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51. If Susie is a typical teenager, you would expect her to complain that the warmth she feels toward her mother is _________ and the warmth she feels toward her father is ___________. a. decreasing; increasing b. increasing; decreasing c. increasing; increasing d. decreasing; decreasing 52. Suppose the Jones family has four children. The level of conflict in the family is most likely to increase the most dramatically when which of these children reaches adolescence? a. when the oldest child reaches adolescence b. when the second child reaches adolescence c. when the third child reaches adolescence d. when the youngest child reaches adolescence 53. Linda’s mother and father give her considerable freedom to choose her friends and activities, but they also pay careful attention to where she is, what she is doing, and whom she is with. Her parents’ attention to knowing about Linda’s activities is what researchers mean by the term: a. parental warmth b. social comparison c. interdependence d. parental monitoring 54. In the United States today, adolescents typically spend about ____ time with their peers as they do with their parents. a. half as much b. the same amount of c. twice as much d. ten times as much 55. If Julia is a typical teenager growing up in the United States, she would probably spend about ____ time with her peers, compared to her parents. a. half as much b. the same amount of c. twice as much d. ten times as much 56. The process we all use to evaluate our personal abilities, behaviors, personality characteristics, appearance, reactions, and general sense of self against the characteristics of others is called: a. self-exploration b. self-identification c. social comparison d. mutual regulation 57. Jose constantly measures himself against his friends, noting how he is better at some things and not as good at others. This process is called: a. foreclosure b. identity diffusion c. interdependence d. social comparison 58. Jennie evaluates herself by considering how her accomplishments stack up against those of her friends. This process is called: a. social comparison b. identity fusion c. interdependence d. intradependence 59. The text uses the term peer arena to describe which of the following? a. the small group of “best friends” that each teenager relies on for advice and support b. the large group of many different kinds of people each teenager interacts with c. the “imaginary audience” that teenagers imagine they are being compared to d. the group of opposite-sex peers that the teenager would like to date 60. Which of the following considerations would typically be the focus of older adolescents, rather than of younger adolescents? a. physical appearance b. intimacy with a member of the opposite gender c. characteristics associated with popularity d. characteristics associated with a good sense of humor