In adolescence

							Chapter 16

     1. Erikson described life's fifth psychosocial crisis as ______.

     2. An individual's ______ is his or her unique and consistent self-definition.

     3. According to Erikson, the ultimate psychosocial goal is identity ______.

     4. The search for identity today takes ______ time than it typically did in the twentieth century.

     5. Achievement, foreclosure, diffusion, and moratorium are the four major identity ______ defined in detail
        by James Marcia.

     6. A premature identity formation that involves wholesale acceptance of parental values is called ______.

     7. Seventeen-year-old Andrew failed several classes, lost his job, and spends most of his time sleeping on
        the couch. When his parents voiced their disapproval, he replied, “Whatever.” Andrew's response
        indicates identity ______.

     8. ______ includes the roles and behaviors that society associates with the cultural and social characteristics
        considered appropriate for males and females.

     9. The more hours of after-school employment adolescents work, the ______ learning they do in school.

   10. Anthony has an older sister and brother. We can expect his conflict with his parents to occur ______ in
       his adolescence than it did with his older siblings.

   11. Parental ______ refers to parents being watchful and aware of where their children are and what they are
       doing.

   12. A particularly harmful type of parental monitoring is ______ because the withdrawal of love and support
       is threatened.

   13. In adolescence, ______ can be negative, such as when it promotes conformance to deviant standards, or
       positive, such as when it promotes refraining from smoking.

   14. For an adolescent whose parents are recent immigrants, ______ can help him or her negotiate conflicting
       cultural demands.

   15. Honest discussions about sex between parents and children are ______.

   16. The abstinence-only sex education program had ______ effect on the sexual activity of teenagers.

   17. On every continent, the number of teen births is ______.

   18. ______ is defined as marked feelings of sadness and worthlessness leading to lack of interest in, and
       isolation from, normal activities for two weeks or more.

   19. The most lethal consequence of adolescent depression is ______.

   20. The process of ______ or mentally replaying past experiences, contributes to depression, especially in
       girls.

   21. Suicidal ______ refers to thinking about suicide.

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22. Suicide ______ are more common in adolescence than in adulthood.

23. ______ includes any self-destructive act that does not end in death, regardless of whether the individual's
    intent was clear.

24. Recent research indicates that the use of antidepressants ______ adolescents who are anxious or
    depressed.

25. When an adolescent suicide is well publicized and seems to make a strong impression on other
    adolescents in the community, adults must be particularly sensitive to not sentimentalize the death to
    prevent ______ suicides.

26. The amount of crime committed by adolescents in a community is referred to as the ______ of adolescent
    crime. The number of offenders committing these crimes is referred to as the ______ of adolescent crime.

27. Adolescent crime has a ______ incidence and a ______ prevalence.

28. The term adolescence-______ offender refers to individuals whose criminal activity stops by age 21.

29. An innovative strategy for changing the context of adolescent violent behavior and working toward more
    positive outcomes is assigning such adolescents to ______.




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Answer Key

   1.   identity versus diffusion
   2.   identity
   3.   achievement
   4.   more
   5.   statuses
   6.   foreclosure
   7.   diffusion
   8.   Gender identity
   9.   less
  10.   earlier
  11.   monitoring
  12.   psychological control
  13.   peer pressure
  14.   peers
  15.   uncommon
  16.   little or no
  17.   decreasing
  18.   Clinical depression
  19.   suicide
  20.   rumination
  21.   ideation
  22.   attempts
  23.   Parasuicide
  24.   helps
  25.   cluster
  26.   incidence; prevalence
  27.   high; high
  28.   limited
  29.   therapeutic foster care




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