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Psychological autonomy refers to:

connection with peerstrustself disciplinethe freedom to form opinions

High self esteem is associated with:

poor social adjustmentpositive parental supportconformity to peersall of the above

Middle children often feel:

more supported by parentscheated of parental attentionprivilegedspecial parental attention

Empathy refers to:

sympathyapathysensitivity toward othersemotionality

Negative affect refers to:

conformityrejection by family memberspunishmentdeviance

What is the best way that teens can earn parental trust?

make sure their friends appear trustworthyrarely disagreetalk with parents about his or her lifebe very careful when breaking rules

Securely attached individuals have parents that are:

marriedaloofwarm and nurturingFinancially stable

Anxious attached adolescents are:

criminalnervous and insecuremostly from the middle classmentally ill

Enmeshed family members:

know every aspect of each other's livesseldom talkare disengagedsuffer depression

Functional families are:

Allow room for independence when children grow olderVery cohesive when children are smallerBoth 1 and 2None of the above

Authoritarian parenting refers to:

being democraticauthoritative controlmy way or the highwaypermissiveness

Permissive parental control refers to:

authoritative controlparents making all the decisionsbeing democraticadolescents have majority decision control

Authoritative parents are:

Strict disciplinarianshigh in flexibility and low in disciplineaffectionate and at least moderately controllingnone of the above

Adolescents argue more with their:

same-sex peersparentssiblingsopposite-sex peers

An example of intellectual neglect is:

sexual abusephysical abuseassigning choresnot checking homework

	According to Newman, adolescents want their parents to let them know that they love them.

	True False

	Emotional sensitivity is a synonym for empathy.
	Emotional sensitivity is a synonym for empathy.
	True False

	Adolescents who are too dependent on their parents are not as able to develop fulfilling peer friendships.

	True False

	Families that are disconnected or isolated from each other are called enmeshed.

	True False

	In an authoritative parental control pattern, both the adolescent and the parent are involved in decision making.

	True False

	An authoritative parental control pattern in considered erratic.

	True False

	Monitored adolescents use drugs less.
	Monitored adolescents use drugs less.
	True False

	Finding out more about their parents is one advantage of the adolescent-grandparent relationship.

	True False

List and explain three positive effects that grandparents may have on adolescents.

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List and illustrate three major kinds of maltreatment to which children are exposed.

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List and describe the four basic categories of parenting styles. Which is best? Why?

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Practice Tests

Psychological autonomy refers to:

High self esteem is associated with:

Middle children often feel:

Empathy refers to:

Negative affect refers to:

What is the best way that teens can earn parental trust?

Securely attached individuals have parents that are:

Anxious attached adolescents are:

Enmeshed family members:

Functional families are:

Authoritarian parenting refers to:

Permissive parental control refers to:

Authoritative parents are:

Adolescents argue more with their:

An example of intellectual neglect is:

According to Newman, adolescents want their parents to let them know that they love them.

Emotional sensitivity is a synonym for empathy.

Adolescents who are too dependent on their parents are not as able to develop fulfilling peer friendships.

Families that are disconnected or isolated from each other are called enmeshed.

In an authoritative parental control pattern, both the adolescent and the parent are involved in decision making.

An authoritative parental control pattern in considered erratic.

Monitored adolescents use drugs less.

Finding out more about their parents is one advantage of the adolescent-grandparent relationship.

List and explain three positive effects that grandparents may have on adolescents.

List and illustrate three major kinds of maltreatment to which children are exposed.

List and describe the four basic categories of parenting styles. Which is best? Why?