Deck 11: Parenting Late Adolescents and Young Adults

Question 1

About __________ percent of teens identify themselves as gay or lesbian in the teen years.

Answer 1

2

Question 2

In families termed Fast Starters and Parents without Careers,both partners reported lower levels of illegal activities and higher rates of __________.

Answer 2

physical spousal abuse

Question 3

While research has shown that authoritarian parenting has negative effects in European American families,it is associated with positive outcomes in ____________ families.

Answer 3

African American or Asian American

Question 4

In laboratory sessions,teens' decision-making involves more high-risk taking when they __________.

Question 5

Authoritative parents balance __________ and __________.

Question 6

__________ appears to motivate securely attached family members to overcome differences and restore harmony.

Question 7

Survey responses from adolescents and adults give three main criteria for adulthood: _______________,________________ and ______________.

Question 8

While worry about getting pregnant is the biggest sexual health concern of teens,the second biggest concern is __________.

Question 9

Families termed Fast Starters are those in which parents are working,______________ and ________________.

Question 10

Adolescents report that relationships with peers provide __________ and relationships with parents ___________________.

Question 11

Two qualities thought to foster a successful parent-teen relationship partner are abilities (1)to communicate with teens and (2)__________.

Question 12

__________ percent of teens want more information on sexual health issues.

Question 13

_____ percent of high school girls and ________ percent of high school boys report having been hit; slapped or physically hurt by a boyfriend or girl friend.

Question 14

Many children who received services during childhood and adolescence need special supports as they make the transition to young adulthood because of: Name two: _________.

Question 15

Friendships in adolescence involve more __________.

Question 16

In a national sample of 15- to 17-year-olds,about __________ percent of boys and _________ percent of girls reported they had had sexual intercourse.

Question 17

Most girls in junior high and high school have had at least one experience of sexual harassment,most often by demeaning comments from boys but also from critical comments by __________ and ______________.

Question 18

About 45 percent of teen boys with aggressive problems also had symptoms of __________.

Question 19

Alcohol use is a major concern not only for its role in causing car accidents and injuries,but because it __________.

Question 20

For youth in their early twenties,periods of ________________ were related to increases in depressive feelings and decreases in self-esteem.

Question 21

Teens' decision-making is effective when teens are calm and not emotionally aroused,and when they are not subject to peer pressure.

Question 22

Teens report similar satisfactions in their relationships with parents and peers.

Question 23

The study following children on their paths to adulthood,revealed that lack of money was not a barrier to education as good students who were poor still managed to get to college.

Question 24

When parents allow teens a greater role in decision-making,teens choose to orient themselves to peers.

Question 25

Girls see themselves as calmer and more independent than boys.

Question 26

Boys see themselves as more daring and rebellious than girls and also more calm.

Question 27

Some teens work long hours to escape the frustration of school,but working long hours decreases interest in school.

Question 28

For African American and Latino teens,a positive identification with the broader American culture is essential for personal adjustment.

Question 29

The dimensions of parenting that Diana Baumrind identified are found only in European American,middle-class families.

Question 30

When children are independent adults at the time of their parents divorce,the divorce has little effect on them and their daily lives.

Question 31

The happiest unmarried youth do not want to be involved in a steady dating relationship with others.

Question 32

Teens overestimate the number of teens who are having intercourse.

Question 33

Parents of teens have had experience working together as parents so they have few arguments about teens' behavior.

Question 34

People with eating disorders channel all their negative feelings into the eating disorder and have few other psychological problems.

Question 35

Special resources continue to be available for those students with learning disabilities as they make the transition to adulthood.

Question 36

Late teenagers report a greater sense of well-being when they separate from parents without a big power struggle.

Question 37

Teens with same-sex sexual preferences feel high self-esteem after disclosing their preferences to their parents and siblings when parents are warm and supportive.

Question 38

Recent research indicates that adolescents' perceptions of their relationships with romantic partners are related to perceptions of relationships with friends but not to relationships with parents.

Question 39

Children with chronic health problems cannot attain the average amounts of education and income that other young adults attain.

Question 40

As many girls report they hit,slap,and physically hurt their boyfriends in the high school years as boys say they hit,slap,and hurt their girl friends.

Question 41

When some members of the family have angry,hostile relationships,like parent-parent or sibling-sibling pairs,

A) hostility seeps through the while system.
B) other family members attempt to balance the anger with many positive feelings.
C) all members come to resemble each other in negativity.
D) A and C

Question 42

Aggressive,rule-breaking boys

A) are popular more likely to drop out of school.
B) are more apt to abuse substances.
C) tend to date girls who are passive and nonaggressive.
D) have high self-esteem.

Question 43

All of the following teen changes in adolescence trigger parents' emotional reactions EXCEPT

A) increasing emotional detachment from them.
B) increasing independence.
C) increasing idealization of the parent.
D) dating.

Question 44

The adolescent experiences that predict high-risk behaviors include all of the following EXCEPT

A) move to new neighborhood with a loss of friends.
B) spending a few hours a week at work.
C) friends who engage In high-risk behaviors.
D) living in neighborhoods with much deviant behavior.

Question 45

Teens who come from indulgent homes are

A) more independent.
B) more self-centered.
C) more responsive to peer pressure different styles.
D) A and C

Question 46

Ways to promote later and protected sexual activity include all of the following EXCEPT

A) giving information on safe, responsible sexual activity.
B) having warm relationships with parents.
C) opportunities to talk to adults about sexual health and activity.
D) letting teens' handle areas of sexual health and sexual activity on their own.

