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

According to the text, _________ usually begin dating at an earlier age and dating serves ________ functions for boys and girls.

According to research cited in the text, members of which of the following groups would be most likely to engage in delinquent behavior?

If an adolescent looks to the Internet for advice rather than to peers or parents, chances are highest that the topic of advice concerns:

According to the text, an adolescent peer group with between 3 and 9 members is known as a:

Suppose you are reading statistics about a particular college. This college reports that about 30-40% of the student body has been treated for depression. Generalizing from statistics reported in the text, you would know that the students at this college are about ____ as likely to suffer from depression as are students nationwide.

Rickie engages in risky behavior because he believes that "bad things don't happen to me." His point of view is best explained by the concept of:

When a person ingests marijuana, the active ingredient, THC, is quickly eliminated from the body so use of this drug seldom causes problems for the user.

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

According to statistics reported in the text, what percentage of U. S. teenagers has used alcohol by the end of high school?

Illnesses that result from smoking are the single most preventable causes of illness and death in the United States today.

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

According to Marcia, if a person has gone through one or more identity crises, but has not yet made a commitment to any particular course of action, that person would be in the stage of foreclosure.

About how long after consumption can marijuana's active ingredient, THC, be detected in the brain?

Suppose that Bart and Larry are identical twins. Bart has never had a drink of alcohol, but Larry has been a heavy drinker for the past 20 years. If Bart and Larry are both given an identical shot of alcohol, how would you expect them each to experience the physical effects of alcohol?

At any given point in time, about 15-20% of adolescents will be suffering from depression.

For Erik Erikson, the central task of adolescence is:

In the United States today, adolescents typically spend about ____ time with their peers as they do with their parents.

Generally speaking _________ usually know more about their teenager's activities and this knowledge generally leads to _________ levels of adolescent deviance:

Sixteen-year-old Mikhail has made a good adjustment to high school and he is able to be responsible, he generally takes independent actions that are appropriate, and he has developed a positive self-concept. If his behavior is the result of his parents' style of parenting, his parents most likely have adopted which of the following parenting styles?

Dating serves very different functions for boys and girls, with boys gaining sexual experience from dating and girls gaining popularity.