Question 1

During adolescence, psychosocial development is primarily a search to answer the question:

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Who am I?

Question 2

Almost always, adolescents seek an identity that is:

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honest and self assured

Question 3

Erikson's term for an adolescent who sleeps too much, cares little about school, and is indifferent to parental criticism is:

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identity diffusion

Question 4

When 16 year old Vu agreed with his parents that his career would be to continue the family business, he was exhibiting:

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foreclosure

Question 5

Lety enjoys attending the youth activities at both her parents' church and her friends church. She doesn't seem to have a clear understanding of her religious faith. She is demonstrating:

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diffusion in her religious identity.

Question 6

Which type of identity does society expect teenagers to postpone making a commitment to?

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religious identity.

Question 7

Today, vocational identity is postponed because:

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many vocations require specialized skills that take years to attain.

Question 8

A key developmental asset that predicts positive youth outcomes is having:

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a supportive non-parent adult relationship

Question 9

Parent and adolescent conflicts:

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occur when a child's drive for independence clashes with the parent's supervision and control.

Question 10

Adolescents are said to have closeness with family when:

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there is open communication, support, emotional connectedness, and parental control.

Question 11

Concerning parental control, it is best to:

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provide effective parenting before the teen years.

Question 12

A clique is a:

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group of close friends who are loyal to one another and who exclude outsiders.

Question 13

Applied to adolescent peer relationships, "facilitation" refers to the way that peers:

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encourage each other to do things that none would do on his or her own.

Question 14

Which immigrant youth seem to experience more discrimination from other adolescents and to suffer from lower self-esteem than other immigrant groups do?

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Asian

Question 15

In describing the sequence of male-female relationships, Dunphy found the________ phase of adolescent heterosexual association to immediately precede the final pairing of couples.

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small mixed sex groups

Question 16

Today, among adolescents, identifying one's sexual orientation:

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may be less important and thus less acknowledged by today's youth.

Question 17

Children who honestly discuss sex with their parents:

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avoid pressure to have sex.

Question 18

The best sex-education programs are those that:

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start before high school, require parent-child communication, focus on behavior, and last for years.

Question 19

Which statement regarding teen pregnancy is true?

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Rates of teen pregnancy are lower in European countries than in the United States.

Question 20

Research has shown that loss of confidence during adolescence:

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is experienced in both sexes.

Question 21

Two causes and signs of depression are:

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genetic vulnerability and a depressed mother when the adolescent was an infant.

Question 22

A cognitive explanation for girls having higher rates of depression than boys is that:

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girls tend to ruminate more than boys do.

Question 23

Many people think that adolescent suicide is common because:

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the adolescent suicide rate is higher than it was 40 years ago.

Question 24

One reason why adolescent suicides have decreased since 1990 may be that:

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there is more effective use of antidepressents.

Question 25

Early neurological impairments increase the risk of a child becoming a (an) _______________ and a teen experiencing a negative psychosocial development is at greater risk of becoming a (n)

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life course persistent offender, adolescent limited offender.

Question 26

The psychosocial development of emerging adults is characterized by:

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diversity in maturity, family, work, and lifestyle.

Question 27

The group of emerging adults that have more difficulty with achieving ethnic identity is:

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immigrants

Question 28

Reporting on their cultural transition experiences, immigrants from age 13 to 18 indicated that:

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they develop an identity achievement by progressing through integration, national and ethnic identity, and then finally diffusion.

Question 29

Language, manners, romance, employment, and values are affected by a person's:

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ethnic identity.

Question 30

What percentage of women in the U.S. earn a master's, doctoral, or professional degree?

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57%

Question 31

A characteristic of the work behavior of young adults is that they:

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move from job to job and don't consider any of the jobs are their vocational identity.

Question 32

According to the U.S. bureau of census, the average U.S. worker holds an average of ___ jobs between the ages of 18 and 27.

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8

Question 33

One of the top "very important" reasons that emerging adults decide to attend college is to:

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learn more about things that matter to them.

Question 34

A commonality among intimate relationships is that they:

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progress from attraction to close connection to ongoing commitment.

Question 35

Of the following, which statement concerning close friendship that is true?

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We earn our friends.

Question 36

Bobbie would like Heather to be her friend and be available to go to clubs and parties together. Heather likes Bobbie, but she doesn't want to socialize with her because she drinks too much. This is an example of:

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exclusion criteria.

Question 37

An advantage of a cross-sex friendship is that:

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it can last a lifetime, if romance is not present in the friendship.

Question 38

Worldwide, couples are:

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marrying later and divorcing more often than in the past.

Question 39

In many nations, parents arrange marriages between children. This is an example of:

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culture influencing the relationship between love and marriage.

Question 40

According to the Sternberg, the three distinct components of love are:

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passion, intimacy, and commitment.

Question 41

The sequence of a romantic relationship:

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depends on a person's culture.

Question 42

A reason for cohabitating is to:

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try out marriage before making a commitment.

Question 43

________ is much more common in cohabitation than in dating or marriage.

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Physical abuse.

Question 44

A factor closely linked in marital success is:

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Maturity of the partners, social homogamy, and marital equity.

Question 45

Jack and Pam, who are married, love to play golf and compete in ballroom dancing together. This is an example of:

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social homogamy.

Question 46

The type of domestic violence in which one partner systematically isolates, degrades, and punishes the other is called.

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intimate terrorism.

Question 47

Michelle, an emerging, happily married adult, enjoys spending time talking, and doing things with her mother. More than likely, Michelle:

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was a securely attached infant.

Question 48

The most common psychological disorders found in emerging adults are:

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substance abuse, mood disorders, and anxiety disorders.

Question 49

Many emerging adults who have psycho-pathologies are:

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able to overcome them through self-righting, social support, and ongoing maturation.

Question 50

The idea that stages of life and the behaviors accompanying them are set by social standards represents:

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the social clock.

Question 51

The social clock is powerfully affected by one's:

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SES

Question 52

Midlife crisis:

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has not been confirmed by a large research study.

Question 53

Extensive research on personality supports the general belief that:

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there are five basic clusters of personality traits.

Question 54

The big five personality trait of openness is valued most highly in:

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the United States.

Question 55

The __________ theory views gender convergence as reflecting the "shadow side" of an individual's personality.

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psychoanalytic

Question 56

The most supportive members of a social convoy are:

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friends.

Question 57

Allostatic load refers to the:

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combined burden of education and income that one makes during a lifetime.

Question 58

The belief that family members should care for each other, sacrificing personal freedom and success to do so, is called:

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familism.

Question 59

A characteristic of marriage in the United States is that:

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there is a larger percentage of U.S. people over age 65 who have never married than there is in other countries.

Question 60

International research indicates that married people have:

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slightly higher levels of happiness than single persons have.

Question 61

In the United States, almost one in ______ first marriages ends in divorce.

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two.

Question 62

Divorce is most likely to occur within the first ______ years of marriage, and ___________ are more likely to remarry.

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five; young men.

Question 63

An adult expresses generativity by:

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caring for others, such as young children.

Question 64

One who encourages intergenerational caregiving is called a:

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kinkeeper

DP Final Exam

Developmental Theories

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