1) ron will be going to a new school in the fall. what would be most effective in making
this transition less stressful?
a.calling the guidance counselors at the new school to alert them to ron’s arrival
b.encouraging ron to sever ties with his current school so that he enters his new school
with no prior attachments
c.letting ron establish his autonomy by fending for himself
d.providing ron with social support and encouragement from parents and classmates
2) margaret has been able to withstand many stressors in her life without showing
negative effects. it is likely that margaret is:
a.resilient.
b.internalizing.
c.externalizing.
d.using withdrawal strategies.
3) according to social control theory, delinquency is caused by:
a.unconventionality in the adolescent’s personality.
b.an inherited predisposition toward deviance.
c.biologically based differences in arousal and sensation-seeking.
d.a lack of bonds to the family, the school, or the workplace.
4) research evaluating media messages about sex and drugs finds that:
a.these messages have a strong impact on adolescents’ behavior.
b.repeated exposure to these messages is likely to have an effect on adolescent attitudes
and beliefs.
c.although the messages may be somewhat negative, they tend to be relatively accurate.
d.although their attitudes may differ, adolescents and adults have similar interpretations
of these messages.
5) one tremendous problem in interpreting studies of media use and adolescent
development is that:
a.it is extremely difficult to disentangle cause and effect
b.media is difficult to measure
c.the type of media that adolescents use changes rapidly
d.adolescents are very secretive about their media use
6) which of the following statements about the changes in information-processing
abilities during adolescence is false?
a.there are advances in short-term but not long-term memory.
b.the speed of processing information increases.
c.adolescents are more “planful” than children.
d.there are advances in selective and divided attention.
7) research on the interaction of the influence of parents and peers suggests all of the
following, except:
a.family environment affects adolescents’ choice of friends.
b.friends who value school can positively affect adolescents’ school achievement even if
the adolescent does not come from an authoritative home.
c.peers and parents have a stronger influence on adolescents’ school achievement in
countries in which schools serve heterogeneous groups of students.
d.peers have more influence on adolescents than families in countries where students
are placed on separate educational tracks.
8) who is the most likely to be a victim of a violent crime?
a.jeffrey, a black adolescent living in the suburbs
b.rose, an elderly white woman living in a large city
c.elaine, a white adolescent living in the country
d.mitch, a hispanic adolescent living in the inner city
9) jane, the adolescent daughter of the local police chief, has recently been hanging out
with a rowdy group of youth who have vandalized a number of public buildings. jane
has most likely adopted a:
a.false-self behavior.
b.negative peer culture.
c.negative identity.
d.all of the above
10) the greatest increase in the prevalence of premarital intercourse has been among
which group?
a.males
b.females
c.minority males
d.females from higher socioeconomic backgrounds
11) mei was an impulsive preschooler. it is likely that, as an adolescent, she will be:
a.impulsive.
b.shy.
c.anxious.
d.well-adjusted.
12) which adolescent would be expected to have the most positive academic
self-concept?
a.anne marie, a gifted student who takes special classes for gifted students
b.claudia jean, a gifted student who is integrated into the regular classroom
c.patricia, a student with a learning disability who is integrated into the regular
classroom
d.cassie, a student with a learning disability who takes special education classes with
other learning disabled students
13) james has flunked out of high school, has severed all of his ties with family and
friends, and has no sense of where he is headed. he also seems to have significant
disruptions in his sense of time (some things seem to happen much faster than they
really do). according to erikson, james is experiencing:
a.identity diffusion.
b.negative identity.
c.identity foreclosure.
d.psychosocial moratorium.
14) according to personality research presented in the textbook, there is evidence that,
between adolescence and young adulthood, individuals become:
a.more extraverted and less conscientious
b.less extraverted and more agreeable
c.more emotionally stable and more extraverted
d.less agreeable and more emotionally stable
15) during mischa’s aai, he appears uninfluenced by his childhood experiences. for
example, even though his mother wasn’t around much during his childhood, instead of
being upset, mischa replies, “no big deal, i didn’t need her anyway.” based on the
classifications, mischa would be categorized as:
a.secure.
b.avoidant.
c.dismissing.
d.preoccupied.
16)
adolescents who score higher than their peers on an iq test will probably:
a.score lower than their peers on their next iq test.
b.continue to score higher than their peers on future iq tests.
c.score the same as their peers on their next iq test.
d.cannot make a prediction based on the instability of intelligence.
17) tammy uses drugs and alcohol and hangs out with other people who use these
substances. stephanie engages in antisocial and delinquent behaviors and hangs out with
peers who also engage in delinquency. cory has many depressive symptoms and has
friends who also act depressed. discuss the process of selection and socialization in
regard to tammy, stephanie, and cory.
18) you’ve gone to a friend’s house for a study session and, when you come into the
living room, you hear some of your classmates arguing about how minorities are
“ruining” our country. they claim that most crimes are committed by ethnic minorities
and that non-minorities end up being the victims of their violence. how can you set
them straight?
19) discuss anna freud’s view of autonomy during early adolescence. how does her
perspective differ from that of contemporary writers?
20) dr. brown believes that adolescence is a time of storm and stress caused by the
production of new hormones. do you agree or disagree with his conclusion? be sure to
support your answer with what you know about the physiological changes of
adolescence. (hint: what do we know about the endocrine system?)
21) the head of the local high school pta has asked you for ideas about how to help
youngsters at her school who seem to be outcasts. she asks you about the different types
of groups the youngsters may cluster into, the effects of being in each of these groups
on their behavior and their emotional well-being, and how she can help those in groups
that may be at risk for emotional and behavioral problems. what will you tell her?
22) you are a specialist in adolescent development and have been invited to serve as an
expert witness in a high profile case. the case involves a 15-year-old girl who is being
charged with a gruesome first-degree murder. the judge would like to hold this girl to
the same standards of criminal responsibility as he would an adult. as such, the judge
has chosen to process this girl in a criminal court. do you think the teenage murderer
would be competent to stand trial in a criminal court? based on what you know about
the legal boundaries between childhood and adulthood, do you agree with the judge’s
decision?