Exam 3: Social Transitions

The transition into adulthood is more likely to be impeded among minority teenagers because they:

Dr. Jones argues that adolescence is primarily a social invention rather than a biological or cognitive phenomenon. Her view that the broader environment influences our conception of adolescence is most in line with the:

According to the textbook, in non-Western cultures, there is huge discrepancy in the extension of privileges to males and females. In general, girls' behavior is more _____, whereas boys are given more ____.

Evaluations of mentoring programs have indicated that:

What may explain the results from the studies that have relocated adolescents from poor neighborhoods to more advantaged neighborhoods?

According to research presented in the textbook, the longer a foreign-born adolescent has lived in the United States, the more likely he or she is to:

Popularized about 50 years ago, this expression refers to young people in a more frivolous and lighthearted manner than the term adolescent.

Compared to the situation 50 or 60 years ago, today's transition to adulthood is:

According to the inventionist theory, adolescence was not considered a distinct transitional period until:

The messages that contemporary society sends adolescents are:

Which of the following statements about the inventionist perspective is true?

In contemporary America, the process of social definition, which typically begins at age 15 or 16, is something that occurs over:

Before industrialization, the term youth referred to:

Dr. Goodrich believes that the passage into adulthood is a sudden change in which adult roles and statuses are abruptly assumed. This view is most closely associated with the:

The Boy Scouts is an example of an organization that grew out of the _____ school of thought.

Today, adolescence has been redefined as a time of _____, rather than _____.

Notable contributing factors to the elongation of adolescence compared to previous eras include all except which of the following?

Dr. Ramirez believes that the passage into adulthood is a gradual process in which the adolescent assumes the roles and status of adulthood bit by bit. This view is most closely associated with the:

Some researchers have suggested that ______ in contemporary society has (have) caused difficulties for many of today's youth, especially poor or minority youth.

Changes in social definition will likely have profound effects on developments in the domains of: