Psychology 312 test 2
Personal; conventional
According to smetana, adolescents often judge keeping one's room clean and style of dress as ___ whereas parents tend to judge these issues as ___
clique; crowd
Andrea, a 15-year- old, is most likely to learn social skills in a ___ and develop her sense of identity in a ___.
academics
a separate youth culture is said to promote all of the following except
offensive-reclusive
all of the following are classifications for unpopular or disliked adolescents except
middle adolescence
mixed-sex cliques start becoming more prevalent during
40%
American children experience their parents' divorce
Adolescents' increasing assertiveness and influence in the family
Changes requiring considerable adjustment for families with adolescents typically include all of the following except
40%
Children in the U.S. frow up either in abject poverty or in low-income families
Engage in drug and alcohol abuse
Denise's parents have both been laid off from work and are unablento pay the bills. Denise's parents aew likely to do all of the following except
participant observation
Dr. Whitney wanted to study the structure of adolescents'peer groups. She pretended to be a newcomer to the community and attended the local high school. She met a group of students and eventually joined the group. This type of observation is called:
parents' fears that cross-sex cliques will lead to early sexual activity
Eleanor Maccoby states all of the following reasons that adolescents separate themselves into same-sex cliques, except
On how to wear his hair
Mark is a teenager who generally respects his parents. On which of the following issues, however, is Mark most likely to side with his friends and against his parents
Patterns of leisure activity
Peers usually have more influence than parents on matters of
Behavioral genetics examines all of these issues
The field of behavior genetics examines all of the following except
Personal taste
The popular notion of a generational gap has only been supported in differences between parents and children with regard to
Genereation gap
The tensions that are often assumed to be inherent in the relations between adolescents and adults are referred to as the:
Parents; friends
When it comes to matters like religion, adolescents are more likely to be influenced by _____ than ______
Among those teenagers and parents who report having problems, the grest majority had problematic relationships during childhood
Which of the following statements about family conflict is true
Adolescents perceive fathers as more controlling than their mothers
Which of the following statements about the way in which teenagers relate to mothers and fathers is false?
highly variable
determinants of perceived popularity
things like social skills, friendliness, and sense of humor
determinants of sociometric popularity
relational aggression
when sarah gets jealous of Britney for being popular and starts a rumor