Chapter 5 Quiz

. As adolescents struggle with their parents for more autonomy, conflict occurs most often over which of the following issues?

All major issues

Whether parents have the right to make any decisions for their adolescent children

The specific areas of the adolescent's life in which parents have the right to make decisions for them

Whether or not the adolescent is entitled to keep his or her activities and whereabouts secret

All of the above

. According to the _______ view of development, adolescents achieve autonomy first by creating an emotional distance between themselves and their parents and then by assuming responsibility for their own beliefs and behaviors.

psychoanalytic

behavioral

cognitive

humanistic

cross-cultural

. According to the view that stresses the role of self-determination in the development of autonomy in adolescence,

separation from the parents is a necessary step in the process.

parental support of adolescent interests promotes autonomy.

both separation from parents and parental support of adolescent interests is necessary for the development of autonomy.

neither parental support of adolescent interests nor separation from parents is necessary for the development of autonomy.

None of the above

. According to Erikson,

an "identity crisis" is not experienced universally.

an "identity crisis" is a non-normative experience.

the achievement of a firm identity involves a rejection of the past.

an "identity crisis" is a normative experience of adolescence.

a firm identity provides a sense of discontinuity with the past.

. According to Erikson, which of the following is one of the key domains in which one's identity needs to be defined?

Recreation

Leisure activities

Education

Ethics

Occupation

. Edward enrolls in college as a pre-med major because his mother and father are both doctors. Edward's identity status would be best characterized as

identity-achieved.

identity-foreclosed.

identity-diffused.

in moratorium.

carefree diffusion.

. Savannah is having a difficult time figuring out where to go to college. She tackles this problem by researching various institutions in terms of the majors offered, the financial aid possibilities, and the extracurricular activities that are available Savannah is clearly characterized by a(n) _______ identity style.

information oriented

diffuse/avoidant

normative oriented

problem oriented

non-normative

. Which of the following statements about male and female identity formation is true?

The process does not differ greatly in males and females.

The possible outcomes do not differ greatly in males and females.

Occupational issues are less important to females than they are to males.

Females are more likely than males to resolve identity and intimacy issues simultaneously.

Males are more likely than females to resolve identity and intimacy issues simultaneously.

. When her grandparents from Denmark came for a visit, Kirsten questioned them about Danish customs, festivals, and foods. After they left for home, she went to the library to learn more about the Danish language. Kirsten is in what stage of ethnic identity development?

Unexamined ethnic identity

Achieved ethnic identity

Ethnic identity search

Acculturative identity

Bicultural identity

. According to research by Phinney and Devich-Navarro, most ethnic minority adolescents in the U.S. view themselves as

multiracial.

mono-racial.

multicultural.

multi-ethnic.

bicultural.

. Doyle and Kao found that changes in racial identity are

rare for both mono- and biracial adolescents.

common for both mono- and biracial adolescents.

common for biracial but rare for mono-racial adolescents.

common for mono-racial but rare for biracial adolescents.

common only for adolescents of mixed Native American and European American heritage.

. Now that he is about to graduate from college, Javier wants to pursue his dream of an acting career. However, he knows that his parents want to groom him to take over the family business, and he is aware of how disappointed they would be if he neglected his family obligations to pursue his dream. So, when his parents ask what his plans are, he says that he would like to start learning the family business and to follow in his father's footsteps. Javier most likely has a(n) _______ view of himself.

autonomous

conflicted

independent

individualistic

interdependent

. In adolescence, the self-concept becomes _______ abstract, _______ differentiated, and _______ adaptive.

more; less; less

more; more; less

less; more; less

more; more; more

less; more; more

. Which of the following statements about self-esteem is false?

White adolescents have been found to have higher self-esteem than any other group.

Relationships with parents influence adolescent self-esteem.

Peer relationships influence adolescent self-esteem.

Body image influences adolescent self-esteem.

Adolescent boys tend to have higher self-esteem than adolescent girls do.

. John and his fiancée, Alice, are comfortable sharing their feelings and ideas with each other. Their relationship is characterized by

loyalty.

intimacy.

attraction.

commitment.

romance.

. Self-knowledge, self-acceptance, and a capacity for self-disclosure are important ingredients in the development of

self-esteem.

intimacy with another person.

interdependence.

independence.

autonomy.

. Not liking oneself

is a significant barrier to self-acceptance.

is often associated with feelings of shame.

can lead to the pursuit of relationships that seem to demonstrate one's worth.

can lead to drug and alcohol use as a means for coping with negative self-thoughts.

All of the above

. Which of the following is not one of the intimacy statuses identified by Schiedel and Marcia?

Postintimate

Stereotyped

Pseudointimate

Preintimate

Intimate

. According to Bakan,

there are three components to mature functioning.

a sense of personal agency is associated with a feminine personality.

mature functioning is characterized by equal amounts of agency and communion.

maturity is associated with agency more than it is with communion.

maturity is associated with communion more than it is with agency.

. After the first three months of her freshman year in college, Eva is eager to go home and see her parents. Eva's homesickness illustrates which of Josselson's eight dimensions of relatedness?

Passionate experience

Eye-to-eye validation

Holding

Attachment

Embeddedness

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