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What are some social skills that peer groups offer members the opportunity to develop?
empathy, sharing, and leadership
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What view towards cognitive development during adolescence did Piaget take?
constructivist
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Did Piaget believe that cognitive improvement was sudden and drastic or slow and steadied?
sudden and drastic
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Besides the information-processing perspective, what is the other major approach to understanding cognitive change during adolescence?
quantitative, state-theory
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The information-processing perspective towards cognitive development derives from the study of what?
artificial intelligence
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Casual sexual encounters are often referred to as what?
hookups
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Do most sexual experiences during adolescence take place within or seperate from romantic relationships?
within
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Where do some adolescents feel is a safe place to seek out romantic relationships, try out dating and indentity exploration?
social media
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What seperates "heavy" sexual activity from other forms of affection?
genital stimulation
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For older adolescents, is sexual activity in a romantic relationship associated with lower or higher levels of deviant behavior?
lower
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What is the term used to describe thinking about thinking itself?
metacognition
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Are adolescents or children better able to understand that people do not have complete control over their thoughts?
Adolescents
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The imaginary audience and personal fable peak at what age?
fifteen
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At what age does self-consciousness in general peak?
fifteen
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What questionaire has been used to measure the age in which adolescents should be able to engage in autonomous behaviors?
teen timetable
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Do White or Asian parents tend to expect autonomy earlier than the other?
White
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What has the teen timetable questionnaire been used to guage?
differences in cultural perceptions of adolescent autonomy
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What is an example of a poor birth control method?
withdrawal
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Are higher or lower levels of parental support associated with risky sexual behavior?
lower
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Is exploratory sexual behavior seen as similar or seperate to other aspects of identity?
similar
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Does having unprotected sex, multiple sexual partners, and poor communication increase or decrease individual and social risk?
increase
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Does research favor or reject the hypothesis that adolescents and adults think about risk similarly but hold different values and therefore come to different conclusions?
favor
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A priority in sexual attraction and dating can prove helpful in order to complete what reproductive advantage?
impress potential mates
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What does research indicate may affect risk-taking behavior throughout the lifespan?
baseline sensation seeking
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When does the search for identity begin for most individuals?
adolescent years
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What are some factors that make developing and maintaining an identity during the adolescent years a difficult task?
family life, environment, and social status
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What are two main aspects of identity development?
self-clarity and self-esteem
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What are the three general approaches to understanding identity development?
self-concept, sense of identity, and self-esteem
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Do adolescents with a less privileged upbringing have a more or less difficult time developing their identity?
more difficult
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Identity achievement rarely occurs before what age?
18
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Is there a final endpoint in identity development?
no
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Evidence has supported which theorist's idea concerning stages of development?
Erikson
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Does self-examination begin early or late in adolescence?
early
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Which theorist argued that not everyone fully achieves identity?
Erik Erikson
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How do adolescents initially define themselves?
crowd membership
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How is Moratorium defined?
process of exploration
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Which researcher developed the current method for testing an individual's process along the stages of identity?
James Marcia
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James Marcia divides questions into how many categories?
three
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Which term is defined as one's thoughts and feelings about one's self-concept and identity?
Self-esteem
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Is there evidence to support a drop in self-esteem during adolescence?
no
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Which type of self-esteem fluctuates rapidly and can cause severe distress and anxiety?
Barometric self-esteem
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Which type of self-esteem remains stable throughout adolescence?
baseline self-esteem
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What is the most important function of friendship?
having someone who can provide social and moral support
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At what age does awareness of one's sexual orientation occur on average?
10
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At what age does coming out to one's peers occur on average?
16
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At what age does coming out to adults occur on average?
17
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How many times higher is the suicide rate amongst LGBT adolescents than their heterosexual peers?
four
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What are factors causing a hightened suicide rate amongst LGBT adolescents?
bullying and rejection from peers or family members
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Are adolescents with authoritative parents more or less likely to complete secondary education by age 22?
more
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Are adolescents that have a good relationship with their parents more or less likely to smoke, drink, fight, or engage in unprotected sex?
less likely
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Which researchers conducted a 2009 study that concerned adolescents, their parents, and secondary education completion?
Adalbjarnardottir and Blondal
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Are modern day teenagers exposed to more or less media than other generations?
more
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How many hours of television does the average teenager watch per year?
1500
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Teenagers' views on body mass, loe self-esteem, and atypical eating patterns results in what?
body dissatisfaction
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How is "body dissatisfaction" defined?
The concept of a person being unhappy with their own image or appearance
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What is the current divorce rate?
about 50%
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Does divorce usually result in more or less contact with the noncustodial parent?
less
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What new theory states that traumatic events during adolescence have lifelong effects?
epistemological trauma theory
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Does a parental divorce during childhood or adulthood have a positive or negative effect on a person during early adulthood?
negative
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What are a few examples of social and religious transition ceremonies?
Confirmation, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Quinceañeras, sweet sixteens, cotillions, and débutante balls
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What are some physical ways that some cultures mark the transition into adulthood?
tattoos and scarification
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Do cultural transitions into adulthood vary, or are they the same?
vary
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Do romantic relationships tend to increase or decrease throughout adolescence?
increase
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How many percent of adolescents have had a romantic relationship lasting one month or longer by age 15?
53%
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At what average age did American males report their first sexual intercourse took place?
17.0
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At what average age did American females report their first sexual intercourse took place?
17.3
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Does the typical duration of relationships increase or decrease throughout the teenage years?
increases
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How is culture defined?
symbolic and behavioral inheritance received from the past that provides a community framework for what is valued
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Does culture affect all, some, or none of the aspects of an individual's life?
all
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What is a challenge researchers face when studying culture and adolescents?
not to define the culture's role in adolescence in terms of their own cultural beliefs
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Should culture be directly connected to a nation or ethnicity?
not
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How do adolescents use online technology?
experiment with emerging identities and to broaden their peer groups
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To what does "channel" refer in terms if adolescent communication?
form of communication
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What is a potential negative effect of using newer online channels of communication?
cyberbullying
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What percentage of sexually active teenagers will contract an STI?
One in four
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What percent of the teenage population is affected by herpes and HPV?
15
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Girls ages 15 to 19 have higher rates of what STD than any other age group?
gonorrhea
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What ratio of all new HIV cases occur in those under age 21?
One-quarter
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According to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, what percentage of parents want schools to discuss contraception with their children?
eighty-one percent
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In what year was the Convention on the Rights of the Child created?
1989
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What two countries have not legally committed to advancing an anti-discriminaory stance towards young people?
U.S. and South Sudan
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A person below the age of majority may gain adult rights through what process?
legal emancipation
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What is legally different for an individual who has reached the age of majority?
regarded as adults who are responsible for their actions
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In developing countries, is it common for children to attend fewer or greater years of formal schooling?
fewer
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Why, in developting countries, do children often attend fewer years of formal schooling?
so that, when they reach adolescence, they can begin working
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According to family economic and financial education specialists, how do adolescents develop sound money management skills?
saving and spending money
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What word refers to the first ejactulation of a male?
semenarche
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What word refers to the first menstrual period in females?
menarche
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What is the term for a culture that discourages sexual activity in unmarried adolescents?
Restrictive
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What is the term for cultures that perceive sexual behavior among unmarried teens as acceptable or even encouraged?
permissive
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Are males and females expected to express their sexuality in the same ways or are there discrepancies between genders and cultures?
discrepancies
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Which of the Five-Factor Model dimensions does not demonstrate an association with drinking motives?
Openness
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Is alcohol use a positive or negative emotion control mechanism?
negative
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Which motivation for drinking alcohol results in low conscientiousness, lowered inhibition, and greater tendency towards aggression?
enjoyment
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Drinking to cope with negative emotional states correlates strongly with what behavioral qualities?
high neuroticism and low agreeableness
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According to research findings, does Internet use have a positive or negative effect on teen physical health?
negative
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Why do research findings believe the Internet has a negative effect on teen physical health?
time spent using the Internet replaces time doing physical activities
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How can the Internet be beneficial for socially anxious teens?
easier to interact socially online
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Which online activity has been consistently associated with increased liklihood of depression?
cyberbullying
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What is the most commonly abused substance during adolescent years in the U.S.?
alcohol
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