| Major Section | Study Guide Features |
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| I.Achievement as an Adolescent | Important terms: achievement |
| | Multiple choice questions: 1 Fill in the blank questions: 23 |
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II.Achievement Motives and Beliefs | |
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| A.The motive to achieve | Learning Objectives: 1 |
| | Important terms: need for achievement, fear of failure, underachievers Multiple choice questions: 2, 3, 5 Fill in the blank questions: 1-2 Matching questions: 1, 7, 11 |
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| B.Patterns of Achievement | Multiple choice questions: 6, 7, 31 |
| in Adolescent Boys and Girls | Fill in the blank questions: 24 |
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| C.The importance of beliefs | Learning Objectives: 2-3 |
| | Important terms: intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, self efficacy, achievement attribution, learned helplessness Multiple choice questions: 8, 9, 30 Fill in the blank questions: 3-6, 21 Matching questions: 8, 12, 16, 19,20 |
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| D.Environmental influences | Multiple choice questions: 32 |
| on achievement | Fill in the blank questions: 24 |
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| E.The influence of the home | Learning Objectives: 4 |
| environment | Important terms: cultural capital, |
| | social capital Multiple choice questions: 10-13 Fill in the blank questions: 7-9 Matching questions: 2, 14 |
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| F.The influence of friends | Learning Objectives: 5 |
| | Multiple choice questions: 14, 16 |
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| G.Educational achievement | Important terms: school performance, academic |
| | achievement, educational attainment Multiple choice questions: 15, 17,33 Fill in the blank questions: 10 Matching questions: 3, 9, 17 |
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| H.Stress as the Link Between | Learning Objectives: 6 |
| Socioeconomic Status and Achievement | Important terms: mediating variable, |
| | stressful life events Multiple choice questions: 18 Fill in the blank questions: 13 Matching questions: 4 |
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| I.The importance of | Learning Objectives: 6 |
| socioeconomic status | Multiple choice questions: 19 |
| | Fill in the blank questions: 11 |
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| J.Ethnic differences in | Learning Objectives: 6 |
| educational achievement | Multiple choice questions: 20 |
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| K. Changes in educational | Learning Objectives: 7 |
| achievement over time | Important terms: National |
| | Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Multiple choice questions:21, 24, 25 Fill in the blank questions: 12, 14, 15 |
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| L.Dropping out of high school | Learning Objectives: 8 |
| | Multiple choice questions: 22-23 Fill in the blank questions: 16-17 |
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| II. Occupational Achievement | |
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| A.The development of | Learning Objectives: 9 |
| occupational plans | Important terms: Donald Super, |
| | crystallization, specification Multiple choice questions: 26-27 Fill in the blank questions: 18 Matching questions: 5, 15, 18 |
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| B.Influences on occupational choices | Learning Objectives: 10 |
| | Important terms: Self-Directed Search, John Holland, occupational attainment Multiple choice questions: 28, 29,34 Fill in the blank questions:19-20 Matching questions: 6, 10 |
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