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A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence, 9/e

Diane E. Papalia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman

Psychosocial Development in Adolescence

True/False


1	According to Erikson, women cannot achieve mature intimacy until they have achieved identity.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	According to Marcia, it may be just as healthy for women to achieve identity with or without going through a crisis.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Studies suggest that high school girls tend to have higher self-esteem than high school boys.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Sexual activity among teenagers has steadily increased since the 1970s.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Early, frequent sexual activity is related to antisocial behavior.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Adolescent girls who feel ashamed of engaging in premarital sex are more likely than other girls to use effective contraception.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	School sex education programs tend to lead to more sexual activity.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Most fathers of babies born to teenage mothers are teenagers themselves.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Teenage pregnancy and birth rates are rising.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Most teenage mothers and their babies do better when they live with the mother's mother.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	According to self-reports in a Chicago area study, adolescents spend about 14 percent of waking hours with their families.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	Research confirms Freud's belief in the inevitability of adolescent rebellion.
		A)	True
		B)	False


13	European American and Asian American adolescents are more likely to have conflicts with their fathers than with their mothers.
		A)	True
		B)	False


14	Authoritarian parenting is the most effective style with adolescents because it gives them strict limits.
		A)	True
		B)	False


15	Adolescents who are home alone after school are vulnerable to peer pressure for antisocial behavior.
		A)	True
		B)	False


16	Teenage siblings who are close in age tend to get along better than those who are spaced farther apart.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	Adolescent friendships tend to be more intense than childhood or adult friendships.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	Juvenile delinquents tend to commit crimes when they become adults.
		A)	True
		B)	False


19	Early childhood intervention programs have been effective in preventing juvenile delinquency.
		A)	True
		B)	False


20	In Daniel Offer's cross-cultural research on adolescents' self-image, most adolescents had negative feelings toward their parents.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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