1) according to adolescents, what is the best thing about school?
a.learning new information
b.being with friends
c.interacting with the teachers
d.participating in extracurricular activities
2) paul won’t even try to learn how to swim because when he has tried before, he has
not done very well and he is now convinced that no matter what he does, he will never
learn to swim. paul’s situation is an example of:
a.ego deflation.
b.type-a behavior.
c.learned helplessness.
d.temperament.
3) who is at the greatest risk of developing body dissatisfaction?
a.callie, an early-maturing, affluent caucasian girl who compares herself to her friends
b.miranda, a late-maturing african-american girl
c.john, an early-maturing african-american male who compares himself to his friends
d.mike, a late-maturing caucasian male who feels he is not muscular enough
4) in the united states, all citizens over the age of 18 are allowed to vote. this is an
example of:
a.particularistic norm.
b.universalistic norm.
c.age separation.
d.age grading.
5) the textbook states that peers are important for all of the following reasons, except:
a.students whose friends are more engaged in school are themselves more engaged
b.students with best friends who achieve high grades in school are more likely to show
improvements in their own grades than are students who begin at similar levels of
achievement but whose friends are not high achievers
c.peers play an especially important role in girls’ decisions to take math and science
classes
d.adolescents with an extremely high orientation toward peers tend to perform better in
school
6) in contrast with younger adolescents, older adolescents:
a.are more likely to be republicans than democrats.
b.are more likely to believe in autocratic rule and take an acquiescent stance toward
government.
c.are equally as likely to be influenced by their living environment.
d.are more likely to challenge authority and argue that laws should be reexamined.
7) which of the following has not been found to be a characteristic of adolescents who
work more than 20 hours per week?
a.lowered school achievement
b.copying homework from friends or other forms of cheating
c.more involvement in extracurricular activities
d.taking less demanding classes
8) asian american students are likely to have higher academic achievement than white
or ethnic minority youth because:
a.they believe in the value of school success.
b.they are very anxious about negative repercussions of not doing well in school.
c.they spend more time studying than white or other ethnic minority students.
d.all of the above.
9) legal decisions have tended to support adolescent autonomy when the behavior at
issue is:
a.viewed as potentially dangerous.
b.supported by the adolescents’ parents.
c.also legal for adults.
d.viewed as having potential benefit.
10) susan, a white adolescent, is more likely to be vulnerable to disturbances in
________ than any other group of youngsters.
a.self-concept
b.self-image
c.false-self behavior
d.family relationships
11) in classical psychoanalytic theories, the process of separation that occurs during
early adolescence is referred to as:
a.detachment.
b.separation anxiety.
c.distinction.
d.individuation.
12) jim and his mom are in an argument because his mom found out that jim has
smoked marijuana. jim’s defense is, “half the senior class is doing it!” how accurate is
jim’s statement?
a.it is very inaccurateonly 10% of high school seniors have tried marijuana.
b.it is inaccuratehalf of americans have tried marijuana, not half of high school seniors.
c.it is almost accurateabout 43% of all high school seniors have tried marijuana.
d.statistics about marijuana use are too inconsistent to know.
13) which of the following statements about self-esteem in children is true?
a.having high self-esteem boosts achievement.
b.high achievement boosts self-esteem.
c.high achievement and high self-esteem each boost the other characteristic.
d.for the most part, self-esteem and achievement are unrelated characteristics.
14) which of the following parenting styles is associated with adolescents’ development
of intrinsic motivation and academic achievement?
a.permissive
b.authoritative
c.authoritarian
d.demonstrative
15) based on information from the textbook, among both males and females, many
traits traditionally labeled as _____ are associated in adolescence with __________.
a.masculine; better adjustment and greater peer acceptance
b.androgynous; better adjustment and greater peer acceptance
c.masculine; worse adjustment and poorer peer acceptance
d.androgynous; worse adjustment and poorer peer acceptance
16) according to research presented in the textbook, the longer a foreign-born
adolescent has lived in the united states, the more likely he or she is to:
a.smoke cigarettes or binge drink
b.feel as though he or she has established meaningful interpersonal relationships
c.increase in health-benefiting behaviors
d.receive high grades in school
17) ________ involvement has been found to enhance the adjustment of low-income
students in their transition to middle school.
a.parental
b.community
c.neighborhood
d.personal