1) what is the main reason that many achievement-related issues take on new
significance during adolescence:
a.biological transitions
b.social transitions
c.changes in cognitions
d.achievement-related issues do not take on new significance during adolescence
2) according to the textbook, which of the following is not something that policymakers
have called for to ensure young mothers have an adequate income and the chance for
adequate employment?
a.adaptations in school schedules and the development of school-based child-care
centers
b.the expansion of subsidized child-care for young mothers who are out of school
c.the expansion of family planning services to adolescent mothers
d.laws that ensure companies cannot discriminate against teen mothers
3) all of the following statements accurately reflect research on adolescent-sibling
relationships, except:
a.companionship, nurturance, and support are regular features of adolescent-sibling
relationships.
b.adolescent-sibling relationships involve more conflict than adolescent-friend
relationships.
c.adolescent-sibling relationships are characterized by a large increase in sibling rivalry.
d.the quality of adolescent sibling relationships is affected by the quality of the
parent-child relationship.
4) on average, all of the following are true in regard to high school student employment
except:
a.75% of seniors work during the school year
b.40% of sophomores work during the school year
c.50% of adolescents work during the school year
d.80-90% of adolescents will have worked an after school job before graduating
5) the three dominant theories concerning the media’s impact on adolescent
development today include all but which of the following?
a.the media practice model
b.the routine activity theory
c.the uses and gratifications approach
d.cultivation theory
6) professor stein wants to test the stereotype threat effect. what is the most likely
scenario if this effect does, in fact, occur?
a.professor stein tells participants in the experimental group that members of their
ethnic group perform poorly on the type of task that he is asking them to perform, and
these participants actually perform better than participants in the control group.
b.professor stein tells participants in the experimental group that members of their
ethnic group perform poorly on the type of task that he is asking them to perform, and
these participants perform more poorly than participants in the control group.
c.professor stein tells participants in the experimental group that members of their
ethnic group perform extremely well on the type of task that he is asking them to
perform, and these participants perform more poorly than participants in the control
group.
d.professor stein tells participants in the experimental group that participants in the
control group do not like them because of their ethnic background, so the experimental
group members act aggressively toward members of the control group.
7) which of the following statements about authoritative parenting is true?
a.authoritative parenting promotes the development of an emphasis on extrinsic
motivation and a less healthy attributional style
b.authoritative parents are less likely themselves to hold healthier beliefs about their
child’s achievement and more likely to be overly controlling
c.authoritative parenting is associated with lower achievement motivation, greater
self-esteem, and lower competence
d.authoritative parenting is probably the most important contributor to strong need for
achievement
8) the text lists all of the following as reasons why sexuality in adolescence is a
particularly important period during the life cycle, except:
a.adolescence is the time when erotic feelings first emerge.
b.puberty brings on physical changes that allow for sexual reproduction.
c.cognitive changes in adolescence have a major impact on sexuality.
d.it is not until adolescence that sexual activity begins to take on the social meaning it
will continue to have throughout adulthood.
9) the finding that black and hispanic adolescents receive lower scores on iq tests than
their white peers is probably a result of the:
a.lack of schooling ethnic minorities receive.
b.genetic differences between these groups.
c.biased construction of these tests.
d.instability of intelligence during adolescence.
10) piaget theorists believe that the use of _____ is the chief feature of adolescent
thinking that differentiates it from the type of thinking employed by children.
a.egocentric reasoning
b.abstract logical reasoning
c.multidimensional reasoning
d.systematic reasoning
11) which dimension of the five-factor model measures how organized someone is?
a.extroversion
b.agreeableness
c.neuroticism
d.conscientiousness
12) sarah is a popular teenage girl who has just been made captain of the cheerleading
squad. she is very socially adept, and notices that britney, her social rival, is starting to
enjoy more attention from their peers than sarah receives. jealous, she decides to start a
rumor about britney that she knows will cause many people to stop liking britney.
sarah’s behavior is best described as an example of what?
a.reactive aggression
b.friendly fire aggression
c.relative aggression
d.relational aggression
13) todd would rather date men than women. this refers to todd’s:
a.gender identity.
b.sexual orientation.
c.sex-role behavior.
d.homophobia.
14) according to the text, asian children tend to attribute success to:
a.external causes.
b.hard work.
c.inherited intelligence.
d.luck.
15)
amalia is most likely to be adversely affected by her parents’ divorce if:
a.the conflict between her parents is covert.
b.she blames herself for her parents’ problems.
c.her parents attempt to keep their relationship with her positive.
d.her parents keep her out of their arguments.
16) growing up, jessica’s parents had a lot of marital conflict. at times jessica was even
exposed to some domestic violence. jessica is likely to develop which of the following
problems?
a.depression
b.aggression
c.delinquency
d.all of the above
17) which of the following is not a reason that early adolescents might experience
fluctuations in self-image?
a.egocentrism
b.they are learning that it is not always possible to tell what people are thinking on the
basis of how they act or what they say
c.because of the increased importance of peers in early adolescence
d.because early adolescents spend most of their time engaging in false-self behavior