Deck 9: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Question 1

According to Erik Erikson, the normative psychosocial crisis of adolescence is

A) integrity vs. despair.
B) industry vs. inferiority.
C) initiative vs. guilt.
D) identity vs. identity confusion.

Answer 1

identity vs. identity confusion.

Question 2

James Marcia's identity status categories include all of the following except identity

A) achievement.
B) foreclosure.
C) activation.
D) diffusion.

Answer 2

activation.

Question 3

Tyrone is a college student who's trying to decide what he wants to do with his life. He was interested in history, so he majored in history for his freshman year. As a sophomore, he was more interested in economics, and changed his major. After he saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, he got a summer job working on an archaeological project, and now he is thinking of changing his major again and becoming an archaeologist. James Marcia might say that Tyrone is in which identity status?

A) Identity achievement
B) Identity foreclosure
C) Identity diffusion
D) Moratorium

Answer 3

Moratorium

Question 4

Tyrone is a college student who's trying to decide what he wants to do with his life. He was interested in history, so he majored in history for his freshman year. As a sophomore, he was more interested in economics and changed his major. After he saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, he got a summer job working on an archaeological project, and now he is thinking of changing his major again and becoming an archaeologist. Tyrone appears to be __________________in the degree to which he's committed to his new identity and__________________in the degree to which he's spent time and effort examining his options.

A) high; high
B) high; low
C) low; high
D) low; low

Question 5

Fluctuations in self-image are most likely to occur when adolescents are how old?

A) 10-12
B) 12-14
C) 14-16
D) 16-18

Question 6

Tensions between adolescent boys and their families tend to peak when the boys are how old?

A) 15-16
B) 14-15
C) 13-14
D) 12-13

Question 7

Tensions between adolescents girls and their families tend to peak when the girls are how old?

A) 11-12
B) 12-13
C) 13-14
D) 14-15

Question 8

Adolescents tend to spend approximately what percentage of their waking hours with their peers?

A) 10
B) 20
C) 30
D) 50

Question 9

The average adolescent begins dating when he or she is approximately how old?

A) 11-12
B) 12-13
C) 13-14
D) 14-15

Question 10

Adolescent delinquent behavior peaks at approximately what age?

A) 14-15
B) 15-16
C) 16-17
D) 17-18

Question 11

Kavindra's parents are very strict and often punish him harshly if he violates any of their rules. However, they don't show much in the way of affection, other than saying that they're punishing him to teach him how to "live right." Although he's never caused any trouble before, in his sophomore year of high school, Kavindra begins hanging out with a rough crowd that likes to vandalize cars in the school parking lot and break into the local amusement park after having a few beers. Kavindra is most likely to become a(n)

A) adolescence-limited offender.
B) life-course-persistent offender.
C) alcoholic.
D) high school principal.

Question 12

Eliza's parents never really paid much attention to her when she was growing up. In elementary school, she found out that she had a slightly lower than average IQ score, and she was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Her teachers had to watch her closely, as she had a tendency to get angry if she was frustrated or didn't get her own way. Now that she's in high school, Eliza has started shoplifting at the local mall. It is likely that Eliza will become a(n)

A) adolescence-limited offender.
B) life-course-persistent offender.
C) alcoholic.
D) law-abiding young adult.

Question 13

Which of the following is not a likely explanation for the greater prevalence of depression in adolescent girls than in adolescent boys?

A) The fact that girls undergo different hormonal changes that cause emotional upheaval during puberty and boys don't
B) The fact that girls are more likely to internalize stress than boys
C) The fact that girls have more body-image issues than boys
D) The fact that girls are more likely to be distressed by interpersonal difficulties than boys

Question 14

Your friend asks for your advice. Her 12-year-old daughter is clinically depressed and has been voicing suicidal thoughts. She wants to know if you think an antidepressant would be a good idea. You correctly advise her that

A) antidepressants are not prescribed for children as young as her daughter..
B) such medications carry an increased risk of suicide for young people.
C) suicidal thoughts hardly ever translate to suicidal behavior, and it's better not to shine a spotlight on them.
D) the medication is more likely to prevent a possible suicide than to cause it.