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According to Erikson, the goal of adolescence is to _____.
abandon parental goals
find one's own identity
attain independence from one's peer group
form an intimate relationship with a member of the
opposite sex ANSW ✔✔ B
When applied to the discussion of drug abuse, the term "generational
forgetting" means that _____.
adults turn a blind eye to youthful experimentation
youth seek to get high and forget their age
adolescents gather with others of their cohort to experiment with drugs
the new generation ignores what adults have learned about the hazards of
drugs ANSW ✔✔ D
Which type of parenting can "boomerang," resulting in adolescents who learn
to deceive their parents?
authoritative
neglectful
authoritarian
permissive ANSW ✔✔ C
_____ adolescents totally reject the religion in which they've grown up.
Few
,About half of all
About three-fourths of all
Almost all ANSW ✔✔ A
The cultural norm of familism often _____.
demands that individual family members take care of themselves at a very
early age
fails to provide family members with a cushion during stressful life
experiences
requires family members to make sacrifices for the good of the whole
undermines familial solidarity ANSW ✔✔ C
According to the text, which of the following is NOT a possible reason for the
decrease in juvenile criminal behavior?
fewer school dropouts
lenient drug laws
smaller families
less lead poisoning ANSW ✔✔ B
In one detailed study, the teens MOST at risk for sexual violence and STIs had
_____.
exclusively same-sex partners
exclusively opposite-sex partners
gender-identity disorder
both same-sex and opposite-sex partners ANSW ✔✔ d
,People's acceptance of the roles and behaviors that they define as male or
female is referred to as their _____ identity.
gender
ethnic
heterosexual
foreclosed ANSW ✔✔ A
Almost all social networking engaged in by adolescents is between adolescents
_____.
who do not know each other beyond social media
who are friends
who are in a bully-victim relationship
who do not have many friends ANSW ✔✔ B
Two aspects of family closeness during adolescence are _____.
communication and autonomy
support and connectedness
connectedness and authority
openness and control ANSW ✔✔ B
Gloria finds that she often thinks about killing herself. This is called _____.
parasuicide
self-destructive behavior
deliberate suicide
suicide ideation ANSW ✔✔ D
, 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 _____.
ruminate
are suicidal
come from high-socioeconomic status communities
come from low-socioeconomic status communities ANSW ✔✔ D
An adolescence-limited offender refers to someone who _____.
attacks only other adolescents
stops committing crimes by age 21
is never arrested
is a juvenile delinquent ANSW ✔✔ B
Several suicides within the same group of people in a brief period are called
_____ suicides.
cult
pact
planned
cluster ANSW ✔✔ D
Abstinence-only sex-education programs _____ the adolescents' engagement
in sexual activity.
reduce
increase
have no impact on
diminish ANSW ✔✔ C
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According to Erikson, the goal of adolescence is to _____.
abandon parental goals
find one's own identity
attain independence from one's peer group
form an intimate relationship with a member of the
opposite sex ANSW ✔✔ B
When applied to the discussion of drug abuse, the term "generational
forgetting" means that _____.
adults turn a blind eye to youthful experimentation
youth seek to get high and forget their age
adolescents gather with others of their cohort to experiment with drugs
the new generation ignores what adults have learned about the hazards of
drugs ANSW ✔✔ D
Which type of parenting can "boomerang," resulting in adolescents who learn
to deceive their parents?
authoritative
neglectful
authoritarian
permissive ANSW ✔✔ C
_____ adolescents totally reject the religion in which they've grown up.
Few
,About half of all
About three-fourths of all
Almost all ANSW ✔✔ A
The cultural norm of familism often _____.
demands that individual family members take care of themselves at a very
early age
fails to provide family members with a cushion during stressful life
experiences
requires family members to make sacrifices for the good of the whole
undermines familial solidarity ANSW ✔✔ C
According to the text, which of the following is NOT a possible reason for the
decrease in juvenile criminal behavior?
fewer school dropouts
lenient drug laws
smaller families
less lead poisoning ANSW ✔✔ B
In one detailed study, the teens MOST at risk for sexual violence and STIs had
_____.
exclusively same-sex partners
exclusively opposite-sex partners
gender-identity disorder
both same-sex and opposite-sex partners ANSW ✔✔ d
,People's acceptance of the roles and behaviors that they define as male or
female is referred to as their _____ identity.
gender
ethnic
heterosexual
foreclosed ANSW ✔✔ A
Almost all social networking engaged in by adolescents is between adolescents
_____.
who do not know each other beyond social media
who are friends
who are in a bully-victim relationship
who do not have many friends ANSW ✔✔ B
Two aspects of family closeness during adolescence are _____.
communication and autonomy
support and connectedness
connectedness and authority
openness and control ANSW ✔✔ B
Gloria finds that she often thinks about killing herself. This is called _____.
parasuicide
self-destructive behavior
deliberate suicide
suicide ideation ANSW ✔✔ D
, 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 _____.
ruminate
are suicidal
come from high-socioeconomic status communities
come from low-socioeconomic status communities ANSW ✔✔ D
An adolescence-limited offender refers to someone who _____.
attacks only other adolescents
stops committing crimes by age 21
is never arrested
is a juvenile delinquent ANSW ✔✔ B
Several suicides within the same group of people in a brief period are called
_____ suicides.
cult
pact
planned
cluster ANSW ✔✔ D
Abstinence-only sex-education programs _____ the adolescents' engagement
in sexual activity.
reduce
increase
have no impact on
diminish ANSW ✔✔ C
