chapter 3 quiz

Which of the following is not associated with transition difficulties in adolescence?

spending a lot of time with peers

Compared to a child, an older adolescent is more likely to:

think about the long-term consequences of their decisions.

Today, individuals enter ______ earlier than 100 years ago but tend to stay in ______ longer, thereby contributing to the elongation of adolescence.

puberty; school

According to Steinberg, because of their developmental immaturity, adolescent offenders should be held less blameworthy than adults. Which one of the following statements is not presented in the textbook in support of his argument?

Adolescents have less capacity for logical reasoning.

How does poverty adversely affect the behavior and development of adolescents?

All three options are true.

Compared to when adults are interrogated by the police, juveniles are:

None of the three options is true.

Which of the following is not true for adolescents who have been exposed to violence?

They are less likely to experience feelings of hopelessness.

Jeffrey Arnett, the psychologist who created the term emerging adulthood, believes that the developmental period between adolescence and adulthood (18-25 years of age):

exists in very few cultures.

In the context of adolescent behavior, the term "antisocial behavior" refers to

problems behaviors such as bullying, theft, truancy.

According to research presented in the textbook, the longer a foreign-born adolescent has lived in the United States, the more likely he or she is to:

smoke cigarettes or binge drink.