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

Alcohol acts as a(n):

Suppose that Scott and Ruth (a brother and sister) have recently been asked to take on more responsibility for household chores. This is most likely the result of extra stress in their _________ job, and _______ will likely provide the greatest amount of help to the family.

In comparison to a crowd, a clique is _______ and is ______ likely to include members of both genders.

According to the text, about what percent of people who are entering young adulthood have attained the identity achievement status, as described by James Marcia?

Whitney has promised that she will repay her parents for sending her to college and medical school by paying them 1% of her income for life. This type of family obligation would best be considered an example of:

From the description of delinquency provided in the text, which of the following parenting styles would most likely be linked to this behavior?

Statistically, you should expect that delinquency rates would be highest in:

Culture clashes that result when children of immigrant parents want to embrace U. S. culture rather than adhere to their family's tradition ethnic culture are usually harsher for boys than girls.

The defining factor that determines whether a person is a delinquent or a criminal is how severe the crime committed is.

According to the text, which is the most appropriate conclusion to draw regarding teenagers' use of social media, such as Facebook?

Which of the following has been shown to be the strongest predictor of depression in male and female adolescents?

Making your own judgments and regulating your own behavior is known as what?

Mai's family immigrated to the U. S. from Cambodia and her parents expect her to honor the traditions and styles that characterize life for a young woman growing up in Cambodia. Although she wants to please and honor her parents, Mai, however, also want to be like her school friends, most of whom are white, middle-class girls. She feels torn between wanting to be the person her parents expect, and wanting to be a modern woman growing up in mainstream U.S. culture. The term that best describes Mai's dilemma is:

The rather large group of friends that adolescents often construct, and that usually include 15 to 30 members, are called:

If Dr. Martinez conducts a large-scale survey of adolescent depression, he would expect that, at any given time, about ____ of the adolescent population would be suffering from depression.

Maria grew up attending Catholic church with her family. Upon entering high school she began to question her beliefs and carefully considered a variety of alternative belief systems. After a period in which she struggled to understand what she truly believed to be true, she eventually concluded that she agrees with her original beliefs. What best describes Maria's religious identity status?

According to Marcia, what is the identity status of those adolescents who have made commitments without going through a crisis?

Which of the following age groups would likely have the highest proportion of people in the identity achievement status stage of identity development?

Which of Marcia's identity status modes is most likely to be associated with authoritarian values and minimal anxiety?

According to research presented in the text, when children in families were asked to take on additional responsibilities, this was usually the result of high levels of stress in the ________ job, and the child who assumed the greatest responsibilities was usually a __________.