1) compared with their counterparts from previous decades, today’s american
adolescents:
a.spend more days per year in school.
b.spend fewer days per year in school.
c.are absent from school more often.
d.are less likely to continue their schooling beyond the 12th grade.
2) which of the following is not one of the explanations researchers have presented to
answer the question, “given the prevalence of prejudice in american society and the
generally disadvantaged position of blacks, why do black adolescents have high
self-esteem?”
a.black teenagers benefit from the support and positive feedback of adults in their
communities.
b.blacks have learned not to recognize the extent to which american society
discriminates against them.
c.adolescents protect their self-esteem by focusing on areas of strength instead of areas
of weakness.
d.a strong sense of ethnic identity among black adolescents enhances their self-esteem.
3) sarah was placed in an advanced track at school. which of the following is sarah not
likely to experience?
a.more challenging instruction
b.better teaching
c.classroom activities that emphasize critical thinking
d.classroom activities that emphasize rote memorization
4) paid youth employment during the school year is virtually nonexistent in places such
as:
a.france, hungary, russia, and switzerland.
b.european countries.
c.japan and taiwan.
d.paid youth employment during the school year is fairly common in all of the above
places.
5)
which theory of media’s impact emphasizes the fact that adolescents choose the media
to which they are exposed?
a.uses and gratifications approach
b.cultivation theory
c.media practice model
d.routine activity theory
6) children’s friendships are based on _____, whereas adolescents’ friendships are based
on _____.
a.activities; competition
b.activities; intimacy
c.intimacy; competition
d.competition; activities
7) experts are likely to express all of the following reasons for the failure of school
reform, except:
a.concentration of poverty in many inner-city communities has produced a population
of students with an array of personal and situational problems
b.many urban school districts are burdened by the huge administrative bureaucracies
that often impede reform and hinder educational innovation
c.students in urban school report less of a sense of “belonging” to their school
d.the explosion of job opportunities in inner-city communities have left many students
leaving school to pursue careers.
8) “druggies,” “jocks,” and “nerds” are examples of:
a.crowds.
b.cliques.
c.youth cultures.
d.gangs.
9) which of the following statements is not true regarding the gender intensification
hypothesis in adolescence?
a.during adolescence, girls can be highly pressured to behave in feminine ways without
necessarily being punished or labeled deviant for exhibiting some masculine traits at the
same time.
b.during adolescence, boys can be highly pressured to behave in masculine ways
without necessarily being punished or labeled deviant for exhibiting some feminine
traits at the same time.
c.boys’ gender-role socialization does not intensify during adolescence as much as it
does for girls because boys’ gender-role socialization is very intense from childhood.
d. girls may feel increasingly pressured to dress nicely and to wear makeup when they
reach adolescence, but they are not pressured to give up athletics.
10) which of the following plays the greatest role in the development of depression?
a.rapid increases in hormones
b.early maturation
c.stressful life events
d.the delayed phase preference
11) dr. brown argues that adolescents can solve problems better than younger children
because they can store more information in memory and because they have more
effective strategies. dr. brown’s view is most consistent with which of the following
perspectives?
a.triarchic theory of intelligence
b.information-processing perspective
c.psychometric theory
d.piagetian perspective
12) research described in the text indicates all of the following except:
a.juveniles are less likely than adults to understand their rights when being questioned
by the police
b.juvenile are more likely than adults to confess to a crime than remain silent
c.juveniles are less likely than adults to discuss disagreements with their attorneys
d.nearly all juveniles under 15 years old are competent to stand trial in a criminal
proceeding