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PSYC 3480 Midterm 3 Exam Questions and Answers Origins of adolescent free time in contemporary society - Ans:-(1) development of compulsory schooling (2) increased affluence of Americans after WWII How do American adol compare to adol of other countries concerning patterns of time use - Ans:-(1...

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PSYC 3480 Midterm 3 Exam Questions and Answers


Origins of adolescent free time in contemporary society - Ans:✔✔-(1) development of compulsory

schooling


(2) increased affluence of Americans after WWII


How do American adol compare to adol of other countries concerning patterns of time use - Ans:✔✔-(1)

American adol spend far more time on leisure and far less time on productive activities.


(2) European and Asians spend more time on homework and reading for pleasure


Why did the trend of HS students holding part time jobs reverse 15 years ago (i.e. shift from increase to

decline)? - Ans:✔✔-(1) Tougher HS standards


(2) Increase in college interests and AP courses


(3) Reaction of economy during 20th century increased competition for same jobs that teens could get

more easily before


(4) Growth of technology


Adolescent work environment - Ans:✔✔-(1) Few jobs permit adol to have independence, receive little

instruction from supervisors, and rarely use school skills

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(2) Some are high stress


(3) Teens do not report jobs as dreary


Premature affluence - Ans:✔✔-having more income than one an manage maturely, esp. during adol


Does working help adolescents develop a sense of responsibility? - Ans:✔✔-(1) benefits have been

overstated


(2) studies do not show that holding a job makes adolescents personally responsible


(3) fewer than 10% save for future education or help family


(4) working may teach teens undesirable lessons about meaning of money


(5) development of maturity depends on job


Does working interfere with school? - Ans:✔✔-(1) working more than 20 hrs/week may interfere w/

school performance


(2) may increase likelihood of dropping out


(3) impact on actual grades and test scores is small


experience sampling method - Ans:✔✔-method of collecting at a about adolescent's emotional states, in

which individuals are paged and asked to report mood and activity



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flow experience - Ans:✔✔-experience of high levels of both concentration and interest at the same time


when is a positive combination of high motivation, concentration, and engagement most commonly

observed? - Ans:✔✔-when involved in sports or art enrichment


spillover effect - Ans:✔✔-school sponsored extracurricular helps strengthen students attachment to

school and contributes to future educational success


Impact of extracurricular activities on development - Ans:✔✔-(1) improve school performance, reduces

likelihood of dropping out and deters anti-social behavior


(2) involvement in sports increases likelihood of alcohol use and delinquency


(3) spillover effect


(4) emotional development


(5) may come into contact with adolescents who benefit them


(6) racial mixing (more so for guys)


(7) greater self-esteem


routine activity theory - Ans:✔✔-perspective on adolescents that views unstructured, unsupervised time

with peers as main cause of misbehavior




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