Exam 9: Autonomy

Your next-door neighbor tells you she read an article about a 17-year-old girl who was severely punished by her parents when they were informed that she was planning to have an abortion and had not told them; then your neighbor relates a second article about a 15-year-old boy who is being tried as an adult for murdering his abusive stepfather. Your neighbor doesn't understand why the girl was not allowed to make this personal choice for herself because she was considered a minor, but the boy, who is younger, is being treated as an adult. What can you tell her?

When Lenny gets frustrated or upset, he turns to his peers rather than his parents for support. As a matter of fact, Lenny relies on his peers more than his parents for most things. Lenny is probably from:

Issues of autonomy:

Which of the following behaviors is characteristic of increased emotional autonomy among adolescents?

According to one study of 10- to 15-year-olds, which aspect of emotional autonomy does not increase over the period of adolescence?

Postconventional reasoning can also be referred to as:

During late adolescence, individuals define their religious beliefs based on:

Which of the following statements about autonomy is false?

Adam is known for scoring high on moral disengagement assessments. Which of the following is probably true?

Which of the following is an example of cognitive autonomy?

As children approach adolescence, children become somewhat _____ oriented toward their parents; and _____ oriented toward their peers, and peer pressure begins to _____.

According to the textbook, many writers have suggested that an adolescent's desire for autonomy may actually have an evolutionary basis, which reflects:

Between early and late adolescence, individuals improve in their ability to:

Peers usually have more influence than parents on matters of:

Mark is a teenager who generally respects his parents. On which of the following issues, however, is Mark most likely to side with his friends and against his parents?

Recent research indicates that _______ has negative effects on adolescents' mental health, whereas _________ has positive effects.

According to research presented in the textbook, which individuals are likely to have earlier expectations for autonomy than Asian families?

Your aunt and uncle are concerned about whether their teenage children, your cousins, will develop into moral adults. They ask you about adolescent moral development and, in particular, they want to know what they should expect in regard to moral behavior for their children. They are specifically concerned about whether there is a gap between moral reasoning and moral behavior. They also want to know what they can do to ensure the healthy moral development of their teens. Explain what you know about Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning.

Over the course of adolescence, individuals come to _____ prosocial acts that are done for _____ reasons.

Now that Sarah is an adolescent, she has changed the way in which she thinks about religion, morals, and politics. Specifically, she disagrees with her parents and believes that protesting against pollution is acceptable because protecting the environment is more important than living in accord with the law. She knows that breaking the law is wrong, but she believes that the enforcement of certain laws should depend on the context in which the law is being evaluated. She believes that some laws are outdated and should be reexamined and perhaps amended. Sarah's parents think she is just trying to rebel against them. How can you explain Sarah's change in political ideology based on cognitive research in adolescence?