Exam 9: Cognitive and Socioemotional Development

Youth development programs that promote thriving have which virtue?

A 14-year-old heterosexual girl hangs out with a large mixed-gender group of boys and girls. If she follows the traditional progression to romance, the next stage is:

Aidan is a counselor for adolescents. Which emotional problem is he MOST likely to encounter among his clients?

The Burke family has been in counseling with their 14-year-old daughter, who they complain has been "driving them crazy." If you were their counselor, you might remind them that things may calm down during:

Discuss three traits that make young teens different from other age groups.

If Hector's morality involves the need to obey society's norms, he is operating at Kohlberg's _____ level of moral reasoning.

Discuss parent-teen conflict. Who initiates the push to separate from parents? When is conflict at its peak, and why? What issues do teens argue about? How does the content of teenage arguments differ by culture? Are there gender differences in the teenage push to separate?

A teenager thinks, "I'm never going to have an accident if I drive drunk- that happens to other kids, not me." This type of thinking reflects:

Dr. Brainy, a neuroscientist, is giving a lecture on teenage brain development. Which of the following is NOT a statement she can make?

Describe the crowd or crowds that you belonged to in high school. How did being a member of this crowd help or hinder your development?

According to international research, parent-child arguments that revolve around choosing the "right" friends occur MOST often in:

Jeremiah's parents have a great deal of difficulty with their 15-year-old son. He continually argues with them and tests their rules. According to the research, as this boy reaches late adolescence, this urge to rebel MOST likely will:

Which popular elementary school child is at risk of declining in social status in high school?

Joseph was a conscientious objector during World War II because he believed that all wars are immoral. Joseph is in Lawrence Kohlberg's _____ stage of moral development, because Joseph is using his own moral guidelines to guide his behavior, apart from society's rules.

A person operating according to Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral reasoning is focused on avoiding punishment or getting rewards.

Hanging out with the "bad kids" group _____ the risk of delinquency.

According to the research, which feeling BEST describes the average teenager's general worldview?

According to surveys, what should a teacher do if he or she wants to improve the high school experience for his students?

From an evolutionary point of view, the main advantage of teenage risk taking is that it:

If, in Kohlberg's Heinz dilemma, Jenita says that Heinz should not steal the medicine because it is against the law to do so, she is operating at the postconventional level of moral reasoning.