Question 47

When teens date,they have relationships that

A) are casual but long-lasting.
B) are short-lived and intense.
C) involve personal contact but little phone contact.
D) A and C

Question 48

Conflicts are a daily occurrence in close relationships and

A) fathers are most likely to be involved in conflicts.
B) teens are more likely to negotiate with friends than with parents.
C) result in severing relationships with friends they have conflicts with.
D) A and C

Question 49

Increasing adolescents' knowledge requires

A) giving new information.
B) ignoring teens' incorrect theories.
C) dispelling false beliefs.
D) A and C

Question 50

Adolescents say they present a false self to others

A) to experiment with different selves.
B) to shock peers.
C) to make a good impression.
D) A and C

Question 51

Parents who are concerned about the possibility that their child has an eating disorder are advised to look for an overall pattern of behavior that includes

A) a healthy appetite for nutritious foods.
B) strong interest in diets, nutrition, and nonfat food.
C) comfort around eating and food.
D) maintaining a healthy weight.

Question 52

In comparison with those African American teens who identified with both their ethnic group and the broader American culture,those African American teens who separated themselves from the majority group because they felt rejected by it

A) had poorer grades and lower self-esteem.
B) did not differ on measures of self-esteem and grades.
C) had higher grades and higher self-esteem.
D) had higher self-esteem but lower grades.

Question 53

When teens have insecure-preoccupied attachments with parents,both teens and parents

A) are close and involved with each other.
B) become trapped in angry conflict.
C) seek satisfactions with the extended family.
D) are highly independent.

Question 54

A father tells you he is worried that his daughter is suffering from depression and asks what behaviors he should look for to decide if she is depressed.You tell him that in addition to feelings of sadness,other signs include

A)dropping grades.
B)greater interest in her studies and activities.
C)changes in eating and sleeping habits.
D)A and C.

Question 55

__________ is the mind-altering substance most widely used by teenagers.

A) Alcohol
B) Cocaine
C) Marijuana
D) Heroin

Question 56

Authoritative parenting was related to teens' self confidence,good mood,and competence regardless of

A) ethnic background.
B) gender.
C) socioeconomic status.
D) all of these

Question 57

Parents discourage teens' drinking when they

A) have few rules about drinking.
B) give frequent advice not to drink.
C) enforce rules against drinking.
D) only occasionally drink heavily themselves.

Question 58

European American families have a time table for independent actions that is __________________ that of Asian American families.

A) earlier than
B) the same as
C) later than
D) more contradictory than

Question 59

Teens Are better able to regulate behavior when they do all of the following EXCEPT:

A) gain self-esteem from positive activities.
B) attend church.
C) spend extended time away from parents.
D) A and C

Question 60

Parents with the following characteristics were most likely to experience problems in parenting their teenagers

A) having many satisfactions or interests outside the home.
B) being the same sex as the child.
C) having a positive cognitive set about adolescence.
D) A and C

Question 61

Describe four actions parents can take to help teens develop a healthy life style.

Question 62

The legal system uses the following criteria for defining adulthood.

A) age
B) status as parent
C) entrance into the military
D) all of these

Question 63

Describe five factors that contribute to teen depression.

Question 64

Interventions to reduce aggressiveness among boys include all of the following EXCEPT

A) consistent positive parenting.
B) ignoring the behavior and waiting for it to decrease as it is not rewarded.
C) social skills training.
D) helping boys learn emotional regulation.

Question 65

Girls are more likely to suffer depression after their first sexual experience when

A) the first experience occurs earlier than that of peers.
B) the relationship continues.
C) there was emotional commitment.
D) A and C

Question 66

Chinese immigrant youth making the transition to adulthood

A) have children at younger ages than youth in other ethnic groups.
B) focus on education as the main way to a better life.
C) report they were given few opportunities because they were immigrant youth.
D) all of these.

Question 67

In a longitudinal study of depressive feelings in four ethnic groups found that mothers' support

A) reduced depressive feelings in all groups for both boys and girls,
B) reduced depressive feelings only in European American boys and girls.
C) reduced depressive feelings in girls but not in boys.
D) reduced depressive feelings in boys but not in girls.

Question 68

Compared to 20 percent unemployment in youth with learning disabilities,youth leaving foster care have a ____ rate of unemployment.

A) 30
B) 40
C) 50
D) 60

Question 69

Describe and illustrate three characteristics of any three of the six pathways to adulthood in a sample of Midwestern teens.

Question 70

Following the course of depressive feelings in a large sample of teens from 7^th to 12^th grade revealed:

A) European American boys and girls had the lowest levels of depression scores for the entire period.
B) Depression scores for African American, Asian American, and Latino/a teens remained high throughout the period.
C) Asian American, African American, and Latinos and Latinas enter young adulthood with significantly higher depression scores than European American teens.
D) A and C

Question 71

Puerto Rican immigrant youth making the transition to adulthood

A) stressed the value of children and keeping them close.
B) came from families in which parents had less education than parents in other groups.
C) saw education as a main path to success.
D) all of these

Question 72

Following youth from age eighteen to twenty-five revealed all of the following EXCEPT

A) self-esteem decreased.
B) depression decreased.
C) anger decreased.
D) gap between men's and women's depression scores narrowed.

Question 73

Briefly describe and illustrate three characteristics of families in which adolescents separate from parents in the most positive way.

Question 74

Describe and illustrate five actions parents can take to help teens develop a sense of purpose.

Question 75

Which of the following is true when adolescents have secure attachments to parents?

A) They and their parents are able to regulate emotional responses and focus on solving problems without frustration.
B) They and their parents rarely compromise.
C) Anger motivates family members to go their own way.
D) They rarely feel anger.

Question 76

Briefly describe and illustrate four qualities of parenting behaviors that are associated with adolescent competence.

Question 77

Young adults have lower life satisfaction and more negative moods when their parents

A)want to be close to them.
B)argue and divorce or remarry and argue.
C)are involved in their own marriages.
D)A and C.