COUN 6215 Module 3 Quiz - Week 6...QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 98%

• Question 6 Invincibility fable. 1 out of 1 points One gender-related characteristic of peer evaluations is that Selected Answer: boys are more likely than girls to be rejected for behaving in gender-inconsistent ways. • Question 7 1 out of 1 points Experimentation with deviant or risky behaviors (drug use, vandalism, sex, truancy, etc.) in adolescence is Selected Answer: • Question 8 typical of this age group and can be considered statistically normative. 1 out of 1 points Tiffany is 3 years old. She knows that she is a girl, and she expects to be a girl tomorrow, but she does not understand that her gender is permanent. She believes that cutting her hair short could change her gender. Tiffany has but not . Selected Answer: • Question 9 gender stability / gender constancy 1 out of 1 points Which of the following parenting styles is most closely associated with positive outcomes in psychosocial development and school achievement for adolescents? Selected Answer: Authoritativ e. • Question 10 0 out of 1 points What does contemporary research suggest about the nature of sexual orientation? Selected Answer: Sexual orientation is determined earlier for boys than for girls. • Question 11 1 out of 1 points According to Erikson, what are the processes involved in the development of identity? Selected Answer: Exploration and commitment. • Question 12 1 out of 1 points Research indicates that children’s feelings of autonomy from peers are likely to be at their lowest point for which of the following age groups? Selected Answer: 8th grade • Question 13 1 out of 1 points Males are less likely to survive than females, both before and after birth. One important reason is that Selected Answer: males are more vulnerable to disorders caused by X-linked recessive alleles than females. • Question 14 1 out of 1 points Which of the following is a well-documented gender difference in brain structure? Selected Answer: Male brains are more lateralized than female brains. • Question 15 1 out of 1 points For an adolescent engaging in risky behavior (e.g., alcohol use), one strategy that counselors can use is to introduce dissonance into the discussion. Before a counselor can do so effectively, she must Selected Answer: interview the teen about his or her own current beliefs and expectations. • Question 16 1 out of 1 points When counseling adolescents who are unsure of their sexual identity, helpers should keep in mind that Selected Answer: the majority of gender-minority youth experience both same- sex and other-sex attractions in the process of coming out. • Question 17 1 out of 1 points What kind of peer intervention is least likely to be helpful to troubled teens? Selected Answer: Moving troubled teens to a new school so that they are separated from at-risk peers. • Question 18 1 out of 1 points As a toddler, Joey loved to “dance” with his mother and his sisters, twirling around the house to music. By age 5, Joey refused to dance anymore, saying that dancing was for girls. His mother felt that he really wanted to dance but that he just wouldn’t. How would a cognitive theorist explain Joey’s attitude toward dancing? Selected Answer: Joey is intrinsically motivated to engage in behaviors that he believes are consistent with his gender. • Question 19 1 out of 1 points High levels of parental monitoring and control are associated with which of the following outcomes regardless of ethnicity or social class? Selected Answer: Less deviant behavior and drug use among adolescents. • Question 20 1 out of 1 points Steinberg and Scott (2003) argue that when teenagers are found guilty of a crime, it may be that their culpability is mitigated in comparison to that of typical adults. Which of these is not one of the reasons they argue teenagers are probably less culpable than adults? Selected Answer: Fluctuating hormone levels. • Question 21 1 out of 1 points Which of the following traits best characterizes popular children across a wide variety of cultures? Selected Answer: Sociable and helpful. • Question 22 1 out of 1 points What is the “two-pronged approach” to helping adolescents with their behavioral, social, or academic problems? Selected Answer: A focus on reducing risk factors while also enhancing protective factors. • Question 23 1 out of 1 points Most theories of racial, ethnic or sexual identity include which of the following ideas? Selected Answer: Realizing the significance of race, ethnicity or sexual orientation plays a critical role. • Question 24 1 out of 1 points Studies of peer groups indicate that children’s conformity to peers can best be described as resulting from Selected Answer: both peer influence and selection of similar peers. • Question 25 1 out of 1 points A coping style which has been linked to higher levels of depression among adolescent girls and women is Selected Answer: