CHAPTER 16: Adolescence (Psychosocial Development) Flashcards
Psychosocial development during adolescence involves the search for a(n) _____.
A) soul mate
B) career
C) set of behaviors to please others
D) understanding of oneself
D) understanding of oneself
Psychosocial development during adolescence is often seen as a quest to answer the question _____
A) “What am I going to do with my life?”
B) “Will I ever find someone to love?”
C) “Who am I?”
D) “Why don’t my parents understand me?”
C) “Who am I?”
According to Erikson, adolescents are in the stage of _____.
A) identity versus role confusion
B) intimacy versus isolation
C) independence versus neediness
D) integration versus separation
A) identity versus role confusion
According to Erikson, the goal of adolescence is to _____.
A) abandon parental goals
B) find one’s own identity
C) attain independence from one’s peer group
D) form an intimate relationship with a member of the opposite sex
B) find one’s own identity
According to Erikson, the ultimate adolescent psychosocial goal is identity _____.
A) diffusion
B) achievement
C) foreclosure
D) moratorium
B) achievement
Mary is an adolescent. According to Erikson, her new identity will be established by choosing _____.
A) an appropriate adult “hero figure”
B) values and goals opposite to the destructive identities of media stars
C) to embrace some parental and societal values while abandoning others
D) one sexual role and sticking with it, regardless of the consequences
C) to embrace some parental and societal values while abandoning others
Following Erikson’s lead, _____ distinguished four specific ways in which young people cope with the identity crisis.
A) Baumrind
B) Freud
C) Marcia
D) Skinner
C) Marcia
The identity status characterized by a lack of commitment to any goals or values was originally called identity _____.
A) achievement
B) foreclosure
C) diffusion
D) moratorium
C) diffusion
Role confusion refers to the identity status in which adolescents _____.
A) pause during their identity formation to explore alternatives
B) form their identity prematurely
C) do not commit to goals and fail to take on any role
D) understand who they are as connected to everything they have learned
C) do not commit to goals and fail to take on any role
Role confusion is typically characterized by _____.
A) no focus on or concern about the future
B) foreclosure
C) following one’s heart
D) commitment to a cause
A) no focus on or concern about the future
Which adolescent appears to be experiencing role confusion?
A) Jeannine, who runs away from a pressured home environment and joins a commune
B) Fred, who is pressured by his parents to become a doctor
C) Barbara, a college student who frequently changes majors
D) Zachary, who spends most of his time watching TV and hanging out with his friends
D) Zachary, who spends most of his time watching TV and hanging out with his friends
Seventeen-year-old Andrew failed several classes, lost his job, and spends most of his time sleeping on the couch. When his parents voice their disapproval, he replies, “Whatever.” Andrew’s response indicates _____.
A) role confusion
B) identity achievement
C) identity foreclosure
D) moratorium
A) role confusion
When a person adopts his or her parents’ or society’s roles and values without questioning and exploring a personal identity, it is referred to as identity _____.
A) moratorium
B) foreclosure
C) diffusion
D) achievement
B) foreclosure
An example of a behavior that demonstrates identity foreclosure is _____.
A) dropping out of high school
B) choosing a different career path than what parents wanted
C) being eager to vote
D) working in the family business because it is expected
D) working in the family business because it is expected
Harold readily adopted his parent’s political beliefs without question. Happy and secure, he enjoys participating in political events with his parents. His identity status reflects _____.
A) diffusion
B) achievement
C) foreclosure
D) moratorium
C) foreclosure
Without any thoughtful consideration, Sean took on an identity that is the opposite of what his parents want for him. Sean has adopted a(n) _____.
A) negative identity
B) positive identity
C) non-identity
D) over identity
A) negative identity
Angel’s parents wanted him to be part of the family business-and Angel planned to do so. Then, at age 21, he decided to leave the business to study to be a lawyer. Angel resisted _____.
A) identity foreclosure
B) forced conversion
C) role repudiation
D) negative identity
A) identity foreclosure
The term for a pause in identity formation, when alternatives are explored before final choices are made, is known as _____.
A) identity diffusion
B) role confusion
C) negative identity
D) moratorium
D) moratorium
During an identity moratorium, adolescents typically _____.
A) ignore their future roles and responsibilities
B) take on a temporary role and postpone identity-achievement decisions
C) change their identity from that of their youth
D) adopt their parents’ views after having tested them on their own
B) take on a temporary role and postpone identity-achievement decisions
In the United States, one way for some to legitimatize an identity moratorium is to _____.
A) go to college
B) get married
C) have a baby
D) smoke marijuana
A) go to college
Barrett is serving a two-year mission for his church at the age of 19. When he returns home from his mission assignment, he will decide whether or not to attend college and will make decisions about career and family. Barrett’s current status is identity _____.
A) foreclosure
B) moratorium
C) diffusion
D) achievement
B) moratorium
According to Erikson, what is one of the four aspects of identity?
A) physical
B) political
C) familial
D) economic
B) political
_____ adolescents totally reject the religion in which they have grown up.
A) Few
B) About half of all
C) About three-fourths of all
D) Almost all
A) Few
Today, vocational identity often takes _____ to establish, and most work demands very specific skills that cannot be learned except on the job.
A) days
B) months
C) years
D) decades
C) years