PSYCH final questions

The negative consequences that result from contact between two distinctive cultural groups are known as what?

Acculturatice stress

A study by Mitchell Prinstein and colleagues revealed that adolescents who have _______ are most likely to conform to peers?

An uncertain social identity

"How I feel about myself has nothing to do with my appearance" is what kind of statement?

Body neutral

"I feel good about myself because I know I'm beautiful" is what kind of statement?

Body positive

What is the best explanation as to why boys/men are more likely to die from suicide than women/girls?

Boys are more likely to use lethal means

Jake, age 14, has a long history of setting small fires, torturing kittens, skipping school, and fighting with his peers. His parenst have sought counseling for him, as they cant control him and fear his behavior is getting worse. Jake meets the criteria for whar diagnosis?

Conduct disorder

The ability to modify coping strategies to match the demand of the situation is called what?

Coping flexibility

Heidi, age 23, is an emerging adult whose parents divorced when she was 12. Heidi admits that she has some emotional scarring from the divorce. According to Hetherington's research, Heidi is likely to be?

Clinically depressed

Nikki "hangs out" every day and some of the time on weekends with four other girls. They enjoy each others compant and share a love of scrapbooking. Nikki is part of a?

Clique

Which of the following is an example of n adult developmental trajectory?

Cohabitation

Lori and her parents frequently have conflict over the amount of time she spends talking on the phone to her friends. Carl's parents nag him about how much him he spends texting his buddies. Lori and Carl are experiencing conflicts with their parents that are?

Fairly typical of the issues that lead adolescents and their parents to be in conflict

The reason most frequetly given for stress and depression among college stuents is?

Fear of failing in a success driven world

Which of the following is not one of the six functions of friendship? - financial support - physical support - stimulation - social comparison

Financial support

In suggesting ways to improve schools, the National Research Counsil emphasized the importance of? - finding ways to get students engaged in learning - expanding the curriculum to include life skills - getting back to basics and eliminating elective courses - extending the school day for more instructional time

Finding ways to get students engaged in learning

Which of the following is not a symptom of major depression? - interest in new activities - loss of energy - increase in appetite - sleeping too much

Interest in new activities

Which of the following is not a way in which social media transforms adolescent peer relationships? - it changes the immediacy of experiences - it alters the qualitative aspects of interactions - in encourages time management - it creates completely novel behaviors

It encourages time management

Elise's parents give her information on an upcoming college fair and talk to her about her potential career choices. Elise's parents are acting as?

Manager

One of the criticisms of the direct instruction approach to learning is? - is boring for the learners - focuses too much on the development of critical thinking - turns children into passive learners - wastes valuabel class time

turns children into passive learners

The highest the rate of suicide occurs among?

Transgender and nonbinary youth

Cameron has just been diagnosed as HIV positive. For Cameron, his HIV status is what kind of stressor?

A chronic stressor

AHDH is categorized as?

A disability

Watching TV has been negatively linked to all of the following except? - ADHD - lower school achievement - unrealistic views of the world - creativity

ADHD

Many studies that assess secure and insecure attachment in adolescence use the?

Adolescent Attachment Survey (AAS)

Which of the following adolescents is most at risk for depression? - Dan, who has been cut from the football team - Alexis, whose boyfriend just ended their two year relationship and has few female friends for support - Ralph, has conflict with his brother but not his parents - Cody, broke up with his girlfriend becaues she was too dependent on him

Alexis

Autism soectrum disorders are characterized by? - problems in social interactions - difficulties in processing information - repetitive behaviors - all of these

All of these

Individualistic cultures have higher rates of what than collectivistic cultures? - suicide - crime - divorce - all of these

All of these

Joseph Allen and his colleagues found that secure attachment of adolescents to their parents can? - link to fewer depressive symptoms - increase the probability of financial independence - help develop the adolescents capacity for emotional regulation - all of these

All of these

Social cognition involves? - feelings about social matters - behaviors in regards to social matters - thoughts about social matters - all of these

All of these

Which of the following statements regarding the constructivist view of the student learning is true? - it is learner centered - individuals actively construct their knowledge - teachers are guides to learning - all of these

All of these

Tara's friends are in honors courses, and they all have high GPAs. It's likely that Tara?

