Exam 2: The Beginning: From Conception to Birth

Maria is 14 and performs many chores at home. Her parents are very proud of her. As a result, she is likely to experience an increase in _____.

According to Erikson, the four aspects of identity are _____, religious, vocational, and sexual.

When applied to the discussion of drug abuse, the term "generational forgetting" means that _____.

In later adolescence, adolescents are _____ susceptible to peer pressure, either positive or negative.

Early other-sex interactions occur mostly in groups.

Experts prefer the term failed suicide attempt to parasuicide.

Define suicidal ideation and parasuicide. How do the rates of suicidal ideation, parasuicide, and completed suicide compare for adolescent males and females in the United States?

The process of rumination helps adolescents recover more quickly from the effects of difficult experiences.

Identity diffusion refers to the identity status in which adolescents _____.

According to one study, sexual content appears about seven times per hour in the TV shows most watched by _____.

Both the prevalence and incidence of drug use _____ from about age 10 to 25.

When young people accept traditional values without questioning and exploring a personal identity, it is called identity _____.

Technology may help adolescents who have diabetes to manage their condition in all of the following ways EXCEPT _____.

Culture has a powerful effect on how people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender are treated. In _____ , those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender may be put to death because of their sexual orientation.

Peers are more harmful than helpful.

At age 17, Jerome aspired to become a serious musician. His group of friends began to change as he grew closer to students with deep musical interests, and he drifted away from other friends who were more engaged in sports. This illustrates peer _____.

An individual who commits crimes during adolescence but stops by the age of 21 is considered a(n) _____.

In early adolescence, teens are less susceptible to peer pressure.

A lack of commitment to any goals or values is characteristic of _____.

Most adolescents do not try psychoactive drugs.