1) as carrie was growing up, her parents discussed politics with her, went on family
vacations to historical sites and national parks, and attended cultural events together.
carrie took clarinet lessons and spent a lot of time in the library reading books she chose
for herself. it is likely that carrie will be:
a.intrinsically motivated.
b.extrinsically motivated.
c.overwhelmed.
d.overly concerned about failure.
2) a limitation in children’s ability to ____ inhibits their ability to have intimate
interpersonal relationships.
a.empathize
b.take another person’s perspective
c.care deeply
d.understand friendships
3) in terms of time spent with peers, recent research has categorized adolescents into
four different groups based on their social self-perceptions. of these four groups, which
two spend the most time with peers?
a.anxious and desperate adolescents
b.desperate and confident adolescents
c.unconcerned and confident adolescents
d.unconcerned and anxious adolescents
4) which of the following is not one of the personality dimensions of the five-factor
model?
a.neuroticism
b.openness to experience
c.agreeableness
d.gender intensification
5) gwen has recently been preoccupied with trying to understand what kind of person
she is. as an exercise, she writes out a list of 20 traits that she thinks best describe her.
according to the text, gwen is focusing on her:
a.identity.
b.self-conception.
c.self-esteem.
d.socialization.
6) according to a study by caldwell and darling presented in the textbook, research
indicates spending time after school with friends is most problematic under which
circumstance:
a.when they lack supervision.
b.when the adolescent has friends who like to party and use drugs.
c.when the adolescent is easily susceptible to peer pressure.
d.it is the combination of all of the above.
7) interventions designed to help unpopular adolescents improve their social skills have
employed which of the following techniques?
a.explaining to adolescents that they need to develop a thicker psychological skin in
order to make friends
b.having adolescents wait patiently until another person engages them in conversation
c.teaching social skills like self-expression and leadership techniques
d.teaching joke-telling skills to improve their likeability among other adolescents
8) which of the following statements about cliques is false?
a.cliques are typically more emotionally salient for adolescents involved in antisocial
behavior.
b.cliques are typically composed of adolescents from the same socioeconomic
background.
c.cliques are typically composed of friends with similar interests and attitudes.
d.cliques rarely have members who differ in age.
9)
in contemporary society, many young people are sent off to summer camps, boarding
schools, or colleges. an analogous practice in traditional societies is known as:
a.extrusion.
b.initiation.
c.avoidance.
d.socialization.
10) sarah is an excellent writer, but her younger sister jane has always hated writing
classes and instead has focused on developing gymnastic abilities. sarah readily
expresses disdain for gymnastics, so the girls feel that they are different enough to
avoid direct competition. one explanation for this type of sibling behavior is called:
a.family decision making.
b.family contextual transformations.
c.sibling rivalry.
d.sibling deidentification.
11)
nadia is a student at a high school that is considered to be extremely cliquish. she tends
to be shy and introverted, has low self-esteem, and feels unhappy about her menstrual
periods. according to the text, nadia is probably:
a.sexually active.
b.underweight.
c.an early-maturing girl.
d.a late-maturing girl.
12) generalizing from the text, who would benefit most from summer school?
a.ron, an adolescent living in a low ses neighborhood
b.bill, an adolescent living in a high ses neighborhood
c.both ron and bill
d.neither ron nor bill
13) all of the following are true regarding the legal boundary between childhood and
adulthood except:
a.the legal boundary between childhood and adulthood is very clear and consistent
b.there are many inconsistencies in the legal boundary between childhood and
adulthood
c.once an adolescent is designated as an adult, she or he is also subject to a new set of
laws and will be treated differently
d.in some instances, attaining adult status brings with it more lenient treatment under
the law, whereas in others, it may be associated with harsher treatment.
14) vince engaged in delinquency as an adolescent and has continued to be in trouble
with the law ever since. vince would be characterized as a _____ offender.
a.life-course-persistent
b.comorbid
c.externalizing
d.adolescent limited
15) which of the following events have researchers suggested is one of the most
important triggers of the individuation process?
a.puberty
b.identity development
c.detaching from parents
d.seeing parents as people
16) tamika and theresa both live in single-parent households and survive on welfare.
tamika, however, lives in a better neighborhood than theresa. according to community
researchers, who is more likely to drop out of school or become pregnant?
a.tamika
b.theresa
c.both tamika and theresa have an equal chance
d.unable to determine
17) which of the following is least likely to be affected by genetic factors?
a.self-perception of scholastic competence
b.aggression and antisocial behavior
c.risk for suicide and depression
d.intelligence