Exam 9: Cognitive and Socioemotional Development

Young people who get arrested for participating in illegal demonstrations that protest what they feel are unfair laws may be operating according to Kohlberg's _____ level of moral reasoning.

Which of the following is the LEAST likely symptom a high school counselor would encounter among his students?

"Everyone is watching me and judging me." In Elkind's framework, this is a classic example of _____, and this young person is roughly 12 or 13.

Teenage _____ get children connected with the opposite sex in nonthreatening ways.

Being seriously sleep deprived as a teen predicts what?

Nien decides not to rob a backpack from an open locker at school because he feels that good people don't steal. Nien is operating at Kohlberg's _____ level of moral reasoning.

To make the world better fit the teenage mind, the text advises encouragement of teenage strengths and, also, starting the school day _____.

You are taking this test, and it's so, so easy to look at the next person's answers, but you decide, "No." What would be your reasoning if you are at Kohlberg's conventional stage of moral development?

Dr. Abstinence is lecturing about the prevalence of alcohol and drug use among today's teens. According to the text, she should say:

Which of the following is NOT true regarding zero-tolerance policies?

Emotional problems are very common during adolescence.

Samantha and her five best female buddies are her:

In impoverished countries, some teens have:

When Sheila walks to the lunchroom, she thinks that everyone is evaluating every move she makes. According to David Elkind, Shelia is showing signs of:

Dija, an adolescent girl, wears only black, puts on gobs of eyeliner, and dyes her hair blue. This behavior signals what?

Which is a unique issue to immigrant teens' parent-child relationships?

The _____ refers to young teens' sense that that they are constantly being evaluated and observed.

If Hernando is a typical teen, arguments with his parents are MOST apt to concern:

Which is a quality of thriving teens?

Ning has a new pimple on her chin this morning. She is mortified and tells her mother that she must transfer to another school because everyone will make fun of her. David Elkind would label Ning's reaction as showing: