Intimacy Complete Test Bank Chapter.10 12th Edition

Adolescence, 12e (Steinberg)

Chapter 10 Intimacy

1) When college students were asked to rate the most important criteria for deciding when someone is ready to get married, what was the most consistently endorsed item?

A) capacity for intimacy

B) being physically mature enough to have a child

C) being emotionally mature enough to have a child

D) being financially secure

2) As used in the study of adolescence, the term intimacy refers to an emotional attachment between two people that is characterized by

A) lack of concern for each other's well-being.

B) a sexual and/or physical relationship.

C) a willingness to disclose private, sometimes sensitive, information.

D) pursuing divergent interests and activities.

3) Intimate relationships of adolescents

A) require physical involvement with a romantic partner.

B) do not include relationships with parents.

C) exclude connections with same-sex friends.

D) may include a variety of people and types of interactions.

4) Which statement about intimacy is true?

A) Intimacy is an important concern only in adolescence.

B) One of the central issues in the study of intimacy during adolescence is the onset of dating.

C) Intimacy is characterized by withholding discussion of private and sensitive topics.

D) Intimacy cannot take the form of close friendships between people of the same sex.

5) How do intimacy and sex differ?

A) They can exist together or separately within relationships.

B) They are both different words for the same thing.

C) There can be intimacy without sex, but no sex without intimacy.

D) There can be sex without intimacy, but no intimacy without sex.

6) Children's friendships are based on ________, whereas adolescents' friendships are typically based on ________.

A) activities; competition

B) activities; intimacy

C) intimacy; competition

D) competition; activities

7) It is likely that a limitation in children's ability to ________ inhibits their ability to have intimate interpersonal relationships.

A) feel emotional pain

B) take another person's perspective

C) care deeply

D) experience fear

8) The development of intimacy is especially important in adolescence, because

A) truly intimate relationships do not emerge until adolescence.

B) the adolescent's social world changes, with decreasing emphasis on peers.

C) growth of social cognition reflects less sophisticated conceptions of social relationships.

D) friendships transform being self-conscious to being more activity oriented.

9) Neuroimaging studies have shown that connections between different parts of the brain during adolescence cause

A) improved interpersonal competence.

B) a loss in the ability to empathize.

C) a decrease in the tendency to feel socially isolated.

D) simplified views of social relationships.

10) Adolescents spend more time ________ than anything else.

A) communicating with their friends

B) engaging in physical activity

C) engaging in sexually-oriented physical contact

D) communicating with adults

11) Which theorist presented one of the most important theoretical perspectives on the development of adolescent intimacy?

A) Freud

B) Sullivan

C) Erikson

D) Benedict

12) According to Sullivan, development can be best understood by examining transformations in

A) psychosexual needs.

B) sexual drive.

C) interpersonal needs.

D) self-conceptions.

13) According to Sullivan, the need for intimacy starts to develop during

A) childhood.

B) preadolescence.

C) early adolescence.

D) late adolescence.

14) Which child is probably experiencing the need to be intimate with a friend of the same age for the first time?

A) Carlo, who is 7

B) Dierdre, who is 18

C) Randy, who is 11

D) Connie, who is 16

15) Sullivan believed that important interpersonal transitions are more likely to be negotiated successfully if

A) they have a solid foundation of security in past relationships.

B) an individual develops appropriate cognitive skills.

C) an individual had many playmates in childhood.

D) they have a solid basis in social cognition.

16) Sullivan emphasized the social aspects of growth, suggesting that psychological development can be best understood when looked at in

A) societal terms.

B) interpersonal terms.

C) identity terms.

D) medical terms.

17) According to Sullivan, where does the capacity for intimacy first develop?

A) early adolescent, same-sex relationships

B) early adolescent, other-sex relationships

C) middle adolescent, other-sex relationships

D) preadolescent, same-sex relationships

18) Based on Sullivan's theory of interpersonal development, intimacy is first expressed in

A) sexual relationships.

B) other-sex friendships.

C) mixed-sex relationships.

D) same-sex relationships.

19) Sullivan believed a precondition to forming close relationships as an adolescent is

A) being able to take someone else's perspective.

B) forming intimate friendships during preadolescence.

C) having secure interpersonal relationships since childhood.

D) overcoming the frustration and anxiety associated with making friends in childhood.

20) In Sullivan's view, the shift in the "targets" of intimacy during early adolescence from same-sex to other-sex relationships is primarily motivated by

A) the need to transition from nonromantic to romantic relationships.

B) the onset of puberty and the emergence of sexuality and a biologically based sex drive.

C) resolving the homophobic conflict of childhood.

D) the need to appear popular by surrounding one's self with as many peers as possible.

21) According to Sullivan, if the interpersonal tasks of adolescence are negotiated successfully, the young adolescent enters late adolescence able to

A) delay intimacy until adulthood.

B) enjoy multiple sex partners without guilt.

C) experience intimacy and sex in the same relationship.

D) logically separate physical sex from feelings of intimacy.

22) When two people who have the potential to be romantic partners engage in a nonsexual relationship, this is known as

A) an intimate attachment.

B) a disorganized attachment.

C) a platonic friendship.

D) an activity-oriented friendship.

23) The close, significant emotional bond between parent and infant is called

A) attachment.

B) goodness-of-fit.

C) symbiosis.

D) the secure base.

24) An infant who is indifferent to his/her caregiver would have what type of attachment?

A) secure

B) anxious-avoidant

C) anxious-resistant

D) anxious-secure

25) Maria is the mother of a 6-month-old baby girl, Antonia. Antonia does not seem to have a close, trusting bond with Maria. Instead, their relationship is characterized by ambivalence. What type of attachment best describes Antonia's relationship with Maria?

A) secure attachment

B) anxious-resistant attachment

C) anxious-avoidant attachment

D) indifferent attachment

26) Which of the following patterns of attachment is positively correlated with high sociability in childhood?

A) anxious-resistant

B) secure

C) anxious-avoidant

D) dependent

27) Studies that compare adolescents' working models of their relationships

A) show that emotional attachments in adolescence depend entirely on attachments formed in infancy.

B) suggest that an individual's beliefs and expectations about relationships are similar across different interpersonal domains.

C) demonstrate dramatically different beliefs and expectations for different interpersonal domains.

D) show that early life attachments have no relevance to relationships developed during adolescence.

28) During infancy, Julia formed a secure attachment with her parents. This attachment has formed the basis for all her future approaches to interpersonal relationships. According to attachment theorists, Julia is employing

A) a Q-sort technique.

B) an intimate ideology.

C) an internal working model.

D) a social support theory.

29) Research assessing the link between infant attachment and the quality of interpersonal relationships in adolescence and young adulthood finds

A) an inverse relationship between the quality of infant attachment and healthy adolescent relationships.

B) little or no continuity between infant attachment and adolescent relationships.

C) that early relationships are only a factor for people with extremely negative adolescent relationships.

D) that early relationships set the stage for later interpersonal relationships.

30) Rejection sensitivity is a term that psychologists use to describe

A) oversensitivity to romantic rejection that is related to an insecure attachment in infancy and early childhood.

B) the development of a working model of relationships in which parental and peer relationships are similar.

C) the development of a working model of relationships in which romantic partners and parents are less important than peers.

D) an oversensitivity to peer rejection in childhood that leads to an oversensitivity to rejection in the adult workplace.

31) One study that used brain-imaging techniques to investigate adolescents' neural responses to rejection while playing an online game called "Cyberball" found that

A) adolescents high in rejection sensitivity show a different pattern of brain activity in response to exclusion and are more likely to develop symptoms of depression.

B) adolescents low in rejection sensitivity show a different pattern of brain activity in response to exclusion and are more likely to develop symptoms of depression.

C) adolescents high in rejection sensitivity show a different pattern of brain activity in response to exclusion and are less likely to develop symptoms of depression.

D) there are no biological differences in how individuals respond to not being thrown the ball based on whether he or she scores high or low on rejection sensitivity.

32) The structured interview used to assess an individual's past attachment history and internal working model of relationships is called the

A) Adult Attachment Interview.

B) Q-sort.

C) Intimacy Measure.

D) Adolescent Security Scale.

33) Dr. Diamond plans to conduct an interview with a patient to assess the patient's history of attachment relationships. What method would Dr. Diamond most likely use?

A) an adult attachment interview

B) a Q-sort

C) an internal working model

D) a five-factor model

34) Overall, adolescents who are securely attached to their parents and peers ________ their insecure counterparts.

A) are less likely to engage in substance abuse

B) have less academic success

C) tend to leave their parents' homes later

D) display lower social competence

35) Which of the following is a classification commonly used when coding responses to an adult attachment interview?

A) aggressive

B) avoidant

C) attentive

D) preoccupied

36) Although it is difficult to separate "selection" and "socialization" effects, individuals who are securely attached in infancy are likely to

A) be socially competent in childhood.

B) lack close friends in adolescence.

C) avoid romantic relationships in adulthood.

D) become easily depressed when rejected in adulthood.

