Jorge, a male Euro-Hispanic eighth grader at the local middle school, is quite mature for his age. He has studied his familys cultural heritage and has come to embrace the strengths of both his mothers German heritage and his fathers Latin American heritage. He has completely embraced his bicultural identity. Jorge appears to be in the _____________________ stage of his racial identity.
a. Encounter
b. Pre-encounter
c. Developmental
d. Identity
e. Internalization
Q. 2Girls who have _____ tend to have higher career goals, regardless of the family's SES.
a. full-time employed fathers
b. employed mothers
c. intact families
d. high English and math scores
e. healthy peer relationships
Q. 3new Despite similar academic achievement, 7th grade boys favor _____ while girls favor _____:
a. Vocational careers; Professional Careers
b. Working outside of the home; being a homemaker
c. Math; English
d. Physical labor; Intellectual labor
e. High prestige occupations; Part-time jobs so they can watch their children
Q. 4Many middle school students begin to set vocational limitations for themselves because too often teachers and other adults have unfounded lower expectations for minority and _____________________ students.
a. female
b. disabled
c. developmentally delayed
d. poor
e. mentally ill
Q. 5Susan, the school counselor at Able Middle School, has been meeting with Derrick intermittently to help him formulate an early career identity and make preliminary decisions regarding course choice in high school. Derrick is of average athletic ability, yet is insistent that he is going to be a professional baseball player because he has researched income potential. At this stage, it would be most appropriate for
Susan to _____________________________
__________.
a. allow Derrick to retain his optimism and let his understanding mature over time
b. be very clear with Derrick about the chances of acquiring a contract
c. encourage Derrick to become involved with Little League to increase his awareness
d. contact Derricks parents and express her concern regarding his lofty goal
e. work with Derrick to formulate more realistic goals
Q. 6The ____________________________ refers to the early adolescents sense of being special, unique, and invincible.
a. cognitive restructuring
b. personal fable
c. complexity syndrome
d. ego projection
e. One-upism
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