Exam 2: The Beginning: From Conception to Birth

Tessa is in her bedroom with her mother. Tessa's mother exclaims, "You need to get these clothes off the floor right now!" Tessa replies, "It's my room and I will leave things where I want." Tessa's mother responds, "I am your mother and you will do what I say." This is an example of _____.

Adolescents who commit criminal acts before, during, and after adolescence are referred to as _____.

_____ is a person's acceptance of the roles and behaviors that a culture associates with the biological categories of male and female.

The two most common drugs are _____.

Mr. and Mrs. Vasquez have discovered that their son has been cutting school with a group of boys. Which conclusion is MOST likely true?

Parasuicide refers to _____.

One study found that the short allele of the serotonin transporter promoter gene (5-HTTLPR) contributes to increased rates of depression among all girls, but only among boys who _____.

Following Erikson's lead, _____ distinguished four specific ways young people cope with the identity crisis.

_____ includes any deliberate self-harm that could have been lethal.

The term that describes one having erotic desires about the same sex, the opposite sex, or both sexes is _____.

In the United States, one way for some to legitimatize an identity moratorium is to _____.

For teens who are isolated (for whatever reason), the use of the _____ can provide them with a social network.

Several suicides within the same group of people in a brief period are called _____ suicides.

Many adolescent romances _____.

Healthy communication and support from parents make _____ peer relationships more likely.

Life-course-persistent offenders _____.

Peers can provide _____, whereby one teen shows another how to rebel against social norms.

Conflict between parents and their children peaks during early adolescence.

Some parents may be overcontrolling. For example, they may not allow their child to use social media, which limits _____.

Identify the accurate statement about adolescent crime.