Question : MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.According to ________, adolescents face a crisis between identity : 1245402

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1.According to ________, adolescents face a crisis between identity and role confusion. They must balance the desire to try out different selves with the need to select a single self.

a.Erik Eriksonc.Lev Vygotsky

b.Sigmund Freudd.Jean Piaget

2.What type of reasoning skills, usually developed during the formal-operational stage of Piaget’s theory, are needed for an adolescent to experiment with different selves to learn more about possible identities?

a.deductive reasoning skillsc.intuitive reasoning skills

b.hypothetical reasoning skillsd.expansive reasoning skills

3.Gabe is a 17-year-old high school student who is nearing the end of his junior year. His parents have been asking him about what colleges he may want to attend, but he has done nothing to gather information about the various options. He knows he wants to go to college, but hasn’t sent away for any brochures or done any online research. Gabe is currently experiencing which of Marcia’s identity statuses?

a.identity moratoriumc.identity achievement

b.identity foreclosured.identity diffusion

4.P.J. is in 10th grade, and has some incredible skill at ballet. He has been dancing since he was young, invites his friends and his girlfriend to all of his performances, and has expressed to his parents that this is what he wants to do for his future. His parents, though supportive of dance as a hobby, have told him, “If you want to dance for fun in college that is up to you, but you are going to study law or medicine so that you can support yourself.” They have not really given him a choice, and P.J. has accepted their decision even though it makes him unhappy. According to Marcia, P.J. is currently experiencing

a.identity moratorium.c.identity diffusion.

b.identity foreclosure.d.identity achievement.

5.“Overwhelmed” is to identity ________ as “completed” is to identity ________.

a.moratorium; foreclosurec.achievement; moratorium

b.diffusion; achievementd.foreclosure; diffusion

6.Patrick wakes up one morning before high school to find that he has developed an enormous pimple right on the end of his nose. All throughout the day he is absolutely sure that everyone is staring at the blemish, when in reality almost nobody cares enough about it to even look. Patrick’s certainty that he is the focus of others’ attention demonstrates ________.

a.identity moratoriumc.limited centration

b.adolescent arroganced.the imaginary audience

7.Which best describes the thought process underlying adolescent egocentrism?

a.Adolescents cannot believe that others have different perspectives than they have.

b.Adolescents do whatever their parents say.

c.Adolescents believe that everyone is ignoring them.

d.Adolescents are much more interested in their own feelings than those of others.

8.Abby is 16, and Andy is 5. Both exhibit egocentrism. How is this egocentrism MOST LIKELY to differ between them?

a.Andy is going to exhibit more self-interest.

b.Abby has reached achievement in most areas.

c.Abby knows that other people have different perspectives than her own.

d.Andy is more likely to exhibit the illusion of vulnerability.

9.Which of the following phenomena do you think BEST explains why so many teenagers who engage in sexual intercourse choose not to use contraception?

a.the illusion of invulnerabilityc.adolescent egocentrism

b.the personal fabled.the imaginary audience

10.When Tanya comes home from the 10th grade dance in tears, she runs right to her room and slams the door. When her mother knocks to ask her what is wrong, she yells, “I can’t believe he broke up with me at a dance! I don’t want to talk about it. Nobody could EVER understand how I feel right now!” Tanya’s belief that her experience is unique and that nobody has ever experienced a similarly painful break-up demonstrates

a.the personal fable.c.adolescent egocentrism.

b.the illusion of invulnerability.d.the imaginary audience.

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