Enter a chat room for parents of teenagers and monitor the conversation for a few days. What topics seem most likely to generate interest? How good is the advice given?
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Why do parents and adolescents argue over everyday issues? |
| | A) | Because of the generation gap. Parents and adolescents tend to hold values that are quite different from one another. |
| | B) | Because parents and adolescents tend to define issues differently. Parents tend to see issues as matters of social convention, but adolescents see issues as matters of personal choice. |
| | C) | Because of cognitive dissonance. Parents tend to define issues in terms of personal choice, but adolescents tend to define issues in terms of right and wrong. |
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Which of the following describe how families function as a system? Check all that apply. |
| | A) | Families try to maintain patterns of established behavior. |
| | B) | Changes in one family member do not affect the other family members. |
| | C) | Families go through a period of disequilibrium just after a change. |
| | D) | Family relationships do not change during adolescence. |
| | E) | When one person in a family changes, the whole system needs to readjust. |
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Why is authoritative parenting associated with better adolescent outcomes than other styles of parenting? Check all that apply. |
| | A) | Authoritative parenting allows teens to develop self-reliance but also provides the boundaries and standards that teens need. |
| | B) | Authoritative parenting may increase adolescents' ability to withstand potentially negative influences. |
| | C) | Authoritative parenting encourages the adolescent to think. |
| | D) | Authoritative parenting may result in adolescents identifying more closely with their parents and being more open to their parents' influence. |
| | E) | Responsible, curious, self-directed adolescents may evoke warm, flexible parenting. |
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The book states that authoritative parenting is less prevalent among African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic families than it is among white families. What does that mean? |
| | A) | Authoritative parenting is more beneficial for white adolescents than for adolescents of other ethnic backgrounds. |
| | B) | A larger proportion of white families are classified as authoritative than families from other ethnic backgrounds. |
| | C) | These differences are largely due to social and levels of education. Once socioeconomic status is taken into account, the differences between ethnic groups disappears. |
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Which of the following statements is true? |
| | A) | Autonomy and attachment are antithetical to one another. Adolescents who are close to their parents have a hard time acting independently. |
| | B) | Adolescents seem to develop best when they are allowed to express their individuality within the context of a close family relationship. |
| | C) | Constraining interactions tend to promote close family bonds. |
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Which of the following best summarizes why siblings who grow up in the same home are quite different from one another? |
| | A) | Shared environmental influences are relatively strong during adolescence. |
| | B) | Nonshared environmental influences are both important and strong during adolescence. |
| | C) | Non-twin siblings show almost no genetic overlap. |
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John's mother works in a very stressful job and wishes she did not have to work. Mary's mother enjoys her job. Who will be more negatively affected by maternal employment and why? |
| | A) | Mary, because she is a female and needs a role model around the house. |
| | B) | John, because his mother is often unhappy about her job. |
| | C) | Mary, because her mother enjoys her job so much that she doesn't pay any attention to her family. |
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Overall, what can you conclude about effects of divorce on adolescents? |
| | A) | There are no differences between children from divorced and non-divorced homes. |
| | B) | The differences between children from divorced and non-divorced homes are quite small and favor children from non-divorced homes. |
| | C) | The differences between children from divorced and non-divorced homes are quite small and favor children from divorced homes. |
| | D) | The differences between children from divorced and non-divorced homes are quite large and favor children from non-divorced homes. |
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What are some changes that have occurred among American families in the last 50 years? Check all that apply. |
| | A) | The divorce rate has increased. |
| | B) | The number of single parents has increased. |
| | C) | More mothers are working today than in the past. |
| | D) | The gap between very poor families and very wealthy families has gotten smaller. |
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Which of the following is the best predictor of healthy psychological growth during adolescence? |
| | A) | growing up in an intact, two-parent family |
| | B) | having warm, positive family relationships |
| | C) | growing up in a well-educated family in which both parents are employed |
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