Question 1

over the last 50 years, there has been a _____ _____in time devoted to leisure

Accepted Answer

significant increase

Question 2

3 main patterns on increase in time devoted to leisure? (3)

Accepted Answer

3 main patterns: 1. well rounded adolescents with time has commitments across many different activities 2. adolescents who tend to focus on one type of activity 3. adolescents who do not do much outside of school

Question 3

adolescents were either _____ or ____, not ____

Accepted Answer

students; workers; both

Question 4

most teenagers before 1925 entered workforce full time at age:

Accepted Answer

15

Question 5

compulsory education laws and child labor laws were passed and did what?

Accepted Answer

required students to stay in school until age 16 and restricted adolescent's work opportunities

Question 6

why did part time jobs rise in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

growth of retail and service sectors of the economy. teens were called upon to fill these positions and worked for relatively low wages and short work shifts

Question 7

educational reformers began calling for:

Accepted Answer

tough standards in high school which led to harder classes to prepare for college

Question 8

the recession in the early 2000s resulted in:

Accepted Answer

unemployed adults being hired over teenagers

Question 9

effects of adolescence work focuses on these 3 broad questions:

Accepted Answer

1. whether working helps adolescents develop a sense of responsibility 2. whether working interferes with other activities, such as school 3. whether working promotes the development of undesirable behaviors such as drug and alcohol use

Question 10

____ research supports the view that working makes adolescence more responsible

Accepted Answer

little

Question 11

some data indicates high rates of _____ on the job

Accepted Answer

misconduct

Question 12

peoples recollection at work are more ___ regarding _____ ____ than research reports:

Accepted Answer

positive; learned skills

Question 13

2 positives of work is

Accepted Answer

money management and psychological impact depending on job

Question 14

students working long hours are more likely to:

Accepted Answer

be absent from school, less time to participate in extracurriculars, report enjoying school less, earn slightly lower grades

Question 15

true or false: working fewer than 20 hours per week does not appear to have adverse effects

Accepted Answer

true

Question 16

working long hours may be associated with increases in:

Accepted Answer

aggression, school misconduct, precocious sexual activity, and minor delinquincy

Question 17

some research has found special benefits of employment for inner city adolescents from:

Accepted Answer

single parent farms, poor farms, poor school records, or histories of delinquincy

Question 18

the age at which adolescents begin working does not matter true or false

Accepted Answer

false

Question 19

adolescents in United States spend ___ ____ of their waking hours in leisure activities:

Accepted Answer

nearly half

Question 20

experience sampling method:

Accepted Answer

a method of collecting data about adolescent's emotional states in which individuals are signaled and asked to report on their mood and activity

Question 21

the most popular extracurricular acitivty in US is:

Accepted Answer

athletics

Question 22

other popular activities are:

Accepted Answer

music and academic or occupational

Question 23

extracurricular participation is more common among adolescents from more:

Accepted Answer

affluent fams, earn better grades, and among students from smaller schools and more rural communities

Question 24

extracurricular participation is ___ over time

Accepted Answer

stable

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