Exam 1: Introduction to Adolescent Development

Dalia is participating in a research study with her school. She has agreed to answer a set of multiple-choice questions at her school's library. She will hand the completed answers to the researcher who is running the study. What data collection method is being used in this example?

Ling started to date after entering high school. She wants to find a partner that she is attracted to sexually and can be close to emotionally. Freud would say that Ling is in the ______ stage.

Which behavior is an example of Hall's view of healthy adolescence?

Maria is participating in a study that is focusing on her journey as a LGBTQ+ adolescent in her particular community. As part of the study, she has many in-depth conversations with the researcher. She also shares her journals and her artwork with the researcher. This is an example of a(n) ______.

What are the differences between an open-ended interview and a structured interview? Why would you use one over the other?

Carla has started shoplifting small things from the local mall. She is skipping classes and talking back to her parents. Her behavior has been escalating since she began puberty. According to Hall, Carla's behavior ______.

Which behavior by a researcher is associated with the ethical principle of confidentiality?

The changes that take place within an individual, at the center of the bioecological model, is referred to as ______.

Dr. Patel is putting together a research study. She is interested in understanding if there is a relationship between certain sports and grade point averages of high school students. While Dr. Patel understands that this is not a causal relationship, she believes it is important to first see if there is any relationship at all between these two variables. Dr. Patel is employing ______.

Briefly explain the five basic ethical principles of conducting research.

A researcher looking for similarities and differences among adolescents' attitudes toward physical activity would benefit most from using ______ to gather data.

A scientist interested in socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and family composition would focus on the ______context of adolescence.

Studies of young people in nations throughout the world reveal that adolescent behavior is shaped by ______.

Both emotional autonomy and identity are linked with intimacy in adolescence.

Applied developmental science looks at individuals' contexts and tries to apply the research findings to improve their lives.

Which theory examines only what can be observed?

Which social factor shaped the current conceptions of adolescence as a distinct stage of life in-between childhood and adulthood?

A scientist only needs the parent's consent, not the adolescent's assent, in order for an adolescent to become a research participant.

As Lionel's brain matures, he is better able to control how he responds to his parents and his friends. Furthermore, he is able to become more successful at school. He has even been considering what career he would like to pursue after he graduates from college. This is an example of ______.

Dr. Potter is conducting a study with adolescents using open-ended interview data collection methods. During one of these interviews, one of the adolescents discloses some very dangerous information. Dr. Potter becomes worried about the safety of his participant. He is held by the ethical principles of research, but in this case he feels that he should ______.