentic behavior
b.authentically; inauthentic behavior
c.inauthentically; false-self behavior
d.authentically; true-self behavior
5) the dominant perspective of moral development is grounded in _____ theory.
a.piaget's cognitive
b.watson's behavioral
c.bronfenbrenner's ecological
d.freud's psychoanalytic
6) which of the following is not a benefit that small schools offer?
a.more participation in extracurricular activities by all students
b.more students can take leadership positions and responsibility
c.more varied instruction
d.students feel more connected
7) according to the textbook, in general, the amount of time individuals spend in
moderate-to-vigorous physical activity:
a.increases from childhood to adolescence.
b.decreases from childhood to adolescence.
c.remains the same from childhood to adolescence.
d.is directly related to socioeconomic status.
8) as discussed in the textbook, adolescents who work more than 20 hours weekly are
more likely than their peers to:
a.be absent from school.
b.graduate from high school.
c.spend more time on their homework.
d.be less cynical about the workplace.
9) work values, the different types of rewards that individuals expect to receive from
their chosen occupation, can include all but which of the following values?
a.influence
b.social rewards
c.leverage
d.leisure
10) recent research on promoting safe-sex behaviors among adolescents has suggested
all of the following, except:
a.it is more effective to focus on adolescents' motives and social relationships, rather
than their knowledge about safe sex.
b.adolescents are often unaware that their partners may be having sex with others as
well.
c.being aware of the risk of stds is sufficient to ensure safe sex practices among
adolescents.
d.it may be important to use different strategies for sexually active and inexperienced
adolescents.
11) which has a greater effect on students' scholastic achievement: school size or class
size?
a.school size
b.class size
c.both school size and class size are extremely important
d.neither school size nor class size has an impact on students' achievement
12) which of the following is not one of the adolescent classifications in the adult
attachment interviews?
a.secure
b.avoidant
c.dismissing
d.preoccupied
