HDF 310 EXAM 2

107. The experience sampling method involves:

C. adolescents carrying beepers and reporting their moods when paged

105. All of the following are noted to be benefits of service learnings, except:

C. improved mental health

106. Research suggests that the best way to combat the unemployment problem of adolescents who are not attending school is through:

A/D (?)

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

D. all of the above

109. Kent has been involved in minor delinquent behavior, In order to curb this type of behavior, Kent's parents should:

D. enroll Kent in an after school activity

111. According to a study by Caldwell and Darling presented in the textbook, research indicates spending time after school with friends is most problematic under which circumstance:

D. it is a combination of all of the above

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

D. they are not generally affected

114. Based on the definitions outlines in the Five 's of positive youth development, what does competence mean:

a. a positive view of ones actions in specific areas

101. As discussed in the textbook, adolescents who work more than 20 hours weekly are more likely than their peers to:

a. be absent from school

74. To reduce the decline of students; academic knowledge, the Camegie Corporation Council on Adolescent Development recommends all of the following, except:

a. divide middle schools into units of 50-100 students

110. Aside from athletics, which types of extracurricular activity are next most popular among adolescents?

a. music related and academic related

84. Which of the following is most important in influencing adolescents' learning and psychosocial development?

a. school climate

81. As a follow-up to the supreme court rulings in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, in which the court found that it was unconstitutional to maintain separate schools for children on the basis of race, the Supreme Court rule in 2007 that school districts may no longer:

a. use race as a factor in deciding how to assign students to schools

88. What is the paradox of dropping out of school?

b. drop outs typically ones most harmed by doing so

1. the tensions that are often assumed to be inherent in the relations between adolescents and adults are referred to as the:

b. generation gap

78. Sex bias in tracking students in junior and senior high school is most evident in which subject>

b. math

79. A learning disability

b. may e caused by a neurological problem

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

b. personal luxuries

95. Overall the greatest number of working high school students are employed in:

b. restaurants and retail establishments

75. Eccles argues that the difficulty adolescents experience in the transition to junior high school is a result of the:

b. teachers' beliefs about junior high students

97. Which of the following is true of most adolescents' jobs?

c. adolescents are rarely required to use skills taught in school

82. According to the textbook, why do private school students academically outperform students at public schools?

c. because the characteristics of the students who attended private schools

87. Of the student who enter college, what percent complete their degrees within six years?

c. fewer than 60%

100. Which of the following is an adolescent the least likely to spend their job earnings on?

c. higher education

77. Placing students in tracks that match their abilities is called:

c. meritocratic

102. Which of the following has not been found to be a characteristic of adolescents who work more than 2 hours per week?

c. more involvement in extracurricular activities

85. Which of the following has the least effect on student achievement?

c. the classroom

83. The recent, get-tough approach to dealing with violence in schools that has been hotly debated among researchers is known as:

c. the zero-tolerance approach

13. Which of the following youth programs around today bear a striking resmblance to the stared goals of positive youth development programs:

d. all of the above

80. Samantha attends a public school that has a great deal of freedom to set its own curriculum. This type of school is referred to as what in your text?

d. charter school

99. Having more income than one can manage during early adolescence has been called:

d. premature affluence

73. Comparisons of large and small schools reveal that:

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

86. Research has shown that teahers tend to favor high-achieving students by providing extra cues for answers and more positive nonverbal behaviors than for lower achieving students. Such evidence provides support for the notion that teahers' expectations may contribute to:

d. the self-fulfilling prophecy

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

d. tracking

108. When are adolescents usually in the "worst" mood?

when they are alone

112. Research evaluating media messages about sex and drugs finds that:

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