Exam 11: Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Personality and Sociocultural Development

Julie's parents are concerned because Julie has started spending most of her time with a group of friends they think are a bad influence on her. Julie has started wearing clothing her parents don't approve of, using language they think is inappropriate, and conforming to the expectations of this group in ways her parents worry about. The group of friends is a good example of which of the following?

The text uses the term peer arena to describe which of the following?

The action of alcohol on the body is most similar to the action of which of the following?

According to statistics gathered on U.S. high school students reported in the text, about ___ of girls and ___ of boys reported that they had been forced to have sexual intercourse at some point in their lives.

Jennie evaluates herself by considering how her accomplishments stack up against those of her friends. This process is called:

Suppose the Jones family has four children. The level of conflict in the family is most likely to increase the most dramatically when which of these children reaches adolescence?

According to the text, nearly a quarter of college women report having been the victim of an attempted or completed rape.

If you sent a survey to a representative sample of 10,000 graduating high school seniors asking them to report whether or not they drink alcohol every day, you should expect that about _____ would respond "yes."

Tommy has just turned 14 and has become very defiant and resentful of any authority figure, and especially his parents. If Tommy's defiance is the result of his parents' parenting style, this style is most likely to be described as:

Henry lacks a sense of direction. Whenever his parents or friends ask him what he is going to do now that he has graduated from high school, he avoids the issue. His only interest is "hanging out with his buddies" and drinking beer. What identity status has Henry adopted?

Which of the following questions best reflects what Erik Erikson saw as the central task of adolescence?

Which parenting style is associated with the most positive outcome for adolescent behavior?

Suppose the Jones family has four children. The level of conflict in the family is most likely to increase the most dramatically when which of these children reaches adolescence?

According to the text, the two major tasks for teenagers to accomplish during adolescence are:

Which of the following is NOT one of the risk factors commonly associated with adolescent suicide?

If you sent a survey to a representative sample of 10,000 adolescents age 12 to 17, asking them to report whether or not they use marijuana, you should expect that about _____ would respond "yes."

According to the text, about what percent of adolescents do not belong to a peer group:

According to the text, an adolescent "clique" consists of:

A clique is nearly always larger in number than a crowd.

The illicit drugs generally used by the youngest children and adolescents are typically stimulants, sedatives, and tranquilizers.