422- test 3

Based on the definitions outlined in the Five Cs of positive youth development, what does competence mean?

a positive view on ones actions in domain specific areas

Which of the following statements regarding divorce in America is true?

social support from relatives buffers the effect of living in single parent households

Which of the following statements about extracurricular participation is true?

students who are highly involved in extracurricular activities at the beginning of high school are likely to stay highly involved throughout high school.

Close to ____ of children in the United States grow up either in abject poverty or in low-income families.

40%

which of the following statements about family conflict is true

Among those teens and parents who report having problems, the great majority had problematic relationships during childhood.

Which of the following is not one of the 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting?

being too loving is too indulgent

Samantha attends a public school that has a great deal of freedom to set its own curriculum. This type of school is referred to as what in your textbook?

charter school

In the United States today, what percentage of individuals between the ages of 14 and 17 are in school?

close to 100%

Which theory of media's impact emphasizes the idea that media shape adolescents' interests, motives, and beliefs about the world?

cultivation theory

Growing up, tinashe's parents had a lot of marital conflicts and divorced when she was 13. she is more likely to develop depression, aggression, and delinquency if she was also exposed to which of the following

domestic violence

Which of the following resulted from standards-based reform?

educators could not agree on the body of knowledge and skills that compromised what high school graduates should know and be able to do

Kent has been involved in minor delinquent behavior. In order to curb this type of behavior, Kent's parents should:

enroll kent in a school sponsored extracurricular activity

Which statement concerning parent- adolescent conflict is true

ethnic minority adolescents are less likely than white adolescents to experience conflict with parents

What has research on the exposure of adolescents to violent imagery on TV found?

exposure to tv violence in childhood is linked to aggressive behavior in adolescence.

George and Ryan both live in different single-parent households. George is considered a well behaved adolescent, but Ryan frequently engages in delinquent behavior. Which of the following statements about George and Ryan is most likely to be true?

george has a strong relationship with his grandparents, ryan does not

Many studies find that rates of smoking, drinking, and drug use are _____ among teenage workers than nonworkers, especially among students who _____.

higher, choose to work long hours

After midlife, parents are more likely to think about the future in terms of:

how much time they have left for themselves

viktor feels like his parents dont care about him because they allow him to set his own rules and they seldom provide much support. He even wishes they would punish him because that would at least indicate they are paying attention to him. Viktor's parents would be described as which parenting style

indifferent

Amy, a social reformer in the early twentieth century, would have likely considered which of the following to be a good reason to push for secondary education?

it is effective in reducing crime by keeping young ppl off the streets

Approximately how many of today's high school students will have worked in an after-school job before graduating?

more than half

Today's teenagers spend the most hours:

on leisure activities

Research evaluating media messages about sex and drugs finds that

repeated exposure to these messages is likely to have an effect on adolescents attitudes and beliefs.

Which has a greater effect on students' scholastic achievement: school size or class size?

school size

Which of the following statements concerning sibling relationships is false?

siblings are likely to be closer in families under economic stress than in affluent families

Annie is an adolescent enrolled in Mr. Love's science class. Annie will most likely do best in class when Mr. Love:

spends a high proportion of time teaching lessons.

Some educational psychologists argue that the difficulty adolescents experience in the transition to junior high school is a result of the

teachers beliefs about junior high students

According to the textbook, in general, how does employment affect adolescent development?

the question of how adolescents are affected by working depends on the nature of the job

According to research, what are the signs that a student will commit an act of lethal violence?

the tendency toward lethal violence is almost impossible to to detect

The process of separating students into different levels of classes within the same school is called

tracking

According to a national survey, how many students in American public schools have been victims of violence?

1 in 4