Question 1

Adolescence-limited offenders tend to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  continue criminal behavior into adulthood 
B)  outgrow their criminal behavior 
C)  commit more violent crimes than other offenders 
D)  be more likely to attend college than non-offenders

Question 2

What is rumination and how does it relate to depression in adolescent girls?

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Question 3

Many parents _____ their own adolescent child's sexual activity.

Accepted Answer

A)  ask appropriate questions about 
B)  overestimate 
C)  share advice about 
D)  underestimate

Question 4

Bickering between parents and adolescents is most likely to _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  be about religious beliefs 
B)  signal pathology in the family 
C)  concern personal habits and dress 
D)  increase steadily between the ages of 13 and 19

Question 5

Seventeen-year-old Andrew failed several classes, lost his job, and spends most of his time sleeping on the couch. When his parents voice their disapproval, he replies, "Whatever." Andrew's response indicates _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  role confusion 
B)  identity achievement 
C)  identity foreclosure 
D)  moratorium

Question 6

Define suicidal ideation and parasuicide. How do the rates of suicidal ideation, parasuicide, and completed suicide compare for adolescent males and females in the United States?

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Question 7

Isaac and Derek persuaded Robert to cut school and steal alcohol from a store. Isaac and Derek provided _____ to Robert.

Accepted Answer

A)  criminal coaching 
B)  deviancy training 
C)  delinquent apprenticeship 
D)  offender initiation

Question 8

In adolescence, _____ can be negative, such as when it promotes conformance to deviant standards, or positive, such as when it promotes refraining from smoking.

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Question 9

According to Erikson, what is one of the four aspects of identity?

Accepted Answer

A)  physical 
B)  political 
C)  familial 
D)  economic

Question 10

Gender identity refers primarily to a person's self-definition as a male or a female.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which adolescent appears to be experiencing role confusion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jeannine, who runs away from a pressured home environment and joins a commune 
B)  Fred, who is pressured by his parents to become a doctor 
C)  Barbara, a college student who frequently changes majors 
D)  Zachary, who spends most of his time watching TV and hanging out with his friends

Question 12

Students are often in _____ school when the first romances appear.

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Question 13

With respect to suicide, what is more common in adolescent boys than in adolescent girls?

Accepted Answer

A)  serious consideration of suicide 
B)  parasuicide 
C)  completed suicide 
D)  cluster suicide

Question 14

An intervention study designed to improve family communication and cohesion between parents and their sons (Brody et al., 2009) revealed that the sons' DNA was important to the outcome. Which statement was a finding from the study?

Accepted Answer

A)  The intervention had an impact on boys with a long allele of the 5-HTTLPR gene. 
B)  The intervention had an impact on boys with a short allele of the 5-HTTLPR gene. 
C)  The control experience had an impact on boys with a long allele of the 5-HTTLPR gene. 
D)  The control experience had an impact on boys with a short allele of the 5-HTTLPR gene.

Question 15

Following Erikson's lead, _____ distinguished four specific ways in which young people cope with the identity crisis.

Accepted Answer

A)  Baumrind 
B)  Freud 
C)  Marcia 
D)  Skinner

Question 16

At age 17, Gage aspired to become a serious musician. His group of friends began to change as he grew closer to students with deep musical interests, and he drifted away from other friends who were more engaged in sports. This illustrates peer _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  exclusion 
B)  facilitation 
C)  selection 
D)  focus

Question 17

Sexual content that appears on television rarely includes _____ sexual behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A)  the negative consequences of 
B)  the pleasure associated with 
C)  the passion of partners engaging in 
D)  characters engaging in

Question 18

"Dad, I've been invited to a party on Friday night at Tucker's house," says Elizabeth His parents will be there, and I'll be home by midnight. Can I go?" Because Elizabeth's father practices parental _____, Elizabeth knows that she needs to inform him about where she's going to be, what she's going to be doing, and with whom.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

The direction of someone's erotic desires is referred to as _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  gender orientation 
B)  sexual orientation 
C)  sexual role development 
D)  sexual identity

Question 20

During the fifth stage of psychosocial development, an adolescent who is exploring the many possible roles to adopt is said to be _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  in foreclosure 
B)  in moratorium 
C)  experiencing a crisis of identity versus role confusion 
D)  in a search for compatibility

Exam 16: Adolescence: Psychosocial Development