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"Hey,what can I say-my college major is undeclared.I just don't know what I want to do yet and I don't particularly want to explore it right now.I'm not going to pressure myself into making a decision when what I really want to do is have fun." What is the identity status of this college student,according to James Marcia?


A) Identity achievement
B) Identity inquisition
C) Identity diffusion
D) Identity foreclosure

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Which of the following statements about cultural variations in adolescent experiences is TRUE?


A) Two-thirds of Asian Indian adolescents accept their parents' choice of a marital partner for them.
B) Youth in the United States are marrying at younger ages than in past generations.
C) Youth in Russia are marrying at older ages than in past generations.
D) In the Middle East,most adolescents interact freely with the opposite sex in school.

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When ethnic minorities identify with both their own culture and the major culture to which they now belong,it is called


A) bicultural identity.
B) dual identity.
C) dual citizenship.
D) flexible identity.

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Which of the following statements about juvenile delinquency is accurate?


A) Having siblings is related to higher levels of delinquency.
B) Juvenile delinquency is more exclusively a problem of low-SES status than it was in the past.
C) Arrest rates of adolescent males for delinquency are much higher than arrest rates among adolescent females.
D) Juvenile delinquency rates for property offenses are usually lower than rates for other offenses.

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Which of Marcia's identity statuses may be more adaptive to an adolescent or emerging adult in East Asia than in the United States?


A) Identity diffusion
B) Identity foreclosure
C) Identity moratorium
D) Identity achievement

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Erik Erikson would say that an adolescent who becomes withdrawn and isolated from his or her peers and family,or who loses his or her identity in the crowd,is likely suffering from identity


A) foreclosure.
B) confusion.
C) moratorium.
D) diffusion.

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What are the three stages that characterize the development of heterosexual romantic relationships in adolescence?

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According to James Marcia,an adolescent who is in the status of identity achievement is one who


A) has not gone through an identity crisis and shows little interest in such matters.
B) has made a commitment but has not gone through an identity crisis.
C) is in the midst of an identity crisis but has not yet made any commitments.
D) has already gone through an identity crisis and has made a commitment.

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Aaron is in the eighth grade.Some of his close friends have recently started engaging in vandalism and writing graffiti on the walls at school.What is Aaron most likely to do?


A) He is likely to stop spending time with these friends and join a more positive peer group.
B) He is more likely to discuss such behavior with his parents than he was in the fifth grade.
C) He is more likely to report his friends' behavior to the principal of the school than he was in the fifth grade.
D) He is more likely to join his friends in these behaviors than when he was in fifth grade.

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Harry Stack Sullivan believed that one's need for intimacy with peers shows a dramatic increase during


A) early adolescence.
B) early childhood.
C) late adolescence.
D) late childhood.

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Adolescents are more likely to confirm to peers when they


A) are sure about their social identity.
B) have high self-esteem.
C) are in the presence of someone they perceive to have higher status than themselves.
D) experience low levels of social anxiety.

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Greater amounts of adolescent disclosure to parents has been found to be linked to all of the following EXCEPT


A) antisocial and rule-breaking behavior in the child.
B) parents asking questions.
C) high trust in the parent-child relationship.
D) high levels of parental acceptance.

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The new model of parent-adolescent relationship differs from the old one in that the new model


A) suggests that the adolescent-parent and adolescent-peer worlds are isolated.
B) emphasizes that the parents are important support systems and attachment figures.
C) suggests that intense,stressful parent-adolescent conflict occurs throughout adolescence.
D) emphasizes that as adolescents mature,they detach themselves from parents.

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Jodi,a 15-year-old female,has been experimenting with different sexual orientations.According to James Marcia,Jodi is experiencing identity


A) crisis.
B) diffusion.
C) foreclosure.
D) commitment.

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The closest thing to a culture-wide rite of passage in the United States is the


A) first date.
B) college initiation ritual.
C) high school graduation ceremony.
D) 18th birthday.

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Freshmen joining a school group called the Shifters undergo a week-long initiation involving learning the group's history,wearing group-specific items,and participating in special ceremonies that last all night long.This experience most resembles a


A) test of identity.
B) gang moratorium.
C) rite of passage.
D) diffusion of acceptance.

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Which of the following statements about cultural variations in adolescent experiences is TRUE?


A) In the Philippines,many female adolescents sacrifice their own futures by migrating to the city to earn money that they send home to their families.
B) Youth in the United States are marrying at younger ages than in past generations.
C) Youth in Russia are marrying at older ages than in past generations.
D) In the Middle East,most adolescents interact freely with the opposite sex in school.

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According to James Marcia,individuals who have undergone a crisis and have made a commitment are in the status of identity


A) foreclosure.
B) diffusion.
C) moratorium.
D) achievement.

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Describe the effect of peer pressure on adolescents.

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Mutuality and permeability are two dimensions of


A) identity diffusion.
B) self-concept.
C) individuality.
D) connectedness.

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