PSY-203 CHP 11 Flashcards
According to research, the strong predictors of educational attainment are:
grade point average
parental education
effortful control
Most researchers use Blank______ to refer to the period of identity development during which an adolescent chooses among meaningful alternatives.
exploration
According to Marcia, the period in identity development when individuals are exploring alternatives is called
crisis, or exploration.
Many young adolescents are identity ___
diffusion
Most researchers use Blank______ to refer to the period of identity development during which an adolescent chooses among meaningful alternatives.
exploration
Many adolescents and emerging adults growing up in the United States and Canada have grown up in cultural contexts that
value individual autonomy.
According to the dual cycle identity model, the formation cycle of identity development includes which of the following?
identification with commitment
exploration in breadth
Which of the following questions focus on identity development over spiritual development?
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?
Which of the following is true of ethnic minority individuals in adolescence and emerging adulthood?
They can interpret ethnic and cultural information.
They engage in more ethnic-related experiences.
They confront their ethnicity for the first time.
Which of the following allows adolescents to increasingly consider the meaning of their ethnicity?
advancing cognitive skills
As they enter adolescence, youth typically prefer Blank______ than in childhood.
relationships that are more intimate and intense
a smaller number of friends
In which of the following ways do cliques generally form?
through shared activities
through friendships with other individuals
through a club or sports team
Which of the following allows adolescents to increasingly consider the meaning of their ethnicity?
advancing cognitive skills
Which of the following is not a factor in the ways cliques form?
reputation
What are the features of crowds?
They tend to be based on reputation.
Many are defined by activities.
They are larger than cliques.
Which of the following statements about early bloomers is false?
Early bloomers include 16- to 18-year-olds who say they are in a romantic relationship.
As compared to East Asian adolescents, American adolescents spend Blank______ percent as much time on school work.
60
Which of the following statements are true of late bloomers?
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.
When given a choice, U.S. adolescents typically use their leisure time to engage in
unchallenging activities.
The high school graduation ceremony could be seen as a culture-wide:
rite of passage
___ delinquency refers to actions taken by an adolescent that break the law.
juvenile
Nighttime mobile phone use among adolescents has been linked to which of the following?
poor sleep behavior
increased externalization of problems
decreased self-esteem
Stress over which of the following is increasingly thought to contribute to the greater incidence of depression in adolescent girls than in adolescent boys?
weight
mong which group has there been a disproportionate increase in suicide since 2007?
10- to 14-year-old female adolescents
Female adolescents who attempt suicide are Blank______ male adolescents to succeed in killing themselves.
less likely than
