Exam 2 Review

Which of the following is a more accurate vision of adolescence?

• For most, it is a time of rebellion, crisis, pathology, and deviance.

• Few contribute positively to their communities and successfully transition through adolescence.

• For most, it is a time of evaluation, decision making, commitment, and carving out a place in the world.

• Most have a brush with juvenile delinquency.

In the context of the body's hormone system during puberty, the _____ gland is an important _____ gland that controls growth and regulates other glands.

• hypothalamide; teratogenal

• pituitary; endocrine

• endocrine; pituitary

• testes; estrogenal

Identify the similarity between those diagnosed with anorexia nervosa and those suffering from bulimia nervosa.

• They have a distorted body image.

• They maintain a healthy, well-balanced diet.

• They are unconcerned about their weight.

• They are severely underweight.

The development of formal operational thinking

• is unaffected by the influence of culture and education.

• is promoted by education in the logic of science and mathematics.

• is commonly seen among all American adults.

• does not occur during adolescence.

_____ learning is a form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community.

• Service

• Social

• Cooperative

• Collaborative

Which of the following terms did Erikson use to describe a period in which society leaves adolescents relatively free of responsibilities and free to try out different identities?

• sociological amnesty

• behavioral reprieve

• psychosocial moratorium

• societal moratorium

According to the new model of parent-adolescent relationships, which of the following is a benefit of everyday negotiations and minor disputes?

• They help adolescents accept parental control over their lives.

• They teach adolescents that their parents are not perfect.

• They help adolescents become more autonomous.

• They teach parents how to exert more control over the lives of adolescents.

In contrast with the trend in young children, teenagers typically prefer to have

• friends that are of the same sex.

• several friends but only one "best" friend.

• a large group of friends, some of whom are especially intimate.

• a smaller number of friendships that are more intense and intimate.

A _____ is a ceremony or ritual that marks an individual's transition from one status to another and mostly focuses on the transition to adult status.

• rite of passage

• communion

• march of time

• litmus test

The double disadvantage suffered by ethnic minority adolescents includes

• diversity and difference.

• the lack of clear rites of passage.

• hostility and assimilation.

• prejudice and poverty.