exam 2 exercises

Parents who have financial demands from adolescent children and aging parents are part of the "no-win generation" "sandwich generation" "dissonant generation" "middle-aged generation"

"sandwich generation"

Which of the following statements about secondary schools is true? In the developing world, rates of enrollment in secondary schools have not changed much in a century Almost all American 17- and 18-year-olds are enrolled in school Many poorer families in developing countries no longer need their adolescents to work In most developed countries, more boys than girls are enrolled in secondary school

Almost all American 17- and 18-year-olds are enrolled in school

Which of the following classroom climates is related to increased student achievement? One that promotes competition between students One that promotes cooperation between students One that values order and discipline above all else One that has classrooms with wide age groupings

One that promotes cooperation between students

Which of the following is a common finding of recent cyberbullying studies? adolescents who engage in traditional bullying often also engage in cyberbullying victims of physical or verbal harassment are usually are usually very different from victims of cyberbullying cyberbullying has become statistically more common than physical and verbal harassment among the adolescent population more than 80% of adolescents have engaged in some form of cyberbullying

adolescents who engage in traditional bullying often also engage in cyberbullying

The process of grouping individuals within social institutions on the basis of chronological age is called mainstreaming tracking age grading reference grouping

age grading

The main reason that reactive aggression is associated with unpopularity and greater problems with peers is that reactive aggression is characterized by a combination of aggression and poor emotion regulation or lack of social skills poor interpersonal relations despite well-developed social skills delinquent behaviors and extreme shyness in social situations being highly intelligent and plotting an aggressive response in advance

aggression and poor emotional regulation or lack of social skills

Research on the nature of parent-adolescent relationships reveals that most adolescents experience considerable storm and stress in relationships with their parents resent their parents and rebel against their restrictions appear to maintain close, respectful, and loving relationships with parents become even closer to parents, and report almost no disruptions in their relationships with them

appear to maintain close, respectful, and loving relationships with parents

Tamari's father has absolute standards and expects Tamari to conform to them without exception. If she disobeys he generally punishes her and sees no reason why he should explain his rules to Tamari. Instead, his response is, "I'm the father, and I love you. I know what's best for you." Her father is best described as having what kind of parenting style? authoritative authoritarian indulgent indifferent

authoritarian

According to many well-designed studies that have looked at the psychological consequences of growing up with lesbian or gay parents, the quality of the parent-child relationships at home is more contentious than in straight families children and adolescents with lesbian or gay parents are not psychologically different from those with straight parents children and adolescents with lesbian or gay parents differ substantially from those with straight parents in the domains of gender identity and sexual orientation children and adolescents with lesbian or gay parents suffer from more emotional turmoil than those with straight parents

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

Settings for intimate interactions and friendships are called ___________, whereas ___________ are based on reputation rather than on actual social interaction. cliques; crowds crowds: reference groups reference groups; cliques crowds; cliques

cliques; crowds

Which parenting characteristic is more prevalent among ethnic minority families? supportiveness demandingness warmness intrusiveness

demandingness

Taisha was discouraged from taking advanced math classes throughout her high school years. Although she is intelligent, a likely long-term implication of this biased tracking is that Taisha will not pursue a college education exert less effort in the courses she takes attempt to take these classes on her own bring a lawsuit against her school for discrimination

exert less effort in the courses she takes

Marcus is a teenager who generally respects his parents. On which of the following issues, however, is Marcus most likely to side with his friends and against his parents? how to wear his hair the issue of capital punishment his religious beliefs the value of a college education

how to wear his hair

An adolescent's closest friends are almost always members of the same clique and almost always take the same classes almost never belong to a different crowd are likely to remain members of that clique until high school graduation may sometimes belong to different crowds

may sometimes belong to different crowds

Critics of No Child Left Behind emphasize the importance of _________ skills, such as grit, empathy, and self-control, that research has shown are just as significant influences on school success as intelligence or scholastic aptitude. career soft creative non cognitive

non cognitive

Comparisons of large and small schools reveal that small schools offer more varied curricula students in large schools are more likely to participate in school activities small schools have more material resources students in small schools are more likely to participate in school activities

students in small schools are more likely to participate in school activities