37) It appears that Daniel is uninfluenced by his childhood relationship with his mother. For example, even though his mother wasn't around much during his childhood, instead of being upset, Daniel says, "No big deal, I didn't need her anyway." An attachment theorist would most likely describe Daniel as having

A) a secure attachment.

B) an anxious-avoidant attachment.

C) an anxious-resistant attachment.

D) a preoccupied attachment.

38) Dr. Fiore has just conducted an adult attachment interview with Jennifer. The interview revealed that Jennifer has never had a very good relationship with her parents, especially her mom. Jennifer exhibits quite a lot of depressive symptomatology and has an extremely disordered relationship with food. Based on this information, Dr. Fiore will most likely categorize Jennifer as

A) anxious.

B) dismissive or preoccupied.

C) avoidant.

D) secure.

39) During ________ concerns about loyalty and anxieties over rejection become more pronounced and may temporarily overshadow concerns about intimate self-disclosure, particularly among girls.

A) middle adolescence

B) late adolescence

C) early adolescence

D) late childhood

40) Which of the following statements about girls in middle adolescence is true?

A) They usually lack a confidante with whom they can easily talk about their problems.

B) Their friendships are fragile.

C) Their friendships are seldom disrupted by feelings of betrayal.

D) Their friendships, on average, last longer than boys' friendships do.

41) Although conflicts between adolescents and their close friends are ________ frequent than they are between adolescents and other peers, arguments between close friends are ________ emotional.

A) less; more

B) more; less

C) equally; less

D) more; never

42) Research has shown that negative interactions among teens on social media are

A) much more harmful than negative interactions in person.

B) much less harmful than negative interactions in person.

C) quite similar to negative interactions in person.

D) more likely to lead to violence than negative interactions in person.

43) With respect to Internet use and social networking sites, adolescents are likely to

A) communicate with people they have offline relationships with.

B) spend most of their time engaged in negative interactions.

C) spend time interacting with people their parents would not approve of.

D) become obsessive, to the point of neglecting in-person relationships.

44) Studies on adolescent social media usage have shown that social media ________ adolescents' friendships.

A) destroys

B) replaces

C) improves

D) criminalizes

45) Allison says that Susan is her friend because she can tell Susan secrets and Susan won't tell anyone else. Allison's definition of friendship is based on

A) play.

B) prosocial behavior.

C) intimacy and trust.

D) association.

46) Self-disclosure and loyalty become important dimensions of friendship in

A) childhood.

B) preadolescence.

C) early adolescence.

D) middle adolescence.

47) Friendships based on which of the following criteria are more likely to be found among adolescents than younger children?

A) play

B) association

C) shared activities

D) loyalty

48) Which of the following qualities in a friend would likely be more important to Sarah, a 14-year-old female, than to her 8-year-old sister, Dinah?

A) owning lots of fun toys

B) loyalty

C) enjoying similar activities

D) being helpful

49) Fourteen-year-old Fatimah, who has relatively low self-esteem and is relatively high in rejection sensitivity, is most likely to be upset with her best friend if the friend

A) criticizes Fatimah's clothes.

B) spends more time with a new friend she has made.

C) cannot come shopping with Fatimah because she has to babysit her sister.

D) disagrees with Fatimah about the boys each girl is dating.

50) Which of the following explanations of friendship would probably be associated with a child of the highest age?

A) "He always wants to play with me."

B) "He will stick up for me when a bully picks on me."

C) "He helps me figure out how to build things."

D) "He likes to go to the park with me."

51) Cassandra and Rosemarie spend a lot of time obsessing over each other's problems. What is this called?

A) co-rumination

B) an upward spiral

C) mutual self-disclosure

D) co-internal working model

52) Which of the following increases closeness, while also increasing depression and anxiousness?

A) emotional mimicry

B) self-disclosure

C) internal working models

D) co-rumination

53) Adolescents display intimacy with their friends by

A) focusing on their own concerns rather than involving friends in their problems.

B) having synchronized behaviors and emotional states.

C) showing indifference to their friends' feelings.

D) becoming less likely to negotiate than to disengage when resolving their disagreements.

54) Girls are more likely than boys to express intimacy with their friends by

A) having intimate knowledge about their friends.

B) expressing indifference when comforting their friends.

C) displaying little interest in close friendships.

D) being less concerned about a friend's faithfulness and possible rejection.

55) Adolescent females are more likely than their male peers to settle disagreements with friends by

A) letting things slide.

B) engaging in physical aggression.

C) engaging in verbal aggression.

D) apologizing.

56) Optimal social development during adolescence most likely requires healthy relationships with

A) parