front 1 Kumar and Lata finished high school and some university before
getting married and going
to work in information technology. They
have two children and are able to put aside money
for their
future education. According to the textbook, they and their children
are involved in
A) assimilation.
B) a virtuous
cycle.
C) globalization.
D) a vicious cycle. | |
front 2 According to the text book, a major reason that adolescents are
especially affected by
globalization is that
A) their youth
makes them better able to adapt to changing conditions.
B) the
processes of puberty are impacted by worldwide pollution.
C)
world trade standards forbid employment of children and teens.
D)
All of the above. | |
front 3 The concept of stage-environment fit implies that
A) teens
should make special efforts to adapt to their settings.
B) the
theater has special importance for those in adolescence.
C)
teachers and parents need to adapt their approach to the developmental
changes in teens.
D) teens are particularly concerned about
ecological issues such as global warming. | |
front 4 As Alana was reading about the physical changes of puberty, she
paused now and then to
try to remember her own experiences and
the ways they did and did not fit with her reading.
Alana is
making use of a learning strategy called
A) managed
distraction.
B) deep processing.
C) directed
reminiscence.
D) the power of suggestion. | |
front 5 Like many of her friends, Emma got her first driver's license soon
after her 16th birthday.
For her, this constituted a(n)
A)
puberty rite.
B) normative transition.
C) delayed phase
shift.
D) idiosyncratic transition. | |
front 6 When Brandon was 14, his parents separated and he moved with his dad
to a new town. For
him, this constituted a(n)
A)
equilibrium
B) stage change.
C) normative
transition.
D) idiosyncratic transition. | |
front 7 Hannah, 12, is in 6th grade and is taller than most of the boys in
her class, but has not yet
had her first period. Hannah would be
considered in _____ adolescence.
A) early
B) middle
C)
late
D) None of the above. | |
front 8 According to Havighurst, adapting to one's changed body is a major
developmental task of
_____ adolescence.
A) all of
B)
middle
C) early
D) late | |
front 9 Inventionism is the name given to the view that
A) teens are
especially creative in developing new technologies.
B) the
concept of adolescence was created to keep young people off the job
market.
C) society needs to develop new opportunities for
teens.
D) the Industrial Revolution gave teens an economic boost. | |
front 10 n ancient Athens, boys became full citizens at the age of
A)
12.
B) 15.
C) 18.
D) 30 | |
front 11 The idea that the life stage of adolescence should be valued for
itself was introduced into
Western thought by
A)
Aristotle.
B) G. Stanley Hall.
C) William
Wordsworth.
D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau. | |
front 12 Increasing numbers of teens graduated high school and went on to
college in the 1930s as a
result of
A) nationwide "Stay
In School" campaigns.
B) a lack of jobs during the
Depression.
C) more widely available scholarships and
loans.
D) None of the above. | |
front 13 Children and adolescents in Canada’s Aboriginal communities
A)
will be more similar to developing countries in their population
pyramids.
B) would have the same life experiences like mainstream
Canadian children and
adolescents.
C) have interests that
ally them with the elderly.
D) All of the above. | |
front 14 ) In developed countries, _____ teens who finish secondary education
go on to some form of
higher education.
A) practically
all
B) about half of
C) four of five
D) only wealthy | |
front 15 Primary or elementary education
A) is basically universal in
Asia and Latin America.
B) is basically universal in Africa and
the Middle East.
C) is considered a useless luxury by parents in
developing countries.
D) All of the above | |
front 16 In developing countries, _____ of those who finish primary school are
likely to go on to
secondary school.
A) essentially
all
B) very few
C) about half
D) only one in three | |
front 17 Why have observers called the 20th century in North America "The
Age of Adolescence"?
Cite some demographic, educational, and
social trends that contributed. | back 17 The spread of compulsory education contributed to age segregation and
the notion
of "teenagers" as a separate category. The
Baby Boom of the 1940s and 1950s gave teens a
greater prominence
in the population during the 1960s and 1970s and created the notion of
a
"Youth Culture", while the speed of technological
change moved the society in the direction
of a cofigurative culture |
front 18 If you had to choose a single issue as the most urgent one facing
Canadian adolescents,
what would it be? Describe the important
aspects of the issue. Why that one? | back 18 Issues cited could include: the changing nature of the family; the
increasing
importance of peers; the lack of communication between
adolescents and adults; teen crime
and substance use; and
contradictory attitudes toward teen sexuality. |
front 19 Discuss the ways the proportion of adolescents are different within
the populations of
different countries. What are some
implications of these differences? | back 19 Adolescents make up a much larger part of the population in
developing countries,
which puts them at much greater competition
with each other for education and work and
makes fewer resources
available because of the relatively few productive workers. |
front 20 What is the connection between the wave of urbanization in developing
countries and the
setting in motion of a vicious circle for many
young people in these countries? | back 20 As teens leave the countryside for the city, they lose the support
and social controls
of the family. Unlikely to be able to afford
to continue their education, they become prey to
economic and
sexual exploitation. Their poverty and lack of qualifications makes it
likely
that their children, of whom they generally have many at
early ages, will be trapped in a
similar cycle |
front 21 On the first day of class, Professor Parameswaran says, "We will
look at adolescence as a set of interacting changes to the person that
take place in interacting contexts." This most
closely
reflects a(n) _____ perspective.
A) psychodynamic
B)
ecological systems
C) behaviourist
D) checks and balances | |
front 22 The tendency for adolescents throughout the world to want to have the
clothing, video games, and other goods that are currently fashionable
is known as
A) status envy.
B) Westernism.
C)
consumerism.
D) socialization. | |
front 23 Benito, 13, lives in the capital city of a Third World country. His
parents are too poor to pay for school fees and uniforms for him and
his brothers and sisters, so he quit school after 4th grade to go to
work running errands for a neighbour who has a stand in the market.
Benito and his family are directly affected by what the textbook
describes as
A) globalization.
B) a virtuous cycle.
C)
a vicious cycle.
D) a business cycle. | |