adolescent psych practice questions exam 2

American high school students spend fewer than ____________ hours per week on homework, where as Japanese, Taiwanese, and Indian high school students average closer to ___________ hours per week

5; 5 hours per day

adolescents who have ADHD are at risk for:

all of these problems

according to the textbook, why do private school students academically outperform students at public schools

because the characteristics of students who attend private schools are much different from those of students who attend public schools

larson's studies that used the experience sampling method investigated whether adolescents moods varied as a function of whom they were with and whether the connection between mood and companionship changed the age what were the primary results of the study?

both of these statements are true

what is one research finding that supports the belief that the particular grade configuration of a school is less important than the schools educational climate

both of these statements support the belief that the particular grade configuration of a school is less important than the schools educational climate?

older students are more likely to hold __________ jobs and teenagers in rural areas are more likely to be employed in _____________ jobs

formal; agriculture

according to the textbooks and in regard to gangs, all of the following are true except:

going members have better self-conceptions than other adolescents who are involved in antisocial activity but who are not gang members

as a social scientist who works with advocacy groups, it is most likely that professor Sandburg would be interested in tracking size of the adolescent population over a period of time for all of the following reasons, except which ones?

he wants to see how these groups are influenced by the mass media

a(an) _____________ is an individual that has few or no links to others in the social network and a(an) _________ is an individual who interacts with two or more adolescents who are members of cliques, but who themselves are not part of a clique

isolate; liaison

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

it is effective in increasing the economic development of the united states

what generalization can you make about the nature of peer influence in adolescence?

it is unwise to generalize about the nature of peer influence; peers can exert both positive and negative influences

according to research by Wayne osgood and colleagues, the combination of several factors encourages delinquency and other problem behaviors among adolescents. this view is called the routine activity theory, and all but which of the following are thought to be major contributing factors to this combination

lower than average intelligence

all of the following are classifications for unpopular or disliked adolescents, except:

offensive-reclusive

dr. Whitney wanted to study the structure of adolescents' peer groups. she pretended to be a newcomer to the community and attended the local high school. she met a group of students and eventually joined their group. this type of observation is called"

participant observation

research evaluating media messages about sex and drugs find that:

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

experts are likely to express all of the following reasons for the failure of school, reform, expect which one of these?

the explosion of job opportunities in inner-city communities has left many students leaving school to pursue careers

mr. Edwards is the principal at a public school and has just read a research study that discussed ways to maximize students success. the main message of the research study was that what takes places within a school is probably more important than the nature of its funding and oversight. based on what you learned from the textbooks, what do you think the researchers argued that schools should focus on?

the ways in which schools train, certify, place, and compensate teachers

which of the following statements about unemployment is false?

today, the unemployment rate among dropouts is twice as high as it is among recent high school graduates who have not enrolled in college