HD 305 Exam 4

Delaying serious involvement in dating relationships until age _____ appears to be the most favorable pattern for healthy psychosocial development.

15

Approximately what percent of sexually active women between the ages of 14 and 19 have at least one of the following infections: HPV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, herpes, or trichomoniasis?

80%???

Research has identified all but which of the following as risk factors for suicide attempts during adolescence?

All of the above are risk factors for suicide and suicide ideation.

Compared to same-sex peers, who is likely to be less socially mature, less imaginative, less achievement-oriented, more superficial, and more likely to exhibit problem behaviors?

Amber, who started dating seriously at age 14

Which statement about the familial influences on an adolescent's drug and alcohol use is false?

An uninvolved, neglecting-rejecting parenting style is a risk factor for developing substance abuse problems.???

Approximately what percent of high school seniors have tried alcohol? What about marijuana?

Approximately 70% of adolescents have tried alcohol and approximately 46% of high school seniors have tried marijuana.

Which of the following statements about sexual abuse during adolescence is false?

Histories of individuals who commit dating violence suggest the perpetrators are likely to have been exposed to physical punishment and abuse at home.????

What do researchers believe explains why some individuals who engage in precocious, promiscuous, or unprotected sex are also highly likely to engage in other types of delinquent behavior?

It is likely that risky and delinquent behaviors cause risky sexual activity.???

Which of the following statements about dating violence is false?

Males and females are equally likely to be victims of violence in dating relationships.????

Since 1991, a survey assessing eighth-graders', tenth-graders', and high school seniors' use and abuse of a variety of drugs has been distributed to a nationwide sample every year. The name of this survey is:

Monitoring the Future.

According to social control theory, delinquency is caused by:

a lack of bonds to the family, the school, or the workplace.

Which list correctly ranks substances used by high school seniors from most to least popular?

alcohol, nicotine, marijuana, inhalants

It is important to keep in mind that an individual's relationships with parents, siblings, peers, and romantic partners:

are correlated.

What is not a risk factor for contracting HIV?

being male

Which of the following is the best indicator of when an adolescent will engage in sexual behavior?

biological development

Which behavior would not be seen as a manifestation of lack of impulse control?

depression

The neurotransmitter associated with the experience of pleasure that is implicated in substance abuse problems is known as:

dopamine

According to national surveys, sexual activity among adolescents is occurring ______ it has in past decades.

earlier than

Professor Bertrande understands that most adolescents she talks to are not likely to engage in abstinence. Her research has demonstrated that the next best way for adolescents to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases is:

effective condom use during sex.

Both _____________ are cause by a bacterium, whereas ____________ are caused by a virus.

gonorrhea and chlamydia; herpes and human papilloma virus

Justin, a 16-year-old, has a substance-abuse problem. According to a research study presented in the textbook, to whom is he most likely to turn for help?

his teacher???

Sullivan emphasized the social aspects of growth, suggesting that psychological development can be best understood when looked at in:

interpersonal terms.

In general, which of the following relationships tends to be the closest?

mother-daughter relationship

Research assessing parent-adolescent communication about sex has found all of the following, except:

parent-adolescent communication about sex significantly lowers adolescents' likelihood of being sexually active.

Which aspect of parent-adolescent communication about sex is likely to have a meaningful effect on the adolescent's behavior?

parent-child discussion about whether the adolescent should have sex at all???

Dating among adolescents today is largely a:

recreational activity.

Adolescents behave in a variety of ways within dating relationships that are usually shaped by _____________.

scripts that are learned at home and from the mass media

Cliff is 16 years old, is truant from school, drinks alcohol regularly, and has run away from home. Legally speaking, Cliff is a(n):

status offender.

For adolescent boys, which of the following is the most important factor in determining the onset of sexual intercourse?

the attitudes of friends toward sexual activity????

Which of the following statement about comorbidity is not true?

there is hardly any comorbidity among different psychosocial problems during adolescence within or across the broad categories (i.e., internalizing disorders, externalizing disorders, substance abuse)