PSYCH 2314 Final EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Identify status of James Marcia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity
moratorium, and identity achievement
What are the stags of development of ethnic identity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unexamined ethnic
identity (similar to diffusion or foreclosure)
Ethnic identity search (similar to moratorium)
Explore ethnic culture...participate...
Achieved ethnic identity = self-acceptance
What are the leading causes of deaths in adolescents? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Accidents (vehicular),
Homicides, Suicide
What is a clique? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅5 to 10 individuals who hang around together, sharing
activities and confidences
What is a crowd? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅larger groups, identified by their activities or attitudes
Usually given labels (jocks, brains, druggies, nerds, rejects...)
Suicide facts - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Third leading cause of death among adolescents
Since 1960, the rate has more than tripled for ages 15 to 24
@ 1 to 2 American adolescents in 10,000 commit suicide each year
@ 1 in 10 has attempted suicide at least once
Most are linked to feelings of depression and hopelessness
4 areas of psychological problems:
Confusion about the self
Impulsiveness
Emotional instability
Interpersonal problems
, Suicide tends to run in families
Warning signs of suicide among adolescents:
Belief that it is acceptable to kill oneself
Drug abuse and other kinds of delinquency
Victimization by bullying
Extensive body piercing
Stress
Hostility
Depression and other psychological disorders
Heavy smoking
Low self-esteem
Increasing age from 11 to 21
Ethnicity, Gender, and Race
Suicide rates:
Native American and Latin American teenagers have highest
European Americans next
African Americans are least likely to attempt or think about it
@ 3 times as many females as males attempt suicide
@ 4 times as many males complete a suicide
What type of relationship do adolescents have with their parents? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅W/ Parents
Spend less time w/ their parents
Interact more w/ mothers than fathers
Have more conflicts w/ their mothers
Continue to maintain love, loyalty, and respect for their parents
Adolescence, who feel close to their parents, have more:
Self-reliance
Self-esteem
Better school performance
Identify status of James Marcia - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅identity diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity
moratorium, and identity achievement
What are the stags of development of ethnic identity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unexamined ethnic
identity (similar to diffusion or foreclosure)
Ethnic identity search (similar to moratorium)
Explore ethnic culture...participate...
Achieved ethnic identity = self-acceptance
What are the leading causes of deaths in adolescents? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Accidents (vehicular),
Homicides, Suicide
What is a clique? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅5 to 10 individuals who hang around together, sharing
activities and confidences
What is a crowd? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅larger groups, identified by their activities or attitudes
Usually given labels (jocks, brains, druggies, nerds, rejects...)
Suicide facts - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Third leading cause of death among adolescents
Since 1960, the rate has more than tripled for ages 15 to 24
@ 1 to 2 American adolescents in 10,000 commit suicide each year
@ 1 in 10 has attempted suicide at least once
Most are linked to feelings of depression and hopelessness
4 areas of psychological problems:
Confusion about the self
Impulsiveness
Emotional instability
Interpersonal problems
, Suicide tends to run in families
Warning signs of suicide among adolescents:
Belief that it is acceptable to kill oneself
Drug abuse and other kinds of delinquency
Victimization by bullying
Extensive body piercing
Stress
Hostility
Depression and other psychological disorders
Heavy smoking
Low self-esteem
Increasing age from 11 to 21
Ethnicity, Gender, and Race
Suicide rates:
Native American and Latin American teenagers have highest
European Americans next
African Americans are least likely to attempt or think about it
@ 3 times as many females as males attempt suicide
@ 4 times as many males complete a suicide
What type of relationship do adolescents have with their parents? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅W/ Parents
Spend less time w/ their parents
Interact more w/ mothers than fathers
Have more conflicts w/ their mothers
Continue to maintain love, loyalty, and respect for their parents
Adolescence, who feel close to their parents, have more:
Self-reliance
Self-esteem
Better school performance
