Exam 12: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Identity _____ is James Marcia's term for the status of adolescents who are in the midst of a crisis,and whose commitment levels are either absent or only vaguely defined.

According to James Marcia,what determines an individual's identity status?

A consensus is developing that the key changes in identity are more likely to take place at _____.

A New Zealand longitudinal study assessed the self-esteem of adolescents at 11,13,and 15 years of age and then assessed the adjustment and competence of the same individuals when they were 26 years old.Its results indicated:

Which of the following statements about religion and adolescents has research shown to be true?

What is the term for a ceremony or ritual that marks an individual's transition from one status to another?

Irene,age 16,is a first-generation immigrant whose parents came to the United States from Ukraine when she was just a baby.Irene enjoys many of the same things that her American friends do,but respects her culture's traditions and speaks to her parents in their native language.Irene seems to have formed a _____ identity.

According to a recent study of more than 17,000 Chinese 11- to 22-year-olds,males in China have a higher rate of depression than females because:

According to a recent meta-analysis,which of the following program types was linked to a reduction in recidivism for juvenile offenders?

The amount of daily discretionary time that American adolescents have is _____ what adolescents have in East Asia.

Which of the following is the identity status where a crisis is present but commitment is absent?

What is the term Erikson uses to describe a period in which society leaves adolescents relatively free of responsibilities and free to try out different identities?

At which grade level does conformity to peers peak?

_____ reflects an individual's personal investment in identity.

Ethnic _____ is the enduring aspect of the self that includes a sense of membership in an ethnic group,along with the attitudes and feelings related to that membership.

_____,the most influential theorist to discuss the importance of adolescent friendships,proposed that friends become increasingly important in meeting social needs in adolescence.

Discuss how some characteristics of lower-class culture might promote juvenile delinquency.

Fast Track is an intervention program that attempts to lower the risk of:

The number of juvenile court delinquency caseloads in the United States has:

What term is used to describe the self-portrait composed of many pieces?