Exam 10: Adolescence: Psychosocial Development

Compare and contrast adolescence-limited offenders to life-course-persistent offenders. Describe the behaviors typical of each type of offender and the correlation between these types of offenders and parenting styles.

The completed suicide rate is higher for males than

Why is it harmful for a young adolescent and an adult to have sex?

What are the variations in sex education in schools, and how does this affect adolescent sexual behavior?

Research on New York City teenagers indicates that for adolescents, sexual behavior is always closely aligned with sexual identity.

What are the differences between identity achievement and role confusion?

In general, as children become adolescents, their self- esteem:

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

Miko is a 16-year-old girl who lives in Japan with her family. If she is typical, she will MOST likely seek her parents' advice on:

Identity diffusion refers to the identity status in which adolescents:

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

Lydia finds that she often thinks about killing herself. This is called:

Which statement is true?

Data indicates a marked decline in _____ rates among immigrant women in the U.S., at least in part because these women expect to attend post-secondary education.

Which developed nation has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy?

Which statement about child sexual abuse has research shown to be false?

A controlled study of sex education in the United Kingdom found that whether or not an adolescent becomes sexually active depends more on family, peers, and culture than on information from sex education classes.

What is more common in adolescent boys than in adolescent girls?

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

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