Exam 10: Adolescence: Psychosocial Development

_____ describes the direction of a person's erotic desires.

One reason that the teenage pregnancy rate in most European nations is less than half of that in the United States may be because:

Life-course-persistent offenders:

What are the roles of parents, peers, and society in helping an adolescent to develop an ethnic identity?

Heavy drinking impairs memory and self-control by:

An example of a behavior that demonstrates identity foreclosure is:

People's acceptance of the roles and behaviors that they define as male or female is referred to as their _____ identity.

Hermione accepts her parent's religious faith without question. She is happy and enjoys participating in religious events with them. Hermione's behavior shows identity moratorium.

Restrictive and controlling parenting practices are associated with:

Contrary to adult fears, many teenage romances do not include sexual intercourse.

According to Erikson, the identity status characterized by not questioning and making no commitment is:

Approximately 1 in _____ adolescent boy is affected by clinical depression.

Enrique believes that males should always be the ones to ask females out on dates. He thinks that if a man accepts an invitation for a date from a girl it makes him a wimp. This is an example of Enrique's:

The four aspects of family closeness discussed in the textbook are communication, support, connectedness, and control.

Adolescent boys use _____ drugs than girls of the same age.

A cluster of close friends who are loyal to one another and who exclude outsiders is called a(n) _____.

Describe two of the main functions of a peer group during adolescence. Give examples of how your adolescent peer group functioned in these ways.

Drug use before the age of 18:

The process of identity exploration today takes ______ time than it typically did in the twentieth century.

Why do parents and adolescents often bicker?