Question 1

Celebrating the attainment of dating age and bar/bat mitzvah are examples of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Confirmation 
B) Trans-pubertal events 
C) Identity rituals 
D) Rites of passage 
A) Confirmation 
B) Trans-pubertal events 
C) Identity rituals 
D) Rites of passage D

Question 2

Which of the following best summarizes the importance of parental-teen relationships across cultures?

Accepted Answer

A) The consistency and quality of peer attachments seem to be more important to most teens than the strength of parental attachments. 
B) Teens who are too attached to their parents tend to have poor peer relationships. 
C) The consistency and quality of the parental attachment seem to be more important to most teens than the strength of peer attachments. 
D) Peer relationships always take precedence over parental relationships during adolescence. 
A) The consistency and quality of peer attachments seem to be more important to most teens than the strength of parental attachments. 
B) Teens who are too attached to their parents tend to have poor peer relationships. 
C) The consistency and quality of the parental attachment seem to be more important to most teens than the strength of peer attachments. 
D) Peer relationships always take precedence over parental relationships during adolescence. C

Question 3

Having a personal investment in a specific role,value,goal,or ideology describes which of the following components of Marcia's theory?

Accepted Answer

A) Crisis 
B) Commitment 
C) Formal operation 
D) Moratorium 
A) Crisis 
B) Commitment 
C) Formal operation 
D) Moratorium B

Question 4

Which of the following terms would be applied to someone who is low in masculinity and femininity?

Accepted Answer

A) Androgynous 
B) Undifferentiated 
C) Transgendered 
D) Animistic 
A) Androgynous 
B) Undifferentiated 
C) Transgendered 
D) Animistic

Question 5

Which statement most accurately describes the progression of peer group structures through adolescence?

Accepted Answer

A) Same-sex cliques combine into crowds that evolve into heterosexual cliques and associations of couples. 
B) Crowds dissolve into cliques that reorganize into heterosexual pairs. 
C) Reputation-based groups become identity prototypes that will become either cliques or crowds. 
D) Peers separate from cliques to form broader groups based on interests. 
A) Same-sex cliques combine into crowds that evolve into heterosexual cliques and associations of couples. 
B) Crowds dissolve into cliques that reorganize into heterosexual pairs. 
C) Reputation-based groups become identity prototypes that will become either cliques or crowds. 
D) Peers separate from cliques to form broader groups based on interests.

Question 6

What is true about teens that are close to their parents?

Accepted Answer

A) They are more likely to have sex at an early age. 
B) They are less likely to do drugs. 
C) They suffer more from peer pressure. 
D) They tend to be victims of bullying. 
A) They are more likely to have sex at an early age. 
B) They are less likely to do drugs. 
C) They suffer more from peer pressure. 
D) They tend to be victims of bullying.

Question 7

Which of the following is the best example of delinquent behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) The star of the team bullies the other basketball team members into giving him the best opportunities to score. 
B) Charles switches the materials and chemicals for the chemistry laboratory exam so that none of the experiments work as they should. 
C) Mary angrily threatens to run away from home if her parents won't give her more privileges and be more flexible in their rules. 
D) The boys vandalized the park by uprooting trees,spray-painting graffiti,and damaging the park benches. 
A) The star of the team bullies the other basketball team members into giving him the best opportunities to score. 
B) Charles switches the materials and chemicals for the chemistry laboratory exam so that none of the experiments work as they should. 
C) Mary angrily threatens to run away from home if her parents won't give her more privileges and be more flexible in their rules. 
D) The boys vandalized the park by uprooting trees,spray-painting graffiti,and damaging the park benches.

Question 8

What did researchers find when African American boys aged 10-18 years were asked to name an important role model outside their families?

Accepted Answer

most named a profess

Question 9

Which of Freud's psychosexual stages is reached in the post-pubertal years?

Accepted Answer

A) Latency 
B) Genital 
C) Libidinous 
D) Phallic 
A) Latency 
B) Genital 
C) Libidinous 
D) Phallic

Question 10

Which theorist saw the issues of identity and role confusion as critical to adolescent development?

Accepted Answer

A) Sigmund Freud 
B) Erik Erikson 
C) Albert Bandura 
D) Jean Piaget 
A) Sigmund Freud 
B) Erik Erikson 
C) Albert Bandura 
D) Jean Piaget

Question 11

The second stage in Phinney's ethnic identity theory is ethnic ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The second stage in Phinney's ethnic identity...

Question 12

According to Kohlberg's theory,which stage(s)of moral reasoning are most commonly found in adolescence?

Accepted Answer

A) Stage 1 
B) Stage 2 
C) Stages 2 & 3 
D) Stages 3 & 4 
A) Stage 1 
B) Stage 2 
C) Stages 2 & 3 
D) Stages 3 & 4

Question 13

What is the term used by developmentalists to describe the psychological aspects of the sexual self?

Accepted Answer

A) Gender role identity 
B) Gender role assumptions 
C) Sexual identity 
D) Gender identity 
A) Gender role identity 
B) Gender role assumptions 
C) Sexual identity 
D) Gender identity

Question 14

Why does Erikson say that a child's early sense of identity comes partly "unglued" during adolescence?

Accepted Answer

because of rapid bod

Question 15

Which of the following differentiates teenagers' descriptions of themselves from older children's self-descriptions?