Also has positive achievement in school

Megan has a problem with her boyfriends intense jealousy. She and her friends constantly talk abou her problem, focusing on nothing else. According to research, this corumnation is likely to result in?

An increase in depressive symptoms

Jeremy is a dad to an adolescent boy and girl. If Jeremy is like most dads of adolescent children, he will?

Be concerned with the intellectual development of his son

Dr Vengrove believes that the cause of his adolescent clients depression is a lack of serotonin in her brain. He prescribes an antidepressant drug. Dr Vengrove is using what approach to adolescent problems?

Biological

Which approach emphasizes that biological, psychological, and social factors interact to produce problems in people of all ages?

Biopsychosocial approach

The tendency to favor ones own cultural group over others is known as?

Ethnocentrism

According to Kenneth Dodge, the first step in processing information about our social world is?

Decoding social cues

The type of insecure attachment in which the adolescent and the parent may mutually distance themselves from each other is?

Dismissing and avoidant attachment

Mrs Grudy wants to implement strategies that will decrease the dropout rate at her school. According to research, what should Mrs Grundy concentrate on first?

Early detection and remdediation of childrens learning difficulties

Sydney, a nursing assistant, is often asked to go to other departments to fill in but she doesn't feel competent to deal with many of the situations. Instead of addressing the issue with her supervisor, she calls in sick when she thinks she'll be asked to move to another department. Sydney is engaging in what kind of coping?

Emotion focused coping

Erik Erikson viewed delinquency as an attempt to?

Establish an identity

Anastasia and her sister Olga are political refugees from the former Soviet Union. They have had experiences with the former KGB and they fled their native land with little more than the clothes on their back. They appear "strange" to their classmates as they often huddle together and scan the room for "spies". This behavior is?

Functional for them

Lexi participated in a program designed to help her improve her self-control, stress management, and social problem solving skills. which of the following strategies would Lexi have been taught to use last? - go over the problem and state how you feel - go ahead and try the best plan - set a positive goal - think of lots of solutions

Go ahead and try the best plan

The epigenetic view emphasizes that development is the result of an ongoing, bidirectional interchange between ______ and the ______

Hededity and environment

In the United States, an even that comes closest to culture wide rite of passage is?

High school graduation

New treatment for ADHD include all of the following except? - neurofeedback - exercise - mindfulness training - horseback riding

Horseback riding

Which statement regarding gifted adolescents is not true? - in many cases they require explicit instruction - they excell at information processing - they begin to master an area early - they moniter their understanding

In many cases they require explicit instruction

Which of the following statements regarding gender and culture is not true? - in many countries, males have greater access to education than females - in most cultures, the experiences of males and females are becoming more alike - in many countries, males have more career opportunities - in many countries, males have fewer restrictions on sexual activity

In most cultures, the experiences of males and females are becoming more alike

Educating a child with special education needs in the regular classroom fulltime is?

Inclusion

Which of the following is not one of the parenting styles describes by Diana Baumrind? - authoritative - authoritarian - neglectful - incompetent

Incompetent

Which of the following statements about dating is true? - it is a relatively recent phenomenon - the primary role of dating in the past was recreation - the primary role of dating today is to secure a mate - parents have historicall avoided any involvement in their childrens dating and mate selection

It is a relatively recent phenomenon

The two ethnic groups that tend to place the largest emphasis on family duty and obligation are Asian Americans and?

Latinos

The largest group of US students to receive special education is children with?

Learning disabilities

Women/girls have more depressive symptoms than men/boys for all of the following reasons except? - more negative body image - less discrimination - hormonal variability - rumination in depressive moods

Less discrimination

Alex is describes as "shy" by his peers; he has a low rate of interaction with his peers. Alex is likely to be classifies as a ______ child?

