Topic 10: Emotional and Social Development in Adolescent

Question 1

Relationships with parents and siblings change as adolescents strive to become more ……………..Effective parenting of adolescents strikes a balance between connection and separation.

Answer 1

Autonomous

Question 2

Most young people move through adolescence with little disturbance, but some encounter major disruptions, such as early parenthood, substance abuse, and school failure. The most common psychological problem of adolescence is ……………and the suicide rate jumps sharply at adolescence.

Answer 2

Depression

Question 3

Erikson’s Theory: Identity Versus………..

Industy
Ego
Role Confusion

Answer 3

Role Confusion

Question 4

Erikson’s Theory: Identity Versus………..

Industry
Ego
Role Confusion

Answer 4

Role Confusion

Question 5

Adolescents who assume that absolute truth is always attainable tend to be

Identity achievement
identity moratorium
identity foreclosure
identity diffusion

Answer 5

foreclosed

Question 6

Adolescents with Both identity …………and …………….are psychologically healthy routes to a mature self-definition.

Identity achievement & identity moratorium
identity foreclosure & identity diffusion

Answer 6

Identity achievement

identity moratorium

Question 7

Adolescents who doubt that they will ever feel certain about anything are more often

identity diffused.
identity moratorium

Answer 7

identity diffused.

Question 8

Increasingly adequate moral reasoning is promoted by:
actively grappling with moral issues and noticing weaknesses in one’s current reasoning
gains in perspective taking

Whos Theory is this?

Erikson psychosocial stages
Lawrence Kohlberg’s cognitive-developmental theory
Piaget

Answer 8

Lawrence Kohlberg’s cognitive-developmental theory

Question 9

preconventional level, children accept the rules of authority figures and judge actions by their consequences. Which theorist is this?

Answer 9

Kohlberg’s

Question 10

At Kohlberg’s ……….. level, children accept the rules of authority figures and judge actions by their consequences.

Pre conventional
conventional
post conventional

Answer 10

Pre conventional

Question 11

At the …………level, individuals regard conformity to social rules as important because actively maintaining the current social system ensures positive relationships and societal order.

Pre conventional
conventional
post conventional

Answer 11

Conventional

Question 12

Individuals at the ……………. level define morality in terms of abstract principles and values that apply to all situations and societies.

Pre conventional
conventional
post conventional

Answer 12

post conventional

Question 13

Throughout adolescence, the quality of the parent–child relationship is the single most consistent predictor of …………

Answer 13

Mental health

Question 14

………… attachment to parents in infancy and childhood, together with recollections of that security in adolescence, predicts higher-quality teenage friendships and romantic ties.

Answer 14

Secure

Question 15

Having already explored alternatives, these individuals are committed to a clearly formulated set of self-chosen values and goals

This reflects identity…….

Answer 15

achievement

Question 16

Delay or holding pattern”. Have not yet made definite commitments. They are in the process of exploring–gathering information and trying out activities, with the desire to find values and goals to guide their lives

Idenity………

Answer 16

Moratorium

Question 17

If 14-year-old Wesley is like most adolescents, his self-esteem is likely to ________ from mid- to late adolescence.

remain stable
rise
decline
flucuate a lot

Answer 17

Rise

Question 18

Very high social media use is linked to ________.

a decline in mental health problems
feelings of connectedness
boredom and depression

high-quality face-to-face relationships

Answer 18

boredom and depression

Question 19

Values thoughts and opinions……….are start to define themselves by this

Answer 19

adolescence

Question 20

To realise their potential, adolescents must have family, school, and community environments that nurture personal strengths while limiting exposure to adversity.
Factors that are particularly beneficial for fostering ………………… in adolescence include:
a balance between family connection and separation that promotes autonomy
close, supportive friendships
a culturally sensitive school
a community that fosters a secure ethnic or bicultural identity
opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities, youth organisations, and community service.

Answer 20

resilience