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

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

Fifteen-year-old Ron was arrested for attempted burglary. The term that would most likely be applied to him would be:

According to the text, which of the following is not a long-term effect associated with cigarette smoking?

According to the text, what is the single most preventable cause of death in the United States today?

_______ typically know more about their teenager's activities and ________ usually exert a stronger influence on parent-child acceptance and conflict.

The percentage of 12- to 18-year-olds who use alcohol is was lower in 2010 than it was in 2002.

According to the text, in comparison with younger adolescents, older adolescents are _____ concerned with their date's physical appearance and ______ concerned with their date's personality characteristics.

Charlie is 18 years old. If he and his 18-year-old friends are typical, about what percentage of them have smoked a cigarette in the past month?

Which of the following statements about family alliances is supported by research cited in the text?

Today, drugs that are available to treat depression are effective for about ____ of the people who take them.

Judy was raised by Republican parents and so, when asked her party preferences, she says, "Hmm…I guess I'm a Republican, but I really don't know." Generalizing from Marcia's view of identity formation, which label best describes Judy's political identity status?

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:

Suppose a TV producer wants to develop a show with a "generation gap" theme, in which teenagers are in constant and deep conflict with their parents. A psychologist would do well to advise this producer that research shows that the "generation gap":

The process we use to evaluate our abilities, behaviors

According to the text, moderate smoking shortens the lifespan by ____ years.

Which identity status is seen most frequently in teenagers who have experienced rejection or neglect from detached or uncaring parents?

Recent studies suggest that social media are having a dramatic and mostly negative effect on friendship formation during adolescence.

If you conducted a study that compared teenagers whose parents immigrated from South America to the United States with teenagers whose parents immigrated from Europe to the U.S., you would expect that the teens from South America were _____ likely to recognize the value of education opportunities and were ______ likely to dislike the "hard" subjects of math and English.

Fred made his transition into adulthood without reassessing his value system, yet he is committed to his career, which is the same as his father's. He has most likely adopted which identity status?

In comparison to statistics from the 1970s, today in the United States surveys find that cigarette smoking by adolescents has: