1) mai can understand the metaphor, “my heart is an open book,” because she is able to
focus on the:
a.concrete and familiar associations.
b.semantic structure of the sentence.
c.abstract and conceptual relations.
d.observable features of the objects.
2) the best predictor of contraceptive use is:
a.age.
b.iq.
c.race.
d.socioeconomic status.
3) which of the following adolescents is least likely to use drugs?
a.mike, a white adolescent
b.li, an exchange student from china
c.emily, an asian-american adolescent
d.hector, a black adolescent
4) sixteen-year-old mercedes believes that the death penalty is wrong because her
parents, friends, and church say so. she has never really thought about the issue, but has
accepted this view as her own. what is her identity status?
a.achievement
b.foreclosure
c.diffusion
d.moratorium
5) the neurotransmitter associated with the experience of pleasure that is implicated in
substance abuse problems is known as:
a.serotonin
b.dopamine
c.acetylcholine
d.norepinephrine
6) jennifer has been diagnosed with an eating disorder. based on research from the
textbook, jennifer would probably fall under which of the following attachment
classifications?
a.anxious
b.dismissing
c.avoidant
d.secure
7) research assessing parent-adolescent communication about sex has found all of the
following, except:
a.although parents may indicate that they talked to their adolescents about a topic, such
as sexually transmitted diseases, their adolescents are likely to say they have not.
b.parents believe that if they express their disapproval of sexual activity, their
adolescents will not be sexually active.
c.parent-adolescent communication about sex significantly lowers adolescents’
likelihood of being sexually active.
d.parent-adolescent communication about contraception lowers the rate of risky sex.
8) typically, the social redefinition of young people occurs in groups of peers who are
approximately the same age, known as:
a.cohorts.
b.age groups.
c.longitudinal groups.
d.quinceaera groups.
9) during __________ concerns about loyalty and anxieties over rejection become more
pronounced and may temporarily overshadow concerns about intimate self-disclosure,
particularly among girls.
a.middle adolescence
b.late adolescence
c.early adolescence
d.late childhood
10) according to kohlberg, reasoning that is based on rewards and punishments is
called:
a.principled.
b.conventional.
c.postconventional.
d.preconventional.
11) which of the following adolescents (all are the same age) would be most susceptible
to peer pressure?
a.steven, a male adolescent
b.paul, a black adolescent
c.annie, an adolescent from a single-parent family
d.all of these youths are likely to appear relatively more susceptible to peer pressure.
12) according to the textbook, which of the following is not an effective form of
parental involvement:
a.helping with homework
b.encouraging achievement in school
c.expecting achievement in school
d.being involved in school-based activities
13) selena’s friends often come to her to help them resolve their problems because she
has exceptional insight and judgment, and offers good advice about their complex or
unclear issues. developmental psychologists would concur that selena has:
a.good intuition.
b.wisdom.
c.deductive reasoning skills.
d.social cognition.
14) according to research on behavioral decision theory, adolescents often decide to
engage in behavior that seems risky to adults because adolescents:
a.cannot consider as many consequences for their actions as do adults.
b.have thinking processes that are still predominantly preoperational.
c.place a different value on the possible consequences than do adults.
d.wish to assert their independence from adults in every possible way.
15) adolescents behave in a variety of ways within dating relationships that are shaped
by _____________ for how one is expected to behave.
a.rules
b.scripts
c.emotional norms
d.cultural norms
16) greg is the star quarterback of the football team and hangs out with larry, who is the
star pitcher of the baseball team. ben also hangs out with larry and greg. when
classmates refer to ben, they call him a member of the “jocks.” the crowd with which
ben associates serves as:
a.a reference group.
b.a clique.
c.a youth culture.
d.a fraternity.
17) antisocial behavior in adolescence can take all but which of the following forms?
a.overt antisocial behavior
b.covert antisocial behavior
c.authority conflict behavior
d.implicit antisocial behavior
18) in the 19th century, what distinguished children from adults?
a.what job they performed
b.whether they owned property
c.marital status
d.religious confirmation
19) all of the following are examples of the ways adolescents display intimacy with
their friends, except:
a.they know what their friends worry about.
b.their behaviors and emotional states are frequently synchronized.
c.they respond sensitively to their friends’ feelings.
d.they are more likely to negotiate than to disengage when resolving their
disagreements.