1) although chris is significantly delayed developmentally he goes to a regular grade
school, takes classes in social studies, music, and physical education with the
non-handicapped students, and goes to special classes to learn about reading and
arithmetic. this situation is an example of:
a.mainstreaming.
b.functional education.
c.higher-order learning.
d.education compensation.
2) kikko hates country music but told keith, who is a big garth brooks fan and her latest
love interest, that she adored country music and would love to go with him to see garth
in concert. this type of behavior is called:
a.the negative identity.
b.code switching.
c.identity confusion.
d.the false-self.
3) affluent, suburban, and white children are _____ likely to be home unsupervised, and
poor, minority, and urban and rural children are _____ likely.
a.least; most.
b.slightly less; slightly more.
c.most; least.
d.none of the above, they odds of being left home unsupervised are the same.
4) which of the following statements about dating violence is false?
a.dating violence becomes more common with age.
b.males and females are equally likely to be victims of violence in dating relationships.
c.dating violence is more common in rural than in urban or suburban communities.
d.dating violence is more common among heterosexual youth than among
sexual-minority adolescents.
5) the recent, get-tough approach to dealing with violence in schools that has been hotly
debated among researchers is known as:
a.the total intolerance approach.
b.the complete prevention approach.
c.the zero-tolerance approach.
d.the absolute zero approach.
6) according to the textbook, the prevalence of adolescent smoking is a direct function
of:
a.the number of retail outlets selling tobacco in their immediate neighborhood
b.the amount of people smoking in the neighborhood
c.whether biological parents smoke
d.being an early maturing male and living in a single parent household
7) although sarah’s parents divorced seven years ago, the counselor at school attributes
sarah’s poor school performance and delinquent behavior to the divorce. this counselor
is probably referring to the:
a.deferred effect of divorce.
b.sleeper effect of divorce.
c.generation gap between adolescents and parents.
d.sluggish adjustment of adolescence.
8) who is probably most likely to drop out of high school?
a.luanne, whose parents are consistently authoritative
b.dierdre, whose parents are consistently authoritarian
c.bobby jo, whose parents are consistently indulgent
d.sally, whose parents are consistently permissive
9) ___________ theorists believe that changes in cognitive abilities appearing during
adolescence are qualitative, whereas __________ theorists believe they are quantitative.
a.cognitive-developmental; information-processing
b.cognitive-developmental; behavioral decision
c.information-processing; cognitive-developmental
d.information-processing; behavioral decision
10) compared with students in other countries, u.s. elementary school students _______
students in other countries, and high school students in the united states _______ than
their peers in other countries.
a.perform as well as; perform as well
b.perform better than; perform better
c.perform as well as; perform more poorly
d.perform more poorly than; perform better
11) which statement about conformity to peers is most true?
a.conformity is higher during later adolescence.
b.conformity is low when the behavior in question is antisocial.
c.conformity is higher during early and middle adolescence than later adolescence,
especially when the behavior in question is antisocial.
d.conformity to peers is low during early and middle adolescence.
12) who is the least likely adolescent to bear her first child while married?
a.maria, a mexican american
b.alisha, a black adolescent
c.francine, an asian american
d.sylvia, a white american
13) dr. jones argues that adolescence is primarily a social invention rather than a
biological or cognitive phenomenon. her view that the broader environment influences
our conception of adolescence is most in line with the:
a.piagetian perspective.
b.psychometric perspective.
c.inventionist perspective.
d.contextual perspective.
14) the modest gains in achievement that have occurred during the past decade or so
have been in the area of:
a.higher-order thinking.
b.relatively simple skills.
c.computer training.
d.specialized science fields.