Families

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Which of the following statements about ethnic minority families and parenting styles is true?

a.Because ethnic minority families are more likely to live in dangerous areas, parental control may actually be beneficial for these adolescents.

Conflict between parents and adolescents over appropriate leisure activities is..

common across many cultures.

Which of the following adolescents best exemplifies the differential susceptibility theory?

Nela's first year of college was very stressful, and her grades and her mood were poor. After finding a supportive mentor, however, she became a top student and is now much happier.

Yusuf's parents set rules for him, but he feels that when a rule seems unfair, he can discuss it with his parents, and even if they don't agree to change the rule, they at least listen to his opinions. Yusuf's parents fit best into which of the following parenting styles?

a.authoritative

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?

b.George has a strong relationship with his grandparents; Ryan does not.

The idea that an individual's behavior is influenced by others' expectations for them is called

b.a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The divergence of views between adolescents and parents that is common in families consisting of immigrant parents and U.S.-acculturated adolescents is called generational

b.dissonance.

The fact that most books for parents of teenagers tend to focus on the problems instead of normative development is concerning because

b.the more parents believe in the stereotypes, the worse their relationships with their teenagers become.

Which of the following statements best describes how adolescent sons and daughters interact with their parents?

c.Girls and boys interact with their parents in similar ways.

As Alex enters adolescence, he and his parents are experiencing severe relationship problems. The most likely explanation is that

c.their problematic relationship has existed since Alex's childhood.

According to many well-designed studies that have looked at the psychological consequences of growing up with lesbian or gay parents

children and adolescents with lesbian or gay parents are not psychologically different from those with straight parents.

During adolescence, an individual's peer group usually________Blank in importance.

increases

In adolescents, genetic factors have a strong influence on______Blank but have less influence on______Blank.

intelligence; school performance

Although young children may seem unaffected by a divorce at the time, problems may emerge when they are adolescents. This delayed effect is called a

sleeper effect.

Adolescents often judge keeping one's room clean and style of dress as matters of personal choice, whereas parents tend to judge these issues as matters of

social convention.


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