Question

Research has found that teenage pregnancy can result in

a reduced chance of having children who have learning difficulties.

a reduced chance of death during childbirth.

higher than average lifetime earnings.

a reduced likelihood of finishing high school.
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 2

Which of the following statements concerning suicide is correct?

Males are more likely than females to succeed at suicide.

The risk of suicide decreases with the use of drugs and alcohol.

Underpopulated areas have lower rates of suicide than do overpopulated areas. c. Males are more likely than

Males are more likely than females to attempt suicide
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 3

Adolescence in American society generally includes the ages between

13 and 16.

13 and 21.

11 and 15.

12 and 19.
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Question at position 4

One factor that encouraged the rise of dating was

coeducational schools.

movement away from cities.

the American Revolution.

the development of television. the American Revolution.
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 5

Under the traditional system of dating, men who dated probably

paid the expenses of the dates themselves.

shared the costs with their dates.

went out with groups of friends.

waited to be asked out by women friends.
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 6

Which of the following statements best illustrates the search for self that occurs during adolescence?

“I am taking a job at a pet store this summer because I think I want to be a veterinarian.”

“I wish my parents would let me stay out as late as my friends want me to stay out.”

“I have to make up my mind about who to take to the prom.”

“I have been going to the doctor lately fo
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 7

express purpose is eventual marriage

prom

courtship

online dating

dating
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 8

formal ceremonies that mark the entrance of young people into adulthood

courtship

rites of passage

adolescence

recreation
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Question at position 9

possibly the greatest source of pressure on teenagers

preachers

parents

peers

teachers
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Question at position 10

degree of attachment people have to social groups or to society as a whole

progressive perspective

self determination

sticky effect

social integration
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 11

physical maturing that makes an individual capable of sexual reproduction

adolescence

puberty

high school

junior high
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Question at position 12

social factor that triggers copycat suicides

courtship

peer grouping

dating

cluster effect
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Question at position 13

period between the normal onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood

recreational period

adolescence

socialization time

rites of passage
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 14

principal cause of the dramatic increase in gang violence in the late 20th century

marijuana

malt liquor

crack cocaine

prohibition
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Multiple Choice
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Question at position 15

Not engaging in sexual behavior is referred to as _______________________.

abstinence

isolationism

recreation

social homogamy
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True or False
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Question at position 16

Bullying results in a decline in social standards of behavior.

True

False
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True or False
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Question at position 17

Homogamy is the term for the tendency of individuals to marry people who have social characteristics similar to their own.

True

False

Answer 1

1. A reduced likelihood of finishing high school.

2. Males are more likely than females to succeed at suicide.

3. 12 and 19.

4. Coeducational schools.

5. Paid the expenses of the dates themselves.

6. “I am taking a job at a pet store this summer because I think I want to be a veterinarian.”

7. Courtship.

8. Rites of passage.

9. Peers.

10. Social integration.

11. Puberty.

12. Cluster effect.

13. Adolescence.

14. Crack cocaine.

15. Abstinence.

16. True.

17. True.