1. According to the text, in comparison with younger adolescents, older adolescents are _____ concerned with their date’s physical appearance and ______ concerned with their date’s personality characteristics. a. more; more b. less; more c. more; less d. less; less 2. In comparison to statistics from the 1970s, today in the United States surveys find that cigarette smoking by adolescents has: a. increased substantially b. increased slightly c. remained about the same d. declined substantially 3. Since the mid-1950s, suicide rates for adolescents ages 15 to 19 have_________. a. declined slightly b. stayed about the same c. increased slightly d. nearly tripled 4. According to the text, the two major tasks for teenagers to accomplish during adolescence are: a. developing a mature view of sexuality and learning to “love†themselves b. forming an identity and becoming independent from parents c. making “good†friends and staying out of trouble d. selecting a career and preparing to enter it 5. Which parenting style is associated with the most positive outcome for adolescent behavior? a. authoritarian b. authoritative c. permissive d. neglectful 6.  In comparison to a crowd, a clique is _______ and is ______ likely to include members of both genders. a. larger; less b. larger; more c. smaller; less d. smaller; more 7. Judy was raised by Republican parents and so, when asked her party preferences, she says, “Hmm…I guess I’m a Republican, but I really don’t know.â€Â  Generalizing from Marcia’s view of identity formation, which label best describes Judy’s political identity status? a. identity achievement b. foreclosure c. diffusion d. moratorium 8. 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 9. Carlos is an adolescent boy who has been subjected to sexual abuse. Which of the following people would most likely have been the abuser? a. Renaldo, who is his biological father. b. Maria, who is his biological mother. c. Julia, who is his stepmother d. Marco, who is not a family member 10. Suppose you are reading statistics about a particular college. This college reports that about 30-40% of the student body has been treated for depression. Generalizing from statistics reported in the text, you would know that the students at this college are about ____ as likely to suffer from depression as are students nation-wide. a. half b. equally c. twice d. four times