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Adolescence, 6/e
Laurence Steinberg, Temple University

The Contexts of Adolescence
Work and Leisure

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1

The rise in the service and retail sectors of the American economy following World War II fueled the emergence of the .
2

Adolescents spend the largest percentage of their time engaging in .
3

About percent of American high school students will have worked by the time they graduate.
4

adolescents are much less likely than American adolescents to work while attending high school.
5

In the United States, adolescents from the class are most likely to be employed.
6

Most jobs held by adolescents are boring, repetitive and .
7

One of the benefits of adolescents working is that they tend to be than adolescents who don't work.
8

The increase in discretionary spending for adolescents who work is called .
9

Young people who work are more likely to use than young people who don't work.
10

The segment of the adolescent population with the highest level of unemployment is youth.
11

The most popular form of extracurricular activity among adolescents is .
12

Adolescents who participate in extracurricular activities tend to earn grades than those who don't.
13

children are most likely to be home after school without an adult.
14

Studies have demonstrated that the sexual violence depicted on MTV has a negative influence on adolescents' values and behavior.
15

Television viewing tends to throughout the adolescent years.
16

The average high school student has $ in spending money every month.
17

Younger adolescents spend proportion of their time on school work and related activities than older adolescents do.
18

The rate of inflation on goods and services typically purchased by teens, the rate of inflation on other goods and services during the 1970s.
19

One of adolescent work is that they spend a considerable amount of time on the job in supervisor-worker relationships involving peers.
20

One business practice that young workers report is giving away merchandise for free.
21

Researchers have found that adolescents report being in moods while at work than during school or leisure activities.
22

messages are particularly prevalent in television shows viewed by teenagers.
23

Data showing a pattern tends to look like an U shape when graphed.
24

The Method generally involves random reporting of activities throughout the day.
25

The of self-care arrangements seems to be important for determining the potential costs of self care for children.