DEP 3305 Part 2

Which of the following statements about friendship stability is true?

Only half of all reciprocated best friendships that exist at the beginning of the school year exist at the end

______ involvement has been found to enhance the adjustment of low-income students in their transition to middle school

Parental

The average American adolescent sends _____ texts messages a day

51-100

Inner-city schools in American continue to have tremendous problems. Approximately ________ of the high schools in the United States produce ________ of the country's dropouts.

10%; 50%

Alcohol and drugs are present in about _____ % of prime time network programs, movies, and music videos

75

Which of the following is a common finding of recent cyberbullying studies?

Adolescents who engage in traditional bullying often engage in cyberbullying.

Cory works long hours. According to the research presented in the textbook, Cory might increase in which of the following?

All of these are correct. Mior delinquency, aggression, school misconduct

Which of the following was not an effect of No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

All of these are unintended consequences of BCLB

Which of the following is not a way that adolescents behavior is affected by their crowd membership?

All of these statements are ways that adolescents behavior is affected by their crowd membership

The process of grouping individuals within social institutions on the basis of chronological age is called

age grading

Berry expressed concern about his son related to the chapter on schools. Why?

His son is a jock, and jocks tend to drink more than other students

Which of the following statements about classroom environment is true?

Moderate, rather than strict, controlling the classroom promotes positive student behavior

How are nonworking students affected when large numbers of students in their school work?

The quality of their education suffers because many teachers lower classroom expectations and assign less homework

Which of the following is not a common message that the media conveys about sex?

Unprotected sex can have serious consequences

Adolescent peer groups fall along two dimensions

adult orientation; peer orientation

Who is at the greatest risk of developing psychological problems as a result of peer rejection?

an aggressive-withdrawn child

In constrast to crowds, cliques

are settings for adolescents intimate interactions

The most popular type of extracurricular activities is

athletics

Ms. Willingham sets high standards for her students but is very responsive to their needs. What type of teaching style is this characteristic of?

authoritative

What kind of family environment most closely resembles the optimal classroom environment?

authoritative

Following the end of World War II many parents wanted to have children as soon as possible, creating what has come to be called the postwar

baby boom

Ryan did a survey at his middle school of the most common after-school jobs for eighth-grade class. What are his results likely to say?

baby sitting and lawn work

What kind of job is an eighth grader most likely to have?

baby-sitting or childcare

Andrea, a 15 year old is most likely to learn social skills in a ___ and develop her sense of identity in a _____

clique, crowd

"Druggies," "jocks," and "nerds" are example of

crowds

As discussed in your textbook, the major characteristics of good schools include all but which of the following?

emphasizing rote memorization and passive listening in classrooms

Hillary is a high school senior. Which of the following jobs is she most likely to have?

food server at a restrain

The textbook suggests all of the following for parents who leave their children in self-care, expect:

have friends come over for study sessions

Self-esteem is ____ among students who are identified with peer groups that have relatively high status in their school

higher

Which of the following is an adolescent the least likely to spend their job earning on?

higher education

Even though it was clear that another student, Raul accidentally pushed Noah he insisted that Raul did it on purpose. What phenomenon is this?

hostile attributional bias

Expanding opportunities for adolescents to get involved in athletics, drama group, or another extracurricular activity would be associated with all but which of the following outcomes?

increasing the likelihood that they drop out of school

A(n) ______ is an individuals that has few or no links to others in the social network and a(n) ______ 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

Lisa earns approximately $300 a month from her part-time job. She is most likely to spend the money on:

leisure activities

Placing students in tracks that match their abilities is called:

meritocratic

Mixed sex cliques start becoming more prevalent during

middle adolescence

Which of the following has not been found to be a characteristic of adolescents who work more than 20 hours per week?

more involvement in extracurricular activities

Today, _____ of high school graduates enroll in college immediately after graduation.

more than two-thirds

Today's teenagers spend the most hours

on leisure activities

Which has a greater effect on students scholastic achievement school size or class size?

school size

Which of the following is most common of childhood peer group?

sex segregation

Annie is an adolescent enrolled in Mr. Love's science class. Annie will most likely do best in class when Mr. Love:

spends a high proportion of time teaching lessons

Some educational psychologists, including Jacquelynne Eccles, argue that the difficulty adolescents experience in the transition to junior high school is a result of the:

teachers beliefs about junior high students

Jacquelynne Eccles describes all of the following changes in school environment when moving from elementary school to middle school or junior high school, except that:

teachers in middle and junior high schools feel more confident in their teaching abilities

One potential explanation for the finding that gifted students who are integrated into regular classrooms have more positive academic self-conceptions than those in special classes is:

the big-fish-little-pond effect

President Obama's education secretary suggested what to address the problem of the state-dependent standards in the No Child Left Behind act?

the need to have a set of common standards across all 50 states

The Anytown town council developed a program to curb delinquent behavior among the town's adolescents. The program had an iatrogenic effect, meaning:

the program backfired and delinquent behavior increased

The process of separating students into different levels of classes within the same school is called

tracking

When is delinquency most common?

weekday afternoons