1) alice, a 16-year-old, gave birth to a baby boy last year. how will this affect the
likelihood that her 13-year-old sister, marie, will have a baby?
a.it will increase.
b.it will increase only if marie is already sexually active.
c.it will be unaffected.
d.it will decrease.
2) which of the following students will have the most difficulty negotiating the
transition into adolescence?
a.brian, an asian american
b.ken, a european american
c.charlie, a hispanic american
d.mara, a european american
3) a learning disability:
a.is related to emotional problems such as divorce.
b.may be caused by a neurological problem.
c.is usually related to hearing impairments.
d.can be corrected with special tutoring.
4) which of the following is not one of the five chief changes in cognition during
adolescence?
a.multidimensional thought
b.metacognition
c.abstract reasoning
d.increased imagination
5) the internal desire to perform well is called:
a.intrinsic motivation.
b.mastery motivation.
c.evaluation anxiety.
d.extrinsic motivation.
6) which work values decline most dramatically with age?
a.extrinsic, altruistic, and social rewards
b.intrinsic, leisure, and job security
c.extrinsic, social rewards, job security
d.altruistic, influence, and intrinsic
7) the structured interview used to assess an individual’s past attachment history and
internal working model of relationships is called the:
a.adult attachment interview.
b.q-sort.
c.intimacy measure.
d.adolescent security scale.
8) jeffrey arnett, the psychologist who created the term “emerging adulthood”, believes
that the developmental period between adolescence and adulthood (emerging
adulthood):
a.exists in all cultures.
b.exists in almost every culture.
c.exists in very few cultures.
d.exists wherever there is a large discrepancy between the rich and the poor.
9) researchers believe that changes in rates of adolescent drug use:
a.are in opposition to messages they receive from parents and teachers.
b.are in opposition to messages they receive from the media.
c.may relate to their perceptions of how harmful the drug is.
d.show a consistent gap in drug use between males and females.
10) which adolescent is most vulnerable to disturbances in self-image?
a.carol, a 13-year-old female
b.catherine, an 18-year-old female
c.carl, a 13-year-old male
d.carlton, an 18-year-old male
11) having more income than one can manage during early adolescence has been called:
a.precocious income.
b.displacement abundance.
c.occupational disparity.
d.premature affluence.
12) some critics of the no child left behind act argued that it was having the unintended
consequence of:
a.increasing the standards of education in america
b.ensuring that all students, regardless of their economic circumstances, achieve
academic proficiency
c.schools testing and reporting the results of students’ performance to the public
d.providing incentives for schools to push low-achieving students out of school
13) which of the following is the best explanation of problem behavior during
adolescence?
a.problem behavior is the result of the hormonal changes that accompany puberty.
b.problem behavior is a manifestation of an inherent need to rebel against authority that
is common during adolescence.
c.problem behavior results from having an identity crisis.
d.problem behavior is likely to be a sign that something is wrong.
14) which of the following adolescents is most likely to experience their parents’
divorce?
a.janet, a white adolescent
b.john, a white adolescent
c.jeff, a black adolescent
d.bruce, a hispanic adolescent
15) which of the following research findings best describes the phenomenon known as
generational dissonance:
a.recent studies of mexican-american families have found that stress and conflict are
higher in latino families in which adolescents are relatively more acculturated than
parents.
b.one recent study of black families found that teenagers rated their mother’s behavior
far more negatively than did either the mother or the researcher.
c.several researchers have demonstrated that family relationships change during
puberty, with bickering between adolescents and their parents increasing and closeness
between adolescents and their parents diminishing.
d.research suggests that the distancing that takes place between parents and teenagers in
early and middle adolescence is temporary.
16) the _____ may act as a buffer for children growing up in single-parent households
and plays an important role in the socialization of black youth.
a.extended family
b.school guidance counselor
c.involvement in religious activities
d.peer group
17) according to the textbook, black individuals who believe that the public has low
regard for african americans typically:
a.are more sensitive to racial cues
b.are less sensitive to racial cues
c.have low private regard
d.have high private regard
18) in early adolescence, _____ friendships are most common, and in late adolescence,
_____ friendships are common.
a.same sex; opposite sex
b.same sex; same sex
c.opposite sex; same sex
d.opposite sex; opposite sex
19) susceptibility to social pressure:
a.is most often seen in the antisocial behavior of girls during early and middle
adolescence.
b.is higher among less acculturated latino adolescents than among their more
acculturated peers.
c.is likely to result in false confessions by adolescents if confronted with fake
“evidence.”
d.occurs early in adolescence because pressure by the peer group is strong enough to
make even the most autonomous adolescent comply.