Psychology 312 test 2

Personal; conventional

According to smetana, adolescents often judge keeping one's room clean and style of dress as ___ whereas parents tend to judge these issues as ___

clique; crowd

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

academics

a separate youth culture is said to promote all of the following except

offensive-reclusive

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

middle adolescence

mixed-sex cliques start becoming more prevalent during

40%

American children experience their parents' divorce

Adolescents' increasing assertiveness and influence in the family

Changes requiring considerable adjustment for families with adolescents typically include all of the following except

40%

Children in the U.S. frow up either in abject poverty or in low-income families

Engage in drug and alcohol abuse

Denise's parents have both been laid off from work and are unablento pay the bills. Denise's parents aew likely to do all of the following except

participant observation

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 the group. This type of observation is called:

parents' fears that cross-sex cliques will lead to early sexual activity

Eleanor Maccoby states all of the following reasons that adolescents separate themselves into same-sex cliques, except

On how to wear his hair

Mark is a teenager who generally respects his parents. On which of the following issues, however, is Mark most likely to side with his friends and against his parents

Patterns of leisure activity

Peers usually have more influence than parents on matters of

Behavioral genetics examines all of these issues

The field of behavior genetics examines all of the following except

Personal taste

The popular notion of a generational gap has only been supported in differences between parents and children with regard to

Genereation gap

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

Parents; friends

When it comes to matters like religion, adolescents are more likely to be influenced by _____ than ______

Among those teenagers and parents who report having problems, the grest majority had problematic relationships during childhood

Which of the following statements about family conflict is true

Adolescents perceive fathers as more controlling than their mothers

Which of the following statements about the way in which teenagers relate to mothers and fathers is false?

highly variable

determinants of perceived popularity

things like social skills, friendliness, and sense of humor

determinants of sociometric popularity

relational aggression

when sarah gets jealous of Britney for being popular and starts a rumor