Accepted Answer

A) Children aren't likely to be able to describe themselves. 
B) Teenagers describe themselves more in terms of physical characteristics. 
C) Children describe themselves in emotional terms. 
D) Teens are more likely to describe themselves in terms of what they believe or feel. 
A) Children aren't likely to be able to describe themselves. 
B) Teenagers describe themselves more in terms of physical characteristics. 
C) Children describe themselves in emotional terms. 
D) Teens are more likely to describe themselves in terms of what they believe or feel.

Question 16

Which of the following is true of homosexuality in teenagers?

Accepted Answer

A) Homosexuality is less prevalent in teenagers than any other age group. 
B) Many adolescents experience some degree of attraction to both sexes before identifying as homosexual. 
C) They are likely to "discover" their sexual attractions much later than their heterosexual peers. 
D) Girls who express a homosexual orientation express less certainty about it than homosexual boys do. 
A) Homosexuality is less prevalent in teenagers than any other age group. 
B) Many adolescents experience some degree of attraction to both sexes before identifying as homosexual. 
C) They are likely to "discover" their sexual attractions much later than their heterosexual peers. 
D) Girls who express a homosexual orientation express less certainty about it than homosexual boys do.

Question 17

Which of the following is one of the four basic sex-role types identified by researchers?

Accepted Answer

A) Incomplete 
B) Defined 
C) Masculine 
D) Confused 
A) Incomplete 
B) Defined 
C) Masculine 
D) Confused

Question 18

Which of the following describes a combination of cliques that includes both male and female members?

Accepted Answer

A) Crowd 
B) Cohort 
C) Peer structure 
D) Peer group 
A) Crowd 
B) Cohort 
C) Peer structure 
D) Peer group

Question 19

By what age do most teens commit to a sexual orientation identity? What's the difference between boys and girls in this commitment?

Accepted Answer

usually by age 15;ho

Question 20

Like most teens,Annika has two contradictory tasks in her relationship with her parents: to establish autonomy from them and

Accepted Answer

A) to keep her peer relationships separate from them. 
B) to question their authority. 
C) to maintain a sense of relatedness with them. 
D) to maintain a sense of inferiority. 
A) to keep her peer relationships separate from them. 
B) to question their authority. 
C) to maintain a sense of relatedness with them. 
D) to maintain a sense of inferiority.

Celebrating the attainment of dating age and bar/bat mitzvah are examples of which of the following?

Which of the following best summarizes the importance of parental-teen relationships across cultures?

Having a personal investment in a specific role,value,goal,or ideology describes which of the following components of Marcia's theory?

Which of the following terms would be applied to someone who is low in masculinity and femininity?

Which statement most accurately describes the progression of peer group structures through adolescence?

What is true about teens that are close to their parents?

Which of the following is the best example of delinquent behavior?

What did researchers find when African American boys aged 10-18 years were asked to name an important role model outside their families?

Which of Freud's psychosexual stages is reached in the post-pubertal years?

Which theorist saw the issues of identity and role confusion as critical to adolescent development?

The second stage in Phinney's ethnic identity theory is ethnic ________.

According to Kohlberg's theory,which stage(s)of moral reasoning are most commonly found in adolescence?

What is the term used by developmentalists to describe the psychological aspects of the sexual self?

Why does Erikson say that a child's early sense of identity comes partly "unglued" during adolescence?

Which of the following differentiates teenagers' descriptions of themselves from older children's self-descriptions?

Which of the following is true of homosexuality in teenagers?

Which of the following is one of the four basic sex-role types identified by researchers?

Which of the following describes a combination of cliques that includes both male and female members?

By what age do most teens commit to a sexual orientation identity? What's the difference between boys and girls in this commitment?

Like most teens,Annika has two contradictory tasks in her relationship with her parents: to establish autonomy from them and

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Exam 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Celebrating the attainment of dating age and bar/bat mitzvah are examples of which of the following?

Which of the following best summarizes the importance of parental-teen relationships across cultures?

Having a personal investment in a specific role,value,goal,or ideology describes which of the following components of Marcia's theory?

Which of the following terms would be applied to someone who is low in masculinity and femininity?

Which statement most accurately describes the progression of peer group structures through adolescence?

What is true about teens that are close to their parents?

Which of the following is the best example of delinquent behavior?

What did researchers find when African American boys aged 10-18 years were asked to name an important role model outside their families?

Which of Freud's psychosexual stages is reached in the post-pubertal years?

Which theorist saw the issues of identity and role confusion as critical to adolescent development?

The second stage in Phinney's ethnic identity theory is ethnic ________.

According to Kohlberg's theory,which stage(s)of moral reasoning are most commonly found in adolescence?

What is the term used by developmentalists to describe the psychological aspects of the sexual self?

Why does Erikson say that a child's early sense of identity comes partly "unglued" during adolescence?

Which of the following differentiates teenagers' descriptions of themselves from older children's self-descriptions?

Which of the following is true of homosexuality in teenagers?

Which of the following is one of the four basic sex-role types identified by researchers?

Which of the following describes a combination of cliques that includes both male and female members?

By what age do most teens commit to a sexual orientation identity? What's the difference between boys and girls in this commitment?

Like most teens,Annika has two contradictory tasks in her relationship with her parents: to establish autonomy from them and

Basic Concepts and Methods

Theories of Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical,Sensory,and Perceptual Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Death,Dying,and Bereavement

Physical and Cognitive Developmentin Early Adulthood

Social and Personality Developmentin Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Developmentin Middle Adulthood

Social and Personality Developmentin Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Developmentin Late Adulthood

Social and Personality Developmentin Late Adulthood

Death,dying,and Bereavement

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