Question 1

School-based prevention programs designed to reduce the number of teenagers who smoke cigarettes are most effective when they include all EXCEPT which of the following components?

Accepted Answer

A)  having a no-smoking policy for students, staff, and school visitors​ 
B)  ​teaching strategies for resisting peer pressure to smoke 
C)  ​teaching the health and social consequences of smoking 
D)  ​providing no-cost health screenings for students who have already begun smoking

Question 2

Making threats of physical or other harm is considered to be a form of _____ violence.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​emotional 
B)  ​physical 
C)  ​sexual 
D)  ​domestic

Question 3

Jericho is doing a quick survey for his high school newspaper. He hands out a simple index card to 100 seniors in his high school and asks them to simply drop it in a box left near the gymnasium. The card has no place for a name or identifying information. It simply says "In the past year, have you been drunk even one time?" The student simply has to check "yes" or "no." If Jericho's classmates are like most U.S. seniors, about ____ of them will check "yes."​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​15 
B)  ​25 
C)  ​50 
D)  ​75

Question 4

Which of the following phenomena do you think BEST explains why so many teenagers who engage in sexual intercourse choose not to use contraception?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​the illusion of invulnerability 
B)  ​the personal fable 
C)  ​adolescent egocentrism 
D)  ​the imaginary audience

Question 5

The drop in self-esteem often found when children first enter middle school appears to be due to

Accepted Answer

A)  ​the acquisition of concrete operational thinking. 
B)  ​the illusion of invulnerability. 
C)  ​changes in ethnic identity. 
D)  ​peer comparisons.

Question 6

One effective program for reducing dating violence is called "____," which is a home-based prevention program designed to limit dating abuse.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Just Say NO MORE! 
B)  No Means No​ 
C)  ​Out of the Dark 
D)  ​Families for Safe Dates

Question 7

Around 20-25% of adolescents struggle with clinical depression, and contrary to common belief, it affects boys more often than it does girls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Seventeen-year-old Linda has been having several arguments with her parents in recent months, more so than just a few years ago. Over which of the following issues are these arguments MOST LIKELY to occur?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​educational failures in high school 
B)  ​personal choices, such as clothing and hairstyle 
C)  ​Linda's plans for her future, including her college preferences 
D)  ​Linda's choices in people to date

Question 9

Life-course persistent antisocial acts are defined as those that emerge

Accepted Answer

A)  early in life and fade in later life.​ 
B)  ​in midlife and continue throughout development. 
C)  ​in midlife and fade in later life. 
D)  ​early in life and continue throughout life.

Question 10

Teenagers are more likely to engage in sexual activity when parents​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​actively discourage sexual activity. 
B)  ​encourage dependence. 
C)  ​remain emotionally attached. 
D)  ​fail to monitor their activities.

Question 11

According to _______________, there are six different career personality types, and people will be happiest and most productive when their own personality matches the job that they do.

Accepted Answer

The answer of According to _______________, there are six different...

Question 12

Politicians often enjoy using their verbal skills in positions of power, leadership and status. These are all skills that Holland would say typifies a person with a(n) ____ personality type.​

Accepted Answer

A)  conventional​ 
B)  ​realistic 
C)  ​enterprising 
D)  ​social

Question 13

The self-absorption that marks the teenage search for identity is referred to as adolescent _______________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The self-absorption that marks the teenage search...

Question 14

The notion that adolescence is a time of "storm and stress," marked by great struggle, conflict, and difficulty has been well-supported by the existing research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Who has the LEAST effective plan for decreasing the probability of teenage pregnancy in a school population?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Ira, who says, "We need to convince our young people that teenage pregnancy can happen to them." 
B)  ​Denise, who says, "Teenage women should be more informed about how difficult it is to be a teenage parent." 
C)  ​Afi, who says, "We must do a better job of informing our students about contraception." 
D)  ​Dmitri, who says, "To eliminate teenage pregnancy, we must limit access to contraceptives."

Question 16

An estimated ____ percent of youth fit a pattern of delinquent behavior called life-course persistent antisocial behavior, and they account for most adolescent criminal activity.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​3 
B)  ​5 
C)  ​7 
D)  ​10

Question 17

According to ____, adolescents face a crisis between identity and role confusion. They must balance the desire to try out different selves with the need to select a single self.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Erik Erikson 
B)  ​Sigmund Freud 
C)  ​Lev Vygotsky 
D)  ​Jean Piaget

Question 18

When parents set rules with little justification and enforce them without explanation, adolescents are more likely to remain in the identity ____ status because they are prevented from experimenting with different selves, and simply do what they are told to do.​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​foreclosure 
B)  ​achievement 
C)  ​diffusion 
D)  ​moratorium

Question 19

Describe the three phases of Donald Super's theory of career development, including the ages when each phase is ordinarily encountered

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the three phases of Donald Super's...

Question 20

Based on research, who would you expect to be the MOST likely to perpetrate dating violence?​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Casey, who does not know anyone who has perpetrated dating violence 
B)  ​Dakota, who has a history of antisocial behavior 
C)  ​Jaiden, who is a star student 
D)  ​Jordan, whose parents are very attentive and watchful

Exam 9: Moving into the Adult Social World: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence.