Exam 9: Cognitive and Socioemotional Development

Bei has a child who is regularly in trouble at school,and she is wondering about sending this child to a wilderness program for teens with similar problems.Based on the text discussion of deviancy training,what is the BEST advice to give Bei?

A group of preteens is talking excitedly with each other about how "cool" it would be to regularly cut class and go to the park instead.This "socialization into delinquency" is called:

When upset,16-year-old Dale cuts his body in order to feel a sense of self-control.Dale is engaging in _____.

A parent tells a psychologist friend,"My 16-year-old son got arrested for stealing because he fell into a 'bad guys' crowd." According to the text,what should the psychologist think?

G.Stanley Hall first used the term "adolescence," which he labeled as a period of _____.

You are taking this test,and it's so,so easy to look at the next person's answers,but you decide,"No." What would be your reasoning if you are at Kohlberg's conventional stage of moral development?

When she reached puberty,Dora became incredibly withdrawn and distant from her parents,but recently she has been reaching out to confide in her mom.According to the research,Dora's behavior is:

To dispute the "immature brain" conception of teenagerhood,which is NOT a point that Maimi can make?

At what age can parents expect children to become more secretive and distant?

A person operating according to Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral reasoning is focused on avoiding punishment or getting rewards.

Twenty-year-old Tracey describes herself as having not been very happy in elementary school,but as having the "best time of her life" in high school.Tracey MOST likely was in which high school social group?

To explain why children in economically deprived neighborhoods join gangs,a teenage specialist might make all of the following comments about a gang EXCEPT:

When people enter formal operations,they can do all of the following EXCEPT:

Parent-teen conflict tends to reach its peak:

Being seriously sleep deprived as a teen predicts all of the following EXCEPT:

Fifteen-year-old Amanda associates with the highest-status crowd in her U.S.public school.Amanda's crowd MOST likely consists of:

The pre-teen push to be popular has:

According to neuroscientists,teens are MORE prone to take risks because the brain's _____ have not yet matured.

Fifteen-year-old Evelyn believes that everyone is watching and evaluating everything that she does.In David Elkind's adolescent egocentrism framework,this hypersensitivity to the opinions of others is called:

Ning has a new pimple on her chin this morning.She is mortified and tells her mother that she must transfer to another school because everyone will make fun of her.David Elkind would label Ning's reaction as showing: