Adolescent, The Development,
Relationships, and Culture, 13E
Kim Gale Dolgin
Kim Gale Dolgin
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Chapter 1 The Social Context of Adolescence
Multiple Choice
1) Narrowly, the age at which a person first becomes sexually capable of having children
is called:
A) adolescence B) adulthood C) maturity D) puberty
Answer: D Diff: E Page Ref: 4
Type: Factual Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
2) The physical changes related to sexual maturation take place during several years. This
period of time is called:
A) adolescence. B) puberty. C) teenage. D) youth.
Answer: B Diff: E Page Ref: 4
Type: Factual Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
3) Which of the following terms refers to a person not yet an adult in the eyes of the law?
A) adolescent B) juvenile C) preteen D) teenager
Answer: B Diff: E Page Ref: 4
Type: Factual Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
4) In all 50 United States, 18-year-olds have the right to:
A) marry without parental consent. B) obtain credit in their own names.
C) purchase alcoholic beverages. D) vote in national elections.
Answer: D Diff: M Page Ref: 4
Type: Factual Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
5) Debbie is 12 years old and her body is physically able to bear children. She has
definitely reached:
A) adolescence. B) maturity. C) puberty. D) teenhood.
Answer: C Diff: E Page Ref: 4
Type: Applied Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
6) The biological approach to studying adolescents focuses on:
A) sexual maturation and genes.
B) changes in the way adolescents think.
C) emotions and the self.
D) adolescent social relations.
Answer: A Diff: E Page Ref: 5
Type: Factual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
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,7) The cognitive approach to studying adolescents focuses on:
A) sexual maturation and genes.
B) changes in the way adolescents think.
C) emotions and the self.
D) adolescent social relations.
Answer: B Diff: E Page Ref: 5
Type: Factual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
8) All of the following are approaches to the study of adolescents EXCEPT:
A) biological. B) cognitive. C) psychiatric. D) social.
Answer: C Diff: M Page Ref: 5
Type: Conceptual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
9) Your authors’ approach to the study of adolescents is:
A) biological. B) cognitive. C) social. D) eclectic.
Answer: D Diff: M Page Ref: 5
Type: Factual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
10) A team of researchers is interested in studying the reasoning abilities of adolescents.
Which of the following approaches are they most likely to use?
A) Biological B) Cognitive C) Psychiatric D) Social
Answer: B Diff: M Page Ref: 5
Type: Applied Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
11) Dr. O’Mahen is conducting research on adolescents’ peer relationships. Which of the
following approaches is she most likely to use?
A) Biological B) Cognitive C) Psychiatric D) Social
Answer: D Diff: E Page Ref: 5
Type: Applied Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
12) The period of time between adolescence and adulthood is often referred to as:
A) post-adolescence. B) pre-adulthood.
C) emerging adulthood. D) adolescent progression.
Answer: C Diff: E Page Ref: 6
Type: Conceptual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
13) Darnell and Jennifer belong to the same cohort. This means they belong to the same:
A) generation. B) culture. C) family. D) SES.
Answer: A Diff: E Page Ref: 7
Type: Applied Topic: Our Evolving Society
14) Individuals who were adolescents during World War I are often referred to as the:
A) GI generation. B) lost generation.
C) silent generation. D) baby boomers.
Answer: B Diff: D Page Ref: 7
Type: Factual Topic: Our Evolving Society
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, 15) Samantha was born in the United States during the 1950s. She is therefore part of the:
A) GI generation. B) lost generation.
C) silent generation. D) baby boomers.
Answer: D Diff: E Page Ref: 8
Type: Applied Topic: Our Evolving Society
16) Worldwide, what is the leading cause of death for 15- to 19-year-old, female
adolescents?
A) Murder B) Early pregnancy C) Suicide D) AIDS
Answer: B Diff: M Page Ref: 8
Type: Factual Topic: Cross-Cultural Concerns
17) Worldwide, approximately what percent of new cases of AIDS are among people
between the ages and 15 and 24?
A) 20 B) 30 C) 80 D) 50
Answer: D Diff: M Page Ref: 8
Type: Factual Topic: Cross-Cultural Concerns
18) Generation X refers to American individuals who were born:
A) from the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s.
B) from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.
C) from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.
D) from the mid-1980s until 2000.
Answer: C Diff: E Page Ref: 9
Type: Factual Topic: Our Evolving Society
19) Dan reached adolescence during a period of time in which American youth tended to
feel pessimistic about the economic opportunities available to them, as well as neglected
by their parents. It is most likely that Dan is a member of
A) Generation X. B) the lost generation.
C) the silent generation. D) the baby boomers.
Answer: A Diff: D Page Ref: 9
Type: Applied Topic: Our Evolving Society
20) According to the text, what term is used to describe the “betwixt and between” state
in which individuals are no longer adolescents but are not quite young adults?
A) Generation Y B) Emerging adulthood
C) Youth D) Prolonged adolescence
Answer: B Diff: E Page Ref: 9
Type: factual Topic: The Evolving Prolongation of Adolescence
21) In what year was the first personal computer (PC) introduced?
A) 1968 B) 1974 C) 1980 D) 1988
Answer: C Diff: M Page Ref: 10
Type: Factual Topic: Evolving Communication and Information Technologies
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Relationships, and Culture, 13E
Kim Gale Dolgin
Kim Gale Dolgin
Email:
, Test Bank
Chapter 1 The Social Context of Adolescence
Multiple Choice
1) Narrowly, the age at which a person first becomes sexually capable of having children
is called:
A) adolescence B) adulthood C) maturity D) puberty
Answer: D Diff: E Page Ref: 4
Type: Factual Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
2) The physical changes related to sexual maturation take place during several years. This
period of time is called:
A) adolescence. B) puberty. C) teenage. D) youth.
Answer: B Diff: E Page Ref: 4
Type: Factual Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
3) Which of the following terms refers to a person not yet an adult in the eyes of the law?
A) adolescent B) juvenile C) preteen D) teenager
Answer: B Diff: E Page Ref: 4
Type: Factual Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
4) In all 50 United States, 18-year-olds have the right to:
A) marry without parental consent. B) obtain credit in their own names.
C) purchase alcoholic beverages. D) vote in national elections.
Answer: D Diff: M Page Ref: 4
Type: Factual Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
5) Debbie is 12 years old and her body is physically able to bear children. She has
definitely reached:
A) adolescence. B) maturity. C) puberty. D) teenhood.
Answer: C Diff: E Page Ref: 4
Type: Applied Topic: The Social Context of Adolescence
6) The biological approach to studying adolescents focuses on:
A) sexual maturation and genes.
B) changes in the way adolescents think.
C) emotions and the self.
D) adolescent social relations.
Answer: A Diff: E Page Ref: 5
Type: Factual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
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,7) The cognitive approach to studying adolescents focuses on:
A) sexual maturation and genes.
B) changes in the way adolescents think.
C) emotions and the self.
D) adolescent social relations.
Answer: B Diff: E Page Ref: 5
Type: Factual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
8) All of the following are approaches to the study of adolescents EXCEPT:
A) biological. B) cognitive. C) psychiatric. D) social.
Answer: C Diff: M Page Ref: 5
Type: Conceptual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
9) Your authors’ approach to the study of adolescents is:
A) biological. B) cognitive. C) social. D) eclectic.
Answer: D Diff: M Page Ref: 5
Type: Factual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
10) A team of researchers is interested in studying the reasoning abilities of adolescents.
Which of the following approaches are they most likely to use?
A) Biological B) Cognitive C) Psychiatric D) Social
Answer: B Diff: M Page Ref: 5
Type: Applied Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
11) Dr. O’Mahen is conducting research on adolescents’ peer relationships. Which of the
following approaches is she most likely to use?
A) Biological B) Cognitive C) Psychiatric D) Social
Answer: D Diff: E Page Ref: 5
Type: Applied Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
12) The period of time between adolescence and adulthood is often referred to as:
A) post-adolescence. B) pre-adulthood.
C) emerging adulthood. D) adolescent progression.
Answer: C Diff: E Page Ref: 6
Type: Conceptual Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
13) Darnell and Jennifer belong to the same cohort. This means they belong to the same:
A) generation. B) culture. C) family. D) SES.
Answer: A Diff: E Page Ref: 7
Type: Applied Topic: Our Evolving Society
14) Individuals who were adolescents during World War I are often referred to as the:
A) GI generation. B) lost generation.
C) silent generation. D) baby boomers.
Answer: B Diff: D Page Ref: 7
Type: Factual Topic: Our Evolving Society
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, 15) Samantha was born in the United States during the 1950s. She is therefore part of the:
A) GI generation. B) lost generation.
C) silent generation. D) baby boomers.
Answer: D Diff: E Page Ref: 8
Type: Applied Topic: Our Evolving Society
16) Worldwide, what is the leading cause of death for 15- to 19-year-old, female
adolescents?
A) Murder B) Early pregnancy C) Suicide D) AIDS
Answer: B Diff: M Page Ref: 8
Type: Factual Topic: Cross-Cultural Concerns
17) Worldwide, approximately what percent of new cases of AIDS are among people
between the ages and 15 and 24?
A) 20 B) 30 C) 80 D) 50
Answer: D Diff: M Page Ref: 8
Type: Factual Topic: Cross-Cultural Concerns
18) Generation X refers to American individuals who were born:
A) from the mid-1920s to the mid-1940s.
B) from the mid-1940s to the mid-1960s.
C) from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s.
D) from the mid-1980s until 2000.
Answer: C Diff: E Page Ref: 9
Type: Factual Topic: Our Evolving Society
19) Dan reached adolescence during a period of time in which American youth tended to
feel pessimistic about the economic opportunities available to them, as well as neglected
by their parents. It is most likely that Dan is a member of
A) Generation X. B) the lost generation.
C) the silent generation. D) the baby boomers.
Answer: A Diff: D Page Ref: 9
Type: Applied Topic: Our Evolving Society
20) According to the text, what term is used to describe the “betwixt and between” state
in which individuals are no longer adolescents but are not quite young adults?
A) Generation Y B) Emerging adulthood
C) Youth D) Prolonged adolescence
Answer: B Diff: E Page Ref: 9
Type: factual Topic: The Evolving Prolongation of Adolescence
21) In what year was the first personal computer (PC) introduced?
A) 1968 B) 1974 C) 1980 D) 1988
Answer: C Diff: M Page Ref: 10
Type: Factual Topic: Evolving Communication and Information Technologies
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