1) which prevention program is most likely to be successful?
a.one that focuses on community-wide intervention aimed at adolescents
b.one that focuses on social competence training
c.one that focuses on community-wide intervention aimed at parents and teachers
d.one that focuses on all of the above-mentioned components
2) mitch attends a high school where 95% of the students are involved in extracurricular
activities. this probably also will mean that at mitch’s school:
a.teachers track their students.
b.academic standards are low.
c.student enrollment is low.
d.there is more variation in instruction.
3) girls are most likely to spend their money on:
a.food.
b.cosmetics.
c.items such as stereos and dvds.
d.clothes.
4) ‘sexual socialization” refers to:
a.a person’s sexual orientation.
b.a person’s social skills in sexual relationships.
c.the way in which an individual is educated about sexuality.
d.the degree to which an individual is comfortable with his or her sexuality.
5) the stage during which individuals first begin to formulate their ideas about
appropriate occupations (typically between the ages of 14 and 18) is called:
a.crystallization.
b.specialization.
c.orientation.
d.specification.
6) a research technique in which the researcher “infiltrates” a group of individuals in
order to study their behavior and relationships is called:
a.naturalistic observation.
b.a longitudinal approach.
c.a demographic approach.
d.participant observation.
7) mrs. kumin wants to help her lower-achieving students. she should:
a.acknowledge that they do not have the ability to achieve and stop pressuring them.
b.help them learn to attribute their performance to factors that are under their control.
c.have them placed into special education classes.
d.provide them with remedial education and have them keep trying.
8) the term “______ syndrome” refers to covariation among various types of
externalizing disorders that results from an underlying trait of unconventionality found
in the adolescent’s personality and social environment.
a.problem behavior
b.biological risk
c.social control
d.gateway
9) which of the following is not a factor that moved children out of the workplace?
a.discrimination against young workers
b.a need for workers who are more skilled and more reliable than children
c.the strength needed to perform unskilled labor
d.child labor laws
10) who is most likely to have close opposite-sex friends?
a.ben, who is socially competent, popular, and has many same-sex friends
b.brian, who is socially incompetent and unpopular with his same-sex peers
c.both ben and brian
d.neither ben nor brian
11) the average girl in the united states reaches _________, the time of her first
menstrual period, sometime between the ages of 12 and 13.
a.spermarche
b.menarche
c.puberty
d.adrenarche
12) molly and lawrence were caught kissing in school and were sent to the principal’s
office. he gave them each after-school detention (in separate rooms) and instructed them
that this behavior was to cease immediately. however, when the principal saw lawrence
and molly kissing at the mall on saturday, he ignored their behavior. this type of attitude
toward sexuality is consistent with which type of society?
a.semirestrictive
b.permissive
c.prohibitive
d.restrictive
13) research has shown that teachers tend to favor high-achieving students by providing
extra cues for answers and more positive nonverbal behaviors than for lower-achieving
students. such evidence provides support for the notion that teachers’ expectations may
contribute to:
a.superior performance of lower-achieving students.
b.better performance of all students.
c.lower performance of all students.
d.the self-fulfilling prophecy.
14) which of the following is an example of cognitive autonomy?
a.establishing more adultlike relationships with family members
b.relying less on your parents for emotional support
c.refusing to cheat on an exam even when the teacher is not in the room
d.seeking the advice of others when faced with a serious question
15) during the 1920s, the _____ was designed to meet the needs of a diverse and
growing population of young people.
a.comprehensive high school
b.middle school
c.vocational school
d.parochial school
16) margie sees herself as competent. manny experiences a great deal of anxiety and
hesitation when facing a challenge because he doubts his abilities. both are a students.
margie is most likely ________ motivated and manny is most likely ________
motivated.
a.intrinsically; intrinsically
b.intrinsically; extrinsically
c.extrinsically; intrinsically
d.extrinsically; extrinsically
17) what does the five-factor model describe?
a.research methodology
b.personality dimensions
c.false-self behavior
d.self-esteem dimensions
18) which of the following sexually transmitted diseases is caused by a virus?
a.gonorrhea
b.herpes
c.chlamydia
d.syphilis