Lesson 6

Question 1

Status in which an adolescent has not had a crisis or made a commitment. An early adolescent, for example, may not have thought about career choices.

Answer 1

Identity diffusion

Question 2

Status in which an adolescent has committed to an option that they have not thought much about. e.g. - a student wanting to be a laser because that’s what their parents want them to be.

Answer 2

Identity foreclosure

Question 3

Criminal acts such as robbery, rape, and assault.

Answer 3

Index offenses

Question 4

Include running away, truancy, and underage drinking.

Answer 4

Status offenses

Question 5

A sex hormone, considers the chief estrogen.

Answer 5

Estradiol

Question 6

A hormone that affects appetite and is believed to affect the onset of puberty.

Answer 6

Leptin

Question 7

An aspect of adolescent egocentrism characterized by a belief that his/her thoughts, feelings, or experiences are unique and more wonderful or awful than anyone else’s.

Answer 7

Personal fable

Question 8

Reasoning from a general statement, premise, or principle, through logical steps, to figure out specifics. Also called top-down reasoning.

Answer 8

Deductive reasoning

Question 9

Reasoning from specific experiences or facts to reach a general conclusion. Also called bottom up reasoning.

Answer 9

Inductive reasoning.

Question 10

The notion that 2 networks exist within the human brain. One for emotional, and one for analytical processing.

Answer 10

Dual-process model

Question 11

The continued investment of time, effort, or money, into something that has little chance of success or a return.

Answer 11

Sunk-cost fallacy

Question 12

the tendency for people to mistakenly judge the likelihood of a situation by not taking into account all relevant data. For example, someone who plays “lucky” lottery numbers without taking into consideration the actual odds.

Answer 12

Base rate neglect (base rate fallacy)

Question 13

An international test taken by 15-year olds in 50 countries that is designed to measure problem solving and cognition in daily life.

Answer 13

Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)

Question 14

Erikson’s term for premature identity formation, which occurs when an adolescent adopts parents or society’s roles and values without question or analysis.

Answer 14

Foreclosure

Question 15

A person whose criminal activity typically begins in early adolescence and continues throughout life; a career criminal

Answer 15

Life-course-persistent offender

Question 16

A person whose criminal activity stops by age 21.

Answer 16

Adolescence limited offender

Question 17

Refers to the adolescents ability to form a guess (hypothesis) about the best solution to a problem and systematically test its accuracy.

Answer 17

Hypothetical-deductive reasoning