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According to the text, in comparison with younger adolescents, older adolescents are _____ concerned with their date's physical appearance and ______ concerned with their date's personality characteristics.

A) more; more
B) less; more
C) more; less
D) less; less

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Question 92

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The process we all use to evaluate our personal abilities, behaviors

A) self-exploration
B) self-identification
C) social comparison
D) mutual regulation

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Sarah explains to her friend that she had sex with her boyfriend without using contraception because she "knew" that she would not get pregnant because pregnancy didn't fit into her life plan. This disregard for the possibility that a bad outcome could occur is most consistent with the idea expressed as:

Which of the following considerations would typically be the focus of older adolescents, rather than of younger adolescents?

If Lindsay is a typical U.S. teenager, you would expect her to be using media - computer

According to the text, boys are much more likely to develop a(n) _______________ and girls are more likely to develop a(n) _______________:

According to statistics reported in the text, about ____ of college men report that they have had forced sexual activity and about _____ of college women report they have experienced an attempted or completed rape.

According to research cited in the text, the trait of ethnic identity is comprised of all of the following EXCEPT:

Judy was raised by Republican parents and so, when asked her party preferences, she says, "Hmm…I guess I'm a Republican, but I really don't know." Generalizing from Marcia's view of identity formation, which label best describes Judy's political identity status?

More young adolescents than young adults are in the identity state of diffusion.

The regions of the brain responsible for decision making are among the last to develop.

Generalizing from the text, during the early part of adolescence, the source of most conflicts between teenagers and their parents is which of the following issues:

John, who is a teenager, complains to his friends that he recently has had a string of arguments with his parents. If John and his parents are typical, these arguments are most likely about which of the following?

Young men and women who are gay or lesbian generally have an easier time forging an identity because they do not have the pressures of parents regarding dating and choosing a mate to deal with.

According to the text, the most common pattern of psychological distress for adolescents today is:

In comparison to statistics from the 1970s, today in the United States surveys find that cigarette smoking by adolescents has:

According to statistics reported in the text, about one-third of high school seniors report "current" smoking.

Carlos is an adolescent boy who has been subjected to sexual abuse. Which of the following people would most likely have been the abuser?

The age period associated with the highest usage of illicit drugs is which of the following?

If you studied groups of teenagers whose parents had recently immigrated to the United States, you should expect that teenagers from which of the following groups would feel the LEAST obligation to their families?