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

According to the text, in the 1990s, marijuana use became more:

Today, about what percent of 18-to 25-year-olds report current use of marijuana?

Abby is an adolescent girl who has been subjected to sexual abuse. Which of the following people would most likely have been the abuser?

Jose constantly measures himself against his friends, noting how he is better at some things and not as good at others. This process is called:

Which of the following qualities would be least descriptive of the characteristics usually associated with Generation Me?

Most conflicts that adolescents have with their parents are about the "big" things in life, such as choosing a mate or career, determining a religious orientation, and making a commitment to a set of social and political values.

The percentage of people who report the use of any illicit drug in the past month is highest among the 16- to 17-year-old age group.

The values of the cultural or ethnic group of which a person belongs is called:

Most adolescents who are involuntary loners feel that they are strange or different and they do not fit into crowds or cliques.

Nancy has just entered her teenage years. Although she was a good student in elementary, school she recently has gotten into trouble at school because she is behaving inappropriately and she does not seem to be able to control herself well enough to get enough sleep and complete her homework. If Nancy's difficulties are linked to the parenting style of her parents, they would most likely be described as:

The word(s) that best describes the period of "emerging adulthood" would be:

The identity status of those who are currently in the midst of an identity crisis is called:

The use of alcohol and marijuana has fallen from a high point in the late 1970s but recently has begun to increase again.

According to Erikson and Marcia, a period of making decisions about important issues, such as "Who am I and where am I going?" is called a(n):

The strongest predictor of depression in both male and female adolescents is low self-esteem.

If Jake is an adolescent who is known for taking extreme risks, research would suggest that he is also likely to have all of the following EXCEPT:

Julie usually turns to her friends for advice about the questions she has. However, if she is like most teenagers, she decides that she would be better served to listen to her parents about which of the following questions?

According to the text, when dating, girls are more interested in ________ intimacy and boys are more interested in _________ intimacy.

Julio belongs to a youth group, a book club, and the school debate team. He compares himself to these groups, and finds his values confirmed. According to the text, what are these groups called?

According to research presented in the text, there appears to be a positive correlation between teens who seek out sexually explicit media programming and: