Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the psychological and social processes that shape emotional and social development during adolescence. Key topics include identity formation, emotional regulation, peer and family relationships, self-concept, and the impact of cultural, socioeconomic, and environmental factors. Students will examine theories and research regarding adolescent mental health, resilience, risk behaviors, and the role of school and community contexts. The course also addresses practical approaches for supporting healthy social and emotional growth, emphasizing the significance of developmental transitions and individual differences in navigating adolescence.
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The Adolescent Development Relationships and Culture 13th Edition by Kim Gale Dolgin
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Chapter 1: The Social Context of Adolescence
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Q1) Research has found a negative correlation between income level and illiteracy rate.This means that:
A) the greater the income level, the higher the illiteracy rate.
B) the greater the income level, the lower the illiteracy rate.
C) there is no relation between income level and the illiteracy rate.
D) low income and high illiteracy both have negative effects on individuals.
Answer: B
Q2) Jenna is an American adolescent who belongs to an extremely poor family.Research indicates that she is likely to:
A) join school activities because they are free.
B) struggle for a sense of identity.
C) get involved in high status activities in order to make friends.
D) all of the above
Answer: B
Q3) Compared to 40 years ago,young people in the U.S.have premarital intercourse:
A) in higher numbers and earlier.
B) in higher numbers, but later.
C) in lower numbers and later.
D) in lower numbers, but earlier.
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Adolescents in Theoretical Context
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Q1) According to Lewin's field theory,a person's life space is:
A) the neighborhood in which he or she lives.
B) the society and culture in which he or she lives.
C) the total of all his or her possible behaviors.
D) family, peers, and others with whom he or she has direct contact.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following personality traits is NOT one that Freud ascribed to the Electra Complex and its resulting weak identification?
A) Excessive modesty
B) High level of aggression
C) Low level of morality
D) Lack of sex drive
Answer: B
Q3) Which of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems includes the most immediate influences on the adolescent?
A) Exosystem
B) Macrosystem
C) Mesosystem
D) Microsystem
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Adolescent Diversity: Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity
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Q1) Which of the following statements about Latinos is TRUE?
A) Latinos are currently the third largest ethnic minority group in the U.S.
B) Latinos have a Spanish-speaking heritage.
C) Latinos are brown-skinned and brown-haired.
D) all of the above
Answer: B
Q2) Rita believes that she cannot change her destiny.She is exhibiting:
A) familialism.
B) marianism.
C) fatalism.
D) resiliency.
Answer: C
Q3) African American adolescent girls are ________ times more likely to get pregnant compared to Caucasian girls.
A) 2 1/2
B) 3 1/2
C) 4 1/2
D) 5 1/2
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Body Issues Physical Growth and Health-Related Behaviors
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Q1) The caloric requirement for girls may increase by ________ percent from ages 10 to 15.
A) 25
B) 50
C) 75
D) 90
Q2) Physical attractiveness and body image have an important relationship to all of the following EXCEPT:
A) school achievement.
B) peer acceptance.
C) popularity.
D) positive self-evaluation.
Q3) The fold of connective tissue that partly closes a girl's vagina is called the:
A) labia majora.
B) hymen.
C) labia minora.
D) clitoris.
Q4) Describe the location and function of the adrenal glands.
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Q5) Describe the typical sequence and development of the male secondary sex characteristics.
Chapter 5: Cognitive Development: Improvements in Thinking, Reasoning, and Decision Making
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Q1) Skeptical adolescents react to uncertainty by:
A) rejecting rationality.
B) accepting all beliefs.
C) making up their own mind.
D) all of the above
Q2) Possessing good "executive control" means that individuals are able to:
A) think abstractly.
B) monitor and control their own thinking and learning.
C) control their attention and perceptions.
D) think hypothetically.
Q3) Looking for evidence that is in accordance with one's hypothesis is called:
A) negation.
B) an elimination strategy.
C) a confirmation strategy.
D) reasoning.
Q4) List and explain at least three factors that influence intelligence test results.How might these relate to the misuse of intelligence tests?
Q5) List and describe four major aspects of formal operational thinking as described by Piaget.
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Chapter 6: Self-Concept, Identity, Ethnicity, and Gender
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the three intrapersonal components of Burke's identity control system?
A) Self-concept
B) Identity standards
C) Comparator
D) Social behavior
Q2) According to Marcia,foreclosed adolescents are those who have experienced:
A) a crisis and have become committed to an identity.
B) a crisis, but are uncommitted to an identity.
C) no crisis and are uncommitted to an identity.
D) no crisis, but are committed to an identity.
Q3) What two important constructs have been separated from one another in recent research on delinquency and adolescents' self-worth?
A) Narcissism and self-esteem
B) Hostility and narcissism
C) Self-concept and self-esteem
D) Self-esteem and hostility
Q4) Discuss Marcia's four identity statuses and explain the roles of crisis and commitment in each.
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Chapter 7: The Development of Moral Values
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Q1) Paul decides to give the police the wallet he found because he thinks he'll likely get a reward.According to Kohlberg,in what stage is Paul's moral reasoning?
A) Social contract orientation
B) Good girl-good boy morality
C) Punishment orientation
D) Instrumental hedonism orientation
Q2) List and describe the basis for children's moral judgments according to each of Kohlberg's three levels of moral development.
Q3) Discuss the relationships between religion and specific adolescent behaviors.
Q4) The main determinant of an adolescent's religiosity is:
A) the school they attend.
B) their peer group.
C) the quality of the family relationship.
D) their teachers' religiosity.
Q5) All of the following are part of the social-cognitive domain model EXCEPT:
A) Moral rules.
B) Values clarification.
C) Social conventions.
D) Personal preferences.
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Chapter 8: Relationships with Family Members
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Q1) The adolescent's freedom to form opinions and have privacy is called:
A) connection.
B) physical autonomy.
C) psychological autonomy.
D) regulation.
Q2) Compared to younger adolescents,older adolescents are more likely to perceive their parents as:
A) empathetic.
B) emotional.
C) apathetic.
D) hostile.
Q3) Your authors discuss five broad topics concerning the focus of parent-adolescent conflict.Which of the following is NOT one of those five topics?
A) Responsibility
B) Social life and customs
C) Moral beliefs
D) Social conventions
Q4) What is the separation-individuation process? Describe some of the research findings concerning this process.
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Chapter 9: Different Family Patterns
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Q1) Gina is a single mother whose own mother has been patiently teaching her parenting and child-care skills so that Gina can eventually parent effectively on her own.This illustrates which helping arrangement?
A) Parental supplement
B) Supportive primary parenting
C) Parental apprentice
D) Parental replacement
Q2) A study by Apfel and Seitz found four different types of helping arrangements between inner-city,African American mothers and their own mothers.Which of the following is NOT one of those helping arrangements?
A) Parental supplement
B) Supportive primary parenting
C) Parental apprentice
D) Supportive secondary parenting
Q3) Custody of children after a divorce is comprised of two issues,which are:
A) decisional custody and joint custody.
B) residential custody and decisional custody.
C) joint custody and legal custody.
D) legal custody and residential custody.
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Chapter 10: Being a Member of the Adolescent Subculture:
Activities and Interactions with Peers
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Q1) Approximately what percent of American teens say that they connect to the Internet at least once per day?
A) 90
B) 70
C) 60
D) 50
Q2) Approximately what proportion of American male and female teens report being a victim of dating violence?
A) 1/8
B) 1/6
C) 1/4
D) 1/2
Q3) Approximately what percent of adolescents are liaisons?
A) 10
B) 30
C) 50
D) 70
Q4) List and describe Miller's three stages of psychosocial development.
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Q5) What sorts of adolescent achievements and personal characteristics tend to lead to peer acceptance?
Chapter 11: Sexual Behaviors
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Q1) Because American society accepts a number of different standards of sexual behavior,it is termed:
A) pluralistic.
B) polyandrous.
C) polygamous.
D) promiscuous.
Q2) Which group of college men is more likely to endorse rape myths?
A) Those who are seniors
B) Those who are freshmen
C) Those who are Caucasians
D) Those in fraternities
Q3) Most teenage fathers in the U.S.:
A) finish high school.
B) work more weeks per year than non-fathers.
C) are middle class.
D) do poorly in school.
Q4) Discuss the parental behaviors that are associated with their adolescents becoming sexually active.
Q5) What is AIDS and how is it treated?
Q6) What are some of the gender differences in sexual ethics?
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Chapter 12: Education and School
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Q1) Which types of high schools are partnered with community colleges so that students can get a two-year associate's degree along with a high school diploma?
A) Magnet schools
B) Charter schools
C) Tech-prep schools
D) Voucher schools
Q2) By the late 1970s,40% of all high school students were taking a ________ course of study.
A) back-to-basics
B) college preparatory
C) general
D) vocational
Q3) Adolescents generally experience fewer problems in schools with:
A) a task mastery structure.
B) tracking.
C) a back-to-basics approach.
D) a performance goal structure.
Q4) Discuss the characteristics of good middle schools that Jackson and Davis summarized.
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Chapter 13: Work and Vocation
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Q1) Research on Ginzberg's theory finds the least support for the:
A) ages attached to the stages.
B) broad outline of the theory.
C) different stages.
D) sequence of stages.
Q2) What is the name of the program in which high schools are partnered with two-year colleges or vocational institutions to provide students with career education?
A) Tech-prep program
B) Apprenticeship or internship
C) School-based enterprise
D) all of the above
Q3) In the U.S.,what percent of the graduate degrees in physics are earned by women?
A) 5
B) 13
C) 27
D) 36
Q4) Discuss the various reasons that the rate of unemployment among American youths is so high.
Q5) List and explain the two components of Gottfredson's career development theory.
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Chapter 14: Adolescent Stress and Alienation
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Q1) What is the estimate for the percent of the general,U.S.adolescent population who engage in self-injurious behavior?
A) From 2 to 13
B) From 14 to 39
C) From 40 to 57
D) From 58 to 72
Q2) An eating disorder that is sometimes referred to as "starvation sickness" is:
A) anorexia nervosa.
B) diabetes.
C) binge eating disorder.
D) bulimia.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT considered an environmental cause of delinquency?
A) Substandard schools
B) Poverty
C) Exposure to violent media
D) Peer-group involvement
Q4) What is self-injurious behavior and why do individuals do it?
Q5) Why do some researchers think that depression in adolescents is not the same thing as depression in adults?
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Q6) Describe and label the two classes of runaways and explain how they differ.
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Chapter 15: Substance Abuse,Addiction,and Dependency
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Q1) Linda's chronic heavy drinking has resulted in her lack of coordination and balance.What region of her brain is most likely damaged?
A) Frontal lobes
B) Hippocampus
C) Cerebellum
D) Hypothalamus
Q2) Which region of the brain is most involved in planning and impulse control?
A) Frontal lobes
B) Hippocampus
C) Cerebellum
D) Hypothalamus
Q3) Project DARE is:
A) one of the most popular drug education programs in the U.S.
B) taught by trained police officers.
C) not effective in reducing rates of drug use.
D) all of the above
Q4) Five main approaches to treating drug dependency are discussed in the text.Discuss these different approaches and tell which ones have been found to be most effective.
Q5) Discuss five different reasons why adolescents first begin using drugs.
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