Exam 12: Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

What are the names of the two stages in Kohlberg's first level of moral development?

Erikson used the term ________ to refer to the period when an adolescent is troubled by a lack of identity.

Jewish boys take part in bar mitzvah and girls take part in bat mitzvah.These are both examples of ________.

Smith pays his income taxes and obeys the posted speed limits because "that is the law," he says.Mr.Smith is most likely reasoning at which stage of moral development?

Consider someone you know,perhaps even yourself,who comes from a biracial family.What are some of the struggles that biracial teens have to overcome? Is what the text says consistent with your own experience?

Adolescents tend to go to their ________ as their primary means of emotional support,even though ________ relationships take on more importance.

Which of the following might be an advantage of cultures that have clearly identified rites of passage into adulthood?

In the great majority of families,what are conflicts between parents and children generally about?

Ahmed does not know what he wants to do when he graduates from high school,and he is not worried about it.He says,"That decision will take care of itself." Marcia would say that Ahmed is in which stage of identity status?

A combination of cliques forms a ________.

Which of the following characteristics is both a cause and a consequence of moral development according to Nancy Eisenberg?

A person who has chosen an occupation without having evaluated her values and options is in which stage of identity status,according to Marcia?

________ is defined as antisocial behavior that includes law-breaking.

Which of the following is likely to be true of social interactions in later adolescence?

Which of the following represents Erikson's central crisis of adolescence?

Which of the following moral principles typically overrides all other concerns of moral judgment in Western societies?

If you believe that there are distinct differences in the way that boys and girls perceive moral dilemmas,which theorist would you most likely support?

In terms of writing skills,how do boys and girls differ?

In one longitudinal study,approximately ________% of friendships formed by tenth-graders were long-lasting.

The rules or norms of a group to which the individual belongs,such as the family,peer group,or religion,become the basis of moral judgments during the ________ level of Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning.