Exam 10: Adolescence: Psychosocial Development

Which statement is false?

What factors influence sexual activity? Explain.

A father's awareness of where his teenagers are, what they are doing, and with whom they are doing it is referred to as:

Positive examples of peer-group pressure that have been noted in research include pressure to study and to avoid cigarette smoking.

Why are psychoactive drugs particularly destructive in adolescence?

Teenagers have _____ rate of gonorrhea, genital herpes, and chlamydia when compared to sexually active people of other age groups.

In most European nations alcohol is widely used by adolescents and even children.

What works and doesn't work in reducing adolescent drug use?

Early other-sex interactions occur mostly in groups;

The urge to conform to one's peers in behavior, dress, and attitude is referred to as:

A person's gender identity always reflects biological

According to Erikson, the crisis in adolescence is resolved with identity ______.

_____ forgetting is the idea that each new generation disregards what the previous generation learned.

Suicidal ______ refers to thinking about suicide.

Hector is 15 years old and does not identify with his biological sex. Although there is some controversy about the classification, the DSM-IV would categorize Hector as having:

______ is defined as marked feelings of deep sadness and hopelessness leading to a disruption of normal activities.

What four factors affect family closeness? Why is each factor important?

_____ adolescents totally reject the religion in which they've grown up.

Inhalants, which are used more by younger adolescents to get high, include:

Several suicides that occur within a group over a brief span of time are called crowd suicides.