Neglected

Which of the following countries is best described as individualistic? - Mexico - India - Japan - Netherlands

Netherlands

Excessive internet use has been associated with all of the following except? - elevated blood pressure - decreased hours of sleep - cyberbullying - poor family relationships

Poor family relationships

When Kieth is asked why he doesn't participate in the monthly visits to nursing homes with his churchs youth group, he says "I can't stand old people, they have wrinkles and other gross stuff". This is an example of?

Prejudice

Evan, age 17, and his friends had in their shared high school locker an explicit plan for making a bomb. They said they got t=it from the internet. How likely is that?

Quite likely (the information is available to anyone who can find it)

Today's parent-adolescent relationships are viewed as/

Reciprocal

The New Hope prgram is designed to?

Reduce family poverty

Which of the following is one of the three values of parents beliefs in collectivist cultures? - respect and obedience - competitiveness - personal choice - intrinstic motivation

Respect and obedience

Before Justin's father remarried, Justin was responsible for mowing the grass, putting the dishes in the dishwasher, and doing his own laundry. Now that Kim has married into the family, Justing is not sure which of his responsibilities he should continue to do. Justin is experiencing?

Role discontinuity

Ethnicity is based on all of the following except? - race - language - religion - SES

SES

Researchers suggested three possible reasons that why watching TV is negatively linked to childrens achievement. This includes interference, displacement, and?

Self defeating tastes/preferences

Living in poverty is associated with all of the follownig except? - great physiological reactivity to stress - sexual problems - parental disappointment - school related problems

Sexual problems

Cheri has a secure attachment to her parents. What might this attachment mean to her attachment to peers?

She will very likely be securely attached to her peers

Which of the following would not be considered a psychological factos in adolescent problem? - emotional turmoil - distorted thoughts - inappropriate learning - socioeconomic status

Socioeconomic status

Dawn says of Asian Americans "they're all so smart". This is an example of?

Stereotype

Top dog phenomenon occurs when?

Students go from most powerful to least powerful ina new higher level school

Susan is an adolescent whose peers view her as being in a subordinate group. Which of the following statements regarding Susan and the dominant peer group is likely to be true? - Susan will be open to influence from the dominant peer group - Susan will be able to influence the dominant peer group - Susan will be alienated from the subordinate peer group - non of these are correct

Susan will be open to influence from the dominant peer group

What is the nonprofit organization that recruits and selects college graduates from universities to serve as teachers in low income conditions?

Teach for America

Research suggests all of the following are possible consequences of divorse except? - the majority of adolescents and emerging adults have significant adjustment prblems if their parents divorced - the majority of adolescents and emerging adults do not have significant adjustment problems if their parents divorced - marital conflict, with or without divorce, has negative consequences for emotional development - most adolescents and emerging adults cope successfully with parental divorce

The majority of adolescents and emerging adults have significant adjustment problems if their parents divorced

Many ethnic minority adolescents experience a double disadvantage that includes prejudice, discrimination, and bias because of their ethnic minority status and?

The stressful effects of poverty

All but which of the following statements regarding the media and music isn't true? - adolescents spend huge amounts of time listening to music - higher use of music medua was related to self viewing as less physically attractive - listening to music with sexually degrading content is related to higher likelihood in early sexual activity - there is a cause and effect relationship between music and music videos and drug use

There is a cause and effect relationship between music and music videos and drug use

Many individuals with distorted body image/eating go overlooked because?

They don't fit the stereotype

Debbie and Ron are lower SES parents. Which of the following is probably true of their parenting? - they are concerned with developing their childrens delay of gratification - they use more physical punishment than higher SES parents - they use an authoritative manner - they are concerned with developing their childrens initiative

They use more physical punishment than higher SES parents

Eddie lives in a housing project for low income families. His parents both work hard, but there is little time or extra money for their children. Eddie is most likely to attend a school that has?

Unexperienced teachers

Which of the following statements regarding the link between marital relationships and parenting is not true?

When parents have more intamacy in their mariage, they are less affectionate to their children

Low socioeconomis status has been described as all of the following except? - low income - working class - white collar - blue collar

White collar