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The Questions below are intended to gauge your ability to integrate information from the text and class discussion. While the "raw data" for answers are in the course material (Chapters 6 through 10), it is your responsibility to construct solid, logical answers. You are free to use any concepts of adolescent development and behavior of which you are familiar. Answer all questions in a concise and thorough manner. Answers might need 1 page each to be proper and complete.

10 points each
1. Summarize the effects of early maturation on a young girl's body image, opposite-sex popularity, independence, academic behavior, and problem behavior in school.

2.  Discuss how physical and cognitive changes in the adolescent influence the parent-adolescent relationship, especially in terms of increasing conflict.
       Physical Changes                 Increasing Conflict
a.
b.
c.
     Cognitive Changes                Increasing Conflict
 a.
 b.
 c.

3. Define the term Peer Group as it is used in the text.    List and define three of the functions of the peer group.

4. What is the difference between a crowd and a clique.
How is popularity achieved in the peer group according to adolescent responses in survey research?

5. Dating serves four functions for the adolescent. List, define and give an example of each of the four.

6. After reading the "Schools" chapter and discussing the issue of education in the U.S. in class, you now have the opportunity to list 12 ways to improve the effectiveness of education for the average child from preschool to college (two innovations for each level of education, four for college.
 Pre-School Programs
 1.
 2.
 Elementary School Programs
 1.
 2.
 Middle School Programs
 1.
 2.
 High School Programs
 1.
 2.
 College Level Programs
 1.
 2.
 3.
 4.

7. Define the terms Culture and Subculture. Explain how subculture would include the terms Youth Culture.
How can Youth Culture differ for adolescents of differing cultural background?

8.  Explain the dangers of media manipulation on teenagers  self-image, identity formation, and health.

9. The describe Marcia's Theory of Identity Formation (use the the model to aid in your discussion)
Explain each of the levels of identity achievement represented by the model.  Include definitions of Identity Crisis and Commitment.
 Identity Crisis:
     Commitment:
     Identity Achievement:
     Foreclosure:
     Moratorium:
     Identity Diffused:

Give two examples of adolescent identity in each of the situations in the model.  Explain how a teenager could be 'diffused' on one value forclosed on another, achieved on some another value, and in moratorium on still another?  Give examples with your answer.

1/2 point each:
1. What type of parenting style is characterized by using little punishment, making few demands for responsibility and excerising little control over children, according to Baumrind:
a. neglectful    b. authoritarian c. authoritative   d. permissive

2. Parents who govern children like a drill seargeant, and stress the need for children to be obedient and respectful without question are demonstrating what type of parenting style:
a. neglectful    b. authoritarian    c. authoritative   d. permissive

3. What type of parenting style is associated with adolescents who demonstrate good social competence and responsibility?
a. neglectful    b. authoritarian    c. authoritative   d. permissive

4. All of the following factors have been associated with increased rebelliousness in adolescents EXCEPT:
a. inconsistent parenting styles
b. rigorous demands
c. failure to allow room for an adolescent to express autonomy
d. parent's failure to provide reasons for his or her actions

5. Adolescents with a high degree of self-awareness are:
a. more accepting of themselves
b. less perceptive about others' needs
c. able to understand themselves in a simplistic manner
d. less concerned about the motives of others

6. Recently divorced mothers typically display all of the following except:
a. consistent parenting style
b. more depression
c. lower sense of self-esteem
d. a preoccupation with their own problems

7. Peers defined as persons near in:
a. age   b. place    c. behavior  d. all of the above

8. Which of the following is NOT a recognized function of dating:
a. recreation     b. sexual outlet    c. information about the opposite gender    d. mate selection

9. In early adolescence, what mostly determines a "best friend"?
   a. the personalities of each person b. security & trust c. shared activities  d. emotional inimacy

10. An adolescent whose attitudes fail to match his or her peer group's because he or she is more advanced than the group is most likely to be:    a. admired   b. regarded no differently   c. rejected d. a leader

11. Who is most likely to be a conformist?
a. a girl who is a leader in her crowd at school
b. a boy who has a well-developed sense of self
c. a girl who has authoritarian parents
d. a boy whose parents encourage verbal give and take with him

12. An adolescent is most likely to ask what person advice about going to college, entering the
 work force, or about career choice?
a. father   b. mother c. a best friend  d. a brother

13.  Among all high school students, the dropout rate in the U.S. is:
a. rising fast b. decreasing slowly c. remaining unchanged d. decreasing dramatically

14. What are the disadvantages of "tracking" students in high school?
 a. assignment to a lower track contributes to a sense of alienation and failure among students.
b. students assigned to higher tracks are held to a higher standard of  performance.
c. minority students are more frequently assigned to college tracks as part of Affirmative Action.
d. tracking punishes gifted students

15. Which of the following is NOT one of the functions of education.
a. Instruction in skills / Intellectual Development
b. Communication of the values and morals of the culture
c. Selection of the very best students for leadership positions
d. Fostering of personal/social development

16. All of the following promote student achievement EXCEPT:
a. cooperative learning
b. parents participating in school governance
 c. teachers not expecting too much of students to keep them from being discouraged or overwhelmed
d. teachers translating academic subjects into the daily concerns of  students

17. The effective teacher:
a. has higher expectations of good students, and lower expectations of poor students.
b. serves as a distant but powerful role model
c. uses punishment strategies rather than reward strategies
d. has friendlier classrooms

18. According to your instructor, the "No. 1 enemy of education" is:
 a. too much t.v. viewing by students b. drug abuse    c. carrying weapons to school  d. low self-esteem

19. Which of the following is NOT thought to contribute to school violence?
a. violence on television b. restrictions on guns  b. poverty and discrimination d. witnessing/experiencing violence

20. Erikson charaterizes the "identity crisis" as a(n):
a. abnormal period of anxiety b. normative development    c. imminent catastrophe c. developmental dead end