Ch. 12 Lect

Question 1

according to Erikson, a teen who fails to successfully resolve the identity crisis risks developing a send of ___

Answer 1

role confusion

Question 2

Lucy has decided on a premed major b/c her mother and grandmother rare physicians is an example of (identity achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, or identity diffusion)

Answer 2

foreclosure

Question 3

Carl is takinga few collage courses in different disciplines to figure out what he wants to major in is an example of (identity achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, or identity diffusion)

Answer 3

moratorium

Question 4

after considering several different options, Rosa has decided to join the Marines after graduation

Answer 4

identity achievement

Question 5

Sean dropped out of high school at 16 and since then has moved from one minimum-wage job to another. He gives little thought to his future

Answer 5

identity diffusion

Question 6

self-esteem is (higher/lower) in early adolescenc than in the later teen years

Answer 6

higher

Question 7

Luis views assertiveness as the defining characteristic of his personality. this would be classified as what gender role identity (androgynous, masculine, feminine, or undifferentiated sex role

Answer 7

masculine

Question 8

Sandra’s ability to offer compassionate and caring responses to herfriends’ problems is the trait she feels best defines her personality

Answer 8

feminine

Question 9

Montel prides himself on responding according to the demands of different situation. If a problem calls for assertiveness, he can tackle it head on. if a problem calls for empathy or patience, he feels that he can handle that as well.

Answer 9

androgynous

Question 10

Keisha has a poorly developing sense of self and has trouble describing her identity in terms of personality traits

Answer 10

undifferentiated sex role

Question 11

briefly summarize Phinney’s unexamined stage of ethnic identity development

Answer 11

integration of society’s negative stereotypes into one’s sense of identity

Question 12

briefly summarize Phinney’s search stage of ethnic identity development

Answer 12

comparisons of one’s own group w/ others; may be triggered by an episode in which attention is drawn to teen’s ethnicity, such as an incidence of blatant racism

Question 13

briefly summarize Phinney’s achievement stage of ethnic identity development

Answer 13

teens develop strategies for solving conflicts b/t the demands of the dominant culture and those of their own ethnic group

Question 14

list the factors that influence progression though Kohlberg’s stages

Answer 14

cognitive development, role-taking skills, social support in the form of reciprocal dialogue about moral issues, parents’ ability to express their own moral views in ways that make them understandable to children and teenagers

Question 15

a person’s ability to look at a situation from another’s perspective is called ___

Answer 15

role-takiing

Question 16

Learning theorists argue that moral decision making is more influenced by ___ factors than by stages of moral reasoning

Answer 16

situational

Question 17

conduct disorders that emerge during (childhood/adolescence) are generally more serious than those that develop during (childhood/adolescence

Answer 17

childhood, adolescence

Question 18

most parent-teen conflicts involve ___ issues

Answer 18

everyday

Question 19

today’s teens have more ___ than their parents did but not necessarily more close friends

Answer 19

acquaintance

Question 20

status hierarchies w/in cliques are maintained though w/in group ___

Answer 20

aggression

Question 21

both heterosexual and homosexual adolescents become aware of sexual attraction at round the age of ___

Answer 21

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