PSY-203 CHP 11

Question 1

According to research, the strong predictors of educational attainment are:

Answer 1

grade point average

parental education

effortful control

Question 2

Most researchers use Blank______ to refer to the period of identity development during which an adolescent chooses among meaningful alternatives.

Answer 2

exploration

Question 3

According to Marcia, the period in identity development when individuals are exploring alternatives is called

Answer 3

crisis, or exploration.

Question 4

Many young adolescents are identity ___

Answer 4

diffusion

Question 5

Most researchers use Blank______ to refer to the period of identity development during which an adolescent chooses among meaningful alternatives.

Answer 5

exploration

Question 6

Many adolescents and emerging adults growing up in the United States and Canada have grown up in cultural contexts that

Answer 6

value individual autonomy.

Question 6

According to the dual cycle identity model, the formation cycle of identity development includes which of the following?

Answer 6

identification with commitment

exploration in breadth

Question 7

Which of the following questions focus on identity development over spiritual development?

Answer 7

Why am I on this planet?

What am I all about as a person?

Is there really a God or higher spiritual being?

Who am I?

Question 7

Which of the following is true of ethnic minority individuals in adolescence and emerging adulthood?

Answer 7

They can interpret ethnic and cultural information.

They engage in more ethnic-related experiences.

They confront their ethnicity for the first time.

Question 8

Which of the following allows adolescents to increasingly consider the meaning of their ethnicity?

Answer 8

advancing cognitive skills

Question 9

As they enter adolescence, youth typically prefer Blank______ than in childhood.

Answer 9

relationships that are more intimate and intense

a smaller number of friends

Question 10

In which of the following ways do cliques generally form?

Answer 10

through shared activities

through friendships with other individuals

through a club or sports team

Question 11

Which of the following allows adolescents to increasingly consider the meaning of their ethnicity?

Answer 11

advancing cognitive skills

Question 12

Which of the following is not a factor in the ways cliques form?

Answer 12

reputation

Question 13

What are the features of crowds?

Answer 13

They tend to be based on reputation.

Many are defined by activities.

They are larger than cliques.

Question 14

Which of the following statements about early bloomers is false?

Answer 14

Early bloomers include 16- to 18-year-olds who say they are in a romantic relationship.

Question 15

As compared to East Asian adolescents, American adolescents spend Blank______ percent as much time on school work.

Answer 15

60

Question 16

Which of the following statements are true of late bloomers?

Answer 16

Late bloomers include 17- to 19-year-olds who say they have not had a romantic relationship that has lasted more than 4 months.

Late bloomers include 17- to 19-year-olds who say they have had no experience in romantic relationships.

Question 17

When given a choice, U.S. adolescents typically use their leisure time to engage in

Answer 17

unchallenging activities.

Question 18

The high school graduation ceremony could be seen as a culture-wide:

Answer 18

rite of passage

Question 19

___ delinquency refers to actions taken by an adolescent that break the law.

Answer 19

juvenile

Question 20

Nighttime mobile phone use among adolescents has been linked to which of the following?

Answer 20

poor sleep behavior

increased externalization of problems

decreased self-esteem

Question 21

Stress over which of the following is increasingly thought to contribute to the greater incidence of depression in adolescent girls than in adolescent boys?

Answer 21

weight

Question 22

mong which group has there been a disproportionate increase in suicide since 2007?

Answer 22

10- to 14-year-old female adolescents

Question 23

Female adolescents who attempt suicide are Blank______ male adolescents to succeed in killing themselves.

Answer 23

less likely than