1) young people who abuse alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs are more likely to
experience all of the following, except:
a.increased popularity
b.suffer from psychological distress
c.become involved in dangerous or deviant activities
d.engage in unprotected sexual activities
2) adolescents who have less positive relationships with their parents are more likely to
do all but which of the following:
a.spend time with friends in unsupervised settings.
b.hang out with negative peers.
c.be highly peer-oriented.
d.be influenced by friends who perform well in school.
3) which of this following is a mechanism by which higher socioeconomic parents help
their children become enrolled in higher-track classes?
a.adolescents from more well-off families more frequently consult with their parents
about what courses to take
b.higher socioeconomic parents frequently succeed in lobbying their child’s school for a
changed track placement
c.both a and b
d.none of the above
4) all of the following are noted in the text as reasons why achievement during the
adolescent years merits special attention, except:
a.this is a period when adolescents prepare for and sort themselves into occupational
roles.
b.it is during this period that adolescents begin to evaluate their occupational choices in
light of their talents, abilities, and opportunities.
c.it is during this period that adolescents make serious long-term decisions concerning
life partners.
d.the educational and occupation decisions made during adolescence are more
numerous and the consequences of these decisions are more serious than those that take
place during childhood.
5) which of the following is not a good predictor of volunteerism?
a.having parents who actively volunteer in the community
b.being male
c.being actively involved in religion
d.being extroverted
6) as a social scientist who works with advocacy groups, it is most likely that professor
sandburg would be interested in tracking the size of the adolescent population over a
period of time for all of the following reasons, except:
a.he wants to see how funds are allocated for such things as social services, education,
and health care.
b.he wants to understand the behavior of different cohorts.
c.he wants to see how these groups are influenced by the mass media.
d.he wants to see the degree of political or social influence that given cohorts have.
7) the birth rate among adolescent women today is _____ in previous eras.
a.impossible to compare to what it was
b.lower than
c.higher than
d.the same as it was
8) what percentage of today’s high school students will have worked in an after school
job before graduating?
a.between 25-35%
b.between 50-60%
c.between 80-90%
d.between 65-75%
9) maria is the mother of a 6-month-old baby girl, antonia. antonia does not seem to
have a close, trusting bond with maria. instead, their relationship is characterized by
ambivalence. what type of attachment best describes antonia’s relationship with maria?
a.secure attachment
b.anxious-resistant attachment
c.anxious-avoidant attachment
d.indifferent attachment
10) according to kohlberg, at which level of moral reasoning would someone who saw
society’s rules and conventions as relative and subject be at:
a.preconventional
b.postconventional
c.conventional
d.this description does not match one of kohlberg’s levels
11) the term “adolescent” became widely used at what time?
a.since the 15th century
b.since the 18th century
c.since the 19th century
d.during the 20th century
12) kaji, a 16-year-old male, has gone through the rite of passage and is now considered
a warrior by his tribesmen. this change in kaji’s role and status may be referred to as:
a.extrusion.
b.scarification.
c.social redefinition.
d.inventionist.
13) generalizing from the text, if nicky’s parents want to slow down her sexual
involvement, which of her parents should talk to her about sex?
a.her mother.
b.her father.
c.both of her parents should talk to her at the same time.
d.neither of her parents should talk to her about sex.
14) in 1960, the average age of marriage for women was _____; today it is _____:
a.20; 26
b.26; 20
c.30; 20
d.20; 20