Exam 10: Parenting Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Parents Sarai and Raj encourage their teenage son to get involved in the local youth group or volunteer at the community food pantry after school. They believe these ______ will reduce the likelihood he will engage in risky behavior.

In order for parents to monitor adolescent's actions and help them make good judgments, ______.

The most common mental health problem for youth 12-17 years of age in a Canadian sample was ______.

Brad is on his high school's football team, is laid back, and enjoys playing card games. It so happens that the majority of his friends are also either on the team or on another sports team, generally have a calm disposition and like playing games as well. These shared attitudes and interests among friends is referred to as ______.

By the time adolescence arrives, teens may spend about ______ a day using electronic devices, much of it in communication with peers.

In general, emerging adults report an increase in depressive symptoms and decrease in self-esteem.

It is estimated that the national cost of teen childbearing to taxpayers is in excess of $9 billion.

Which of the following statements best describes teen pregnancy rates in the United States?

The most common mental health problem for youth 12-17 years of age in a United States sample was ______.

Your friend reports suicidal thoughts. How should you respond?

Hankin and colleagues found that youth who had a particular variant of a serotonin transporter gene and experienced positive/supportive parenting were more likely to have ______ than other children.

At night, Julia often has eating "episodes." She eats until she is uncomfortable and often feels a little out of control. After these episodes, she exercises constantly to try and minimize the results of her overeating. Which of the following statements best describes Julia's behavior?

An adolescent's ______ results in a heightened sense of self-consciousness.

In a study assessing adolescents' perceptions of their parents' messages about substance use, the most common parental messages were to inform the youth about the dangers of substances.

Which of the following is the single most important quality of the parent-teen relationship?

Briefly describe the health problems associated with obesity in children.

Monica notices that her teenage daughter is starting to engage in more risk-taking behavior, such as speeding in her car. The brain region most associated with this change is the striatum.

In a national survey of children's health, ______ was found to be inversely related to substance use, poor school performance, and mental health problems.

Lillian is a 20-year-old female. There is more than a 50% chance that she lives in her parents' home.

Additional myelination of the prefrontal cortex and parietal lobe during adolescence is thought to underlie increases in ______, the capacity to control and coordinate our thoughts and behavior.