Although boys and girls progress through the process of identity formation at the same pace, research has revealed that college women
a. are more concerned about careers than their male counterparts.
b. are more concerned about aspects of identity that center on sexuality and gender roles than males appear to be.
c. are more likely to be high achievers than male students.
d. remain in a state of identity diffusion until after graduation.
Question 2A(n) ____ is an involuntary and automatic response to a stimulus.
a. reflex
b. habit
c. autostimulator
d. REM
Question 3At age 12, most adolescents have the ____ identity status, and by age 24, they have the _____ status.
a. moratorium; foreclosed
b. identity-achieved; moratorium
c. foreclosed; identity-diffused.
d. identity-diffused; identity-achieved
Question 4Delays in infant-naming are common in cultures that
a. have difficulty generating enough distinctive names.
b. are relatively tolerant and permissive about abuse.
c. suffer from high rates of infant mortality.
d. have parents who conceal their children from tax officers or from schools.
Question 5Joe Kool has attended college for eight years, but he has no degree. Joe changed his major 20 times. He's calm; his identity status is
a. foreclosed.
b. identity diffused.
c. identity achieved.
d. in moratorium.
Question 6____ is a change in behavior that results from experience.
a. Visual contrast
b. Counterconditioning
c. Learning
d. Reinforcement
Question 7Teenagers with the ____ identity status are presently suffering through an identity crisis.
a. identity-achieved
b. identity-diffused
c. moratorium
d. foreclosed