test 2 Flashcards
According to Erikson’s theory, identity confusion reflects a failure to establish commitments in which of the following areas?
love, work, and ideology
adolescents in the _____ status report lower levels of self-esteem and poorer relationships quality with parents compared to adolescents in the _____ status.
diffusion; achievement
Which of the following reflects the research evidence for characteristics of friendships between adolescents and emerging adults?
Emerging adults are more likely to have other-sex friendships than adolescents.
Caroline and Kelly are friends in middle school and they both like to sneak beers out of their refrigerators at home to try out drinking. The fact that Caroline and Kelly’s friendship may be explained by their shared preference for drinking is called __________.
selective association
Gene and Doug are planning to go to their high school’s homecoming football game together so that they do not have to go alone and can sit by each other and hang out. What type of friendship support are Gene and Doug providing each other?
Companionship support
Craig is one of five trumpet players in his middle-school band. The trumpet section members are good friends who often hang out together. Craig’s friendship with the trumpet section members is an example of a(n) __________.
clique
Which of the following best summarizes adolescents’ use of sarcasm and ridicule in traditional cultures?
Adolescents in traditional cultures sometimes direct their sarcasm and ridicule toward adults to enforce social norms
The adolescent crowd structure in traditional cultures versus the American culture is different in that crowds tend to be less __________, especially because most youth sleep and spend their leisure time in a separate dwelling from their families, which is called a __________.
age-graded; dormitory
The qualities most likely to distinguish popular from unpopular adolescents on sociometry measures are ________, and asking an adolescent to identify with whom among their classmates that they’d most likely to be paired on a team is an example of ________ sociometric measurement.
social skills; indirect
Carlos is part of a clique of boys who play video games. To demonstrate their clique identity, every day the boys wear a t-shirt that depicts their favorite video game character and greet each other by pretending they are robots. Which of the following two components of youth culture style are Carlos and the clique of video game boys displaying?
Image and demeanor
The frequent inclusion of taboo and vulgar words in adolescents’ language most closely reflects which of the following purposes for slang?
To challenge adult norms
Researchers have found that by the 11th grade ________ of adolescents report experiencing a romantic relationship at some point, and that by emerging adulthood the most important function of romantic relationships is ________.
80%; intimacy
Megan likes two boys in her ninth-grade class: Wesley, who plays on the football team, and Nick, who is on the science team. Megan decides to ask her friends to ask Wesley if he likes her because she thinks that by going with Wesley she will become more popular. According to Bradford Brown’s developmental model of adolescent love, in which phase are Megan and Wesley?
Status phase
Among American emerging adults, although about ________ report that living together before getting married is a good way to avoid divorce, cohabitation is ________ associated with divorce.
60%; positively
Findings from psychologist David Buss’s worldwide study on the importance of traits for selecting a marriage partner found a cross-cultural difference on the trait of _________, in which ________ cultures ranked this trait highly important.
chastity; Eastern
