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According to recent research, about ___ percent of families who have few problems during childhood can expect to develop serious problems in adolescence. |
| | A) | 5 |
| | B) | 15 |
| | C) | 33 |
| | D) | 50 |
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Intergenerational differences tend to occur in issues involving |
| | A) | hard work |
| | B) | education |
| | C) | religion |
| | D) | personal taste |
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The parenting style that combines low levels of demandingness with low levels of responsiveness is commonly known as |
| | A) | indulgent parenting |
| | B) | authoritative parenting |
| | C) | authoritarian parenting |
| | D) | indifferent parenting |
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The type of parenting where the child is expected to accept parental dictates without question is |
| | A) | indulgent parenting |
| | B) | authoritative parenting |
| | C) | authoritarian parenting |
| | D) | indifferent parenting |
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This parenting style tends to be associated with immature, irresponsible children: |
| | A) | indulgent parenting |
| | B) | authoritative parenting |
| | C) | authoritarian parenting |
| | D) | indifferent parenting |
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The parenting style associated with the healthiest psychological and social development is |
| | A) | indulgent parenting |
| | B) | authoritative parenting |
| | C) | authoritarian parenting |
| | D) | indifferent parenting |
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The changing nature of family interaction during adolescence is complicated by the possibility that one or both parents may be experiencing a ____, in which the parent recognizes that he or she is entering the second half of the lifespan, and doesn't have the opportunities ahead that the adolescent has. |
| | A) | rebirth |
| | B) | career crisis |
| | C) | psychosocial crisis |
| | D) | midlife crisis |
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The closest parent-child relationship tends to be |
| | A) | mother-daughter |
| | B) | mother-son |
| | C) | father-daughter |
| | D) | father-son |
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Adolescents report their highest levels of interpersonal conflict with |
| | A) | parents |
| | B) | siblings |
| | C) | friends |
| | D) | teachers |
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Which child is most likely to live in a single-parent household? |
| | A) | Asian American child |
| | B) | Hispanic child |
| | C) | White child |
| | D) | African American child |
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More than ___ percent of divorced men remarry. |
| | A) | 10 |
| | B) | 25 |
| | C) | 50 |
| | D) | 75 |
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12 | |
The approximate percentage of American adolescents living in relative poverty is |
| | A) | 10 |
| | B) | 25 |
| | C) | 33 |
| | D) | 50 |
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Over the past 25 years, the ______ class has experienced the most shrinkage. |
| | A) | upper |
| | B) | middle |
| | C) | lower |
| | D) | working |
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Based on the research literature, which child would you expect to have the most immediate problems with a parental divorce? |
| | A) | A young female child |
| | B) | A young male child |
| | C) | A female adolescent |
| | D) | A male adolescent |
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A measure of the strength of association between two variables is a(n) |
| | A) | correlation |
| | B) | reliability coefficient |
| | C) | effect size |
| | D) | association index |
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During which developmental period is parental remarriage most difficult? |
| | A) | Infancy |
| | B) | Middle childhood |
| | C) | Early adolescence |
| | D) | Late adolescence |
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Which of the following statements about the effect of maternal employment on child and adolescent development is false? |
| | A) | Both male and female children of working mothers are more likely to have school performance problems than children whose mothers don't work. |
| | B) | Female children of working mothers tend to have higher career aspirations than female children of nonworking mothers. |
| | C) | Male children of working mothers tend to have more arguments with their mothers than male children of mothers that don't work. |
| | D) | Male and female children of working mothers tend to be more independent and self reliant than children of nonworking mothers. |
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Which theoretical approach to understanding families considers the developmental concerns of the parent and adolescent? |
| | A) | family systems theory |
| | B) | parenting styles theory |
| | C) | family life cycle theory |
| | D) | behavior genetics theory |
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Authoritative parenting is most prevalent in |
| | A) | Asian American families |
| | B) | White families |
| | C) | African American families |
| | D) | Hispanic families |
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Social scientists who study changes in the composition of the population are |
| | A) | behavior geneticists |
| | B) | family systems theorists |
| | C) | epidemiologists |
| | D) | demographers |
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What percentage of married American women with adolescents are employed? |
| | A) | 20 |
| | B) | 40 |
| | C) | 60 |
| | D) | 75 |
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Who has developed a scheme for categorizing different types of parenting? |
| | A) | Michael Rutter |
| | B) | Mavis Hetheington |
| | C) | August Hollingshead |
| | D) | Diane Baumrind |
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In the past 25 years the proportion of children living in luxury in the United States has ________. |
| | A) | increased |
| | B) | decreased |
| | C) | remained the same |
| | D) | none of the above |
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Which of the following factors has been found to have the least harmful influence on adolescent adjustment? |
| | A) | the number of adults in the family |
| | B) | the level of family conflict |
| | C) | the economic status of the family |
| | D) | the quality of the parent-adolescent relationship |
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A technique used to combine the results of many studies on the same topic is |
| | A) | correlation |
| | B) | effect sizing |
| | C) | factor analysis |
| | D) | meta-analysis |
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Adolescents are more cognitively capable of understanding their parents' _____; this may contribute to increased conflict with parents. |
| | A) | perspective |
| | B) | lifestyles |
| | C) | needs |
| | D) | shortcomings |
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One of the major stressors in the family during adolescence is the fact that adolescents in the U.S. require greater _____ resources than they did as children. |
| | A) | financial |
| | B) | emotional |
| | C) | educational |
| | D) | health |
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Diana Baumrind's research demonstrates that some parents use a(n) ___ style of parenting, dominated by harsh enforcement of rules and little expression of warmth. |
| | A) | authoritative |
| | B) | authoritarian |
| | C) | indulgent |
| | D) | indifferent |
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Baumrind's research also shows that other parents use a(n) ___ style of parenting, in which the parent typically demonstrates little warmth and expects very little in the way of appropriate behavior and achievement from the adolescent. |
| | A) | authoritative |
| | B) | authoritarian |
| | C) | indulgent |
| | D) | indifferent |
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In the film "The Breakfast Club," Bender, the character played by Judd Nelson, was an angry, antisocial teen. Which style of parenting best describes his father? |
| | A) | authoritative |
| | B) | authoritarian |
| | C) | indifferent |
| | D) | indulgent |
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In "The Breakfast Club," Allison, the character played by Ally Sheedy, said her parents ignored her. Which style of parenting best describes her parents? |
| | A) | indulgent |
| | B) | authoritarian |
| | C) | authoritative |
| | D) | indifferent |
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Which of the following best describes family relationships during adolescence? |
| | A) | teens tend to be closer to their same-sex parent, but argue more with the opposite-sex parent |
| | B) | teens tend to be closer to their same-sex parent, and argue more with the same-sex parent |
| | C) | teens tend to be closer to their mothers, and argue more with their mothers |
| | D) | teens tend to be closer to their mothers, and argue more with their fathers |
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Which of the following is most likely to be the topic of arguments between teens and their parents? |
| | A) | what career path the teen should follow |
| | B) | what time he or she should come home |
| | C) | whether or not God exists |
| | D) | whether or not the parents love each other |
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Parents and youth tend to gravitate to more ____ relationships during adolescence, sharing power and influence with each other. |
| | A) | distant |
| | B) | close |
| | C) | secret |
| | D) | egalitarian |
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The connection between _____ parenting and adolescent problem behavior is stronger among adolescents who are temperamentally more prone to anger. |
| | A) | negative |
| | B) | positive |
| | C) | neutral |
| | D) | authoritative |
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