1) fifteen-year-old hermione is able to write a much more complex answer than
10-year-old ginger to the question, “compare the advantages and disadvantages of using
simple spells for self-protection.” this is because, as an adolescent, hermione is able to
think:
a.egocentrically.
b.deductively.
c.in metacognitive ways.
d.in multiple dimensions.
2) industrialized societies place a great deal of emphasis on all of the following, except:
a.cooperation.
b.achievement.
c.competition.
d.success.
3) jeannette, a 17-year-old, has decided to engage in sexual intercourse with her
boyfriend. tammy, also 17, has decided to abstain from sex until she is older. which
adolescent is more likely to experience psychological disturbances?
a.jeannette.
b.tammy.
c.neither tammy nor jeannette, because they have made mature decisions.
d.sexual activity during late adolescence is not associated with psychological
disturbance.
4) peers usually have more influence than parents on matters of:
a.work.
b.education.
c.personal taste.
d.admired personal qualities.
5) what thought process helps adolescents appreciate the sarcasm and satire of mad
magazine and the simpsons?
a.selective attention
b.sensation-seeking
c.mutual role taking
d.multidimensional thinking
6) based on the textbook, which of the following statements is not an accurate
description of most other industrialized nations?
a.postsecondary education is likely to be monopolized by monolithic public universities
b.individuals are often separated into college- and non-college-bound tracks early in
adolescence
c.postsecondary education systems are composed of a wide variety of public and private
two-and four-year institutions, some emphasizing a liberal arts education and others
focusing more on technical, vocational, and pre-professional training
d.all high school students are not housed in a comprehensive high school
7) which of the following would be considered a status offense?
a.using cocaine
b.truancy
c.vandalizing property
d.all of the above
8) dr. eckert wants to learn whether students with high self-esteem are more likely to
participate in extracurricular activities, or if participation in extracurricular activities
enhances adolescents’ psychological well-being. she is most likely to understand a
cause-and-effect relationship between psychological well-being and extracurricular
activities by using which type of study?
a.cross-sectional
b.prospective
c.longitudinal
d.all of the above
9) peter is noticing changes in the expression of affection and distribution of power in
his relationships with his parents. he is less likely to rush to them with a problem, and is
spending more time with his friends. what type of autonomy is developing with peter?
a.behavioral
b.emotional
c.cognitive
d.none of the above
10) recent research on psychological well-being in emerging adulthood suggests:
a.it is a time of positive and improving mental health for most people.
b.it is a time of increasing stress caused by financial instability.
c.it is a time of decreasing mental health for most people.
d.no research has yet examined this question with emerging adults.
11) when contrasting life-course-persistent offenders with adolescent-limited offenders,
researchers agree that:
a.both types of offenders have similar antecedents but different outcomes.
b.the causes and consequences of the two are very different.
c.although males and females are equally as likely to be adolescent-limited offenders,
males are more likely to be life-course-persistent offenders.
d.the risk factors for life-course-persistent offenders differ for males and females.
12) prior to the early twentieth century, high schools were designed:
a.to keep delinquent children out of trouble.
b.for elite youngsters.
c.to offer vocational instruction.
d.to provide general education.
13) all of the following are reasons that males have greater gains in strength than
females during early adolescence, except:
a.increased production of androgens
b.strong societal pressures on girls to decrease their physical activity in preadolescence
c.inadequate nutrition among adolescent girls
d.adolescent girls’ increase in body fat
14) which of the following statements about adolescent mood swings is false?
a.the effect of hormones on adolescent mood swings is strongest early in puberty
b.adolescents’ moods fluctuate during the course of the day more than the moods of
adults
c.adolescent mood swings parallel their changes in activities
d.hormones play a greater role in the development of depression than do stressful life
events
15) which of the following statements about tracking is false?
a.teaching quality is more or less the same in different tracks.
b.students who are tracked tend to socialize mainly with peers from the same academic
group.
c.tracking can cause hostility between students in different tracks.
d.tracking procedures often discriminate against minority and poor students.
16) based on the definitions outlined in the five c’s of positive youth development, what
does confidence mean:
a.a positive view of one’s actions in domain-specific areas
b.an internal sense of overall positive self-worth and self-efficacy
c.positive bonds with people and institutions that are reflected in bidirectional
exchanges
d.respect for societal and cultural rules
17) which of the following statements regarding work values is not true for
adolescents?
a.adolescents tend to rate almost all work rewards very highly
b.adolescents optimistically believe that they can find jobs that satisfy multiple rewards
simultaneously
c.adolescents are able to focus on what they want from a job and identify a few rewards
that are most important to them
d.adolescents typically believe that they can “have it all” from future occupational
choices
18)
all of the following are themes that have emerged from the research findings of studies
that investigate different aspects of social cognition during adolescence except:
a.as individuals move into and through adolescence they become better able to step
outside themselves and see things from other vantage points.
b.adolescents are better able to see that the social rules we follow are not absolute and
are therefore subject to debate and questioning.
c.with age, adolescents develop a more differentiated, more nuanced understanding of
social norms.
d.with age, all adolescents increasingly reject the authority of adults by challenging and
dismissing the morals established by their parents.