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Chapter 12

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Pre-Test

This activity contains 10 questions.

	What impacts the level of one's self-esteem during the adolescent period?   gender race socioeconomic status all of the above

	Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development suggests that adolescence is a time of:   male climacteric formal operational thinking autonomy-versus-identity-confusion stage identity-versus-identity confusion stage

	Which of the following represent a category(ies) of identity development as defined by James Marcia?   b. moratorium a. cultural assimilation model c. cluster identity d. identity cleavage "c" and "d"

	The cultural assimilation model propagates:   The melting pot model The bicultural identity model The multicultural identity model The pluralistic society model

	Psychological difficulties in adolescence most commonly lead to:   a. depression b. suicide d. parental neglect c. STD "a" and "b"

	During the adolescent years, youth seek:   stronger ties with their family increased autonomy from their peers increased sense of control over their lives all of the above

	Less parent-child conflict during the child's adolescent years is reflective of:   countries of Western Europe individualistic countries countries of the American continent collectivistic countries

	Adolescents who are regarded with having a high status among their friends are:   rejected adolescents neglected adolescents controversial adolescents involved adolescents

	Some 50% of adolescents in the United States become sexually active by the time they are:   20 years old 18 years old 13 years old 14 years old

	Sexual orientation is a product of:   environmental factors physiological factors genetic factors all of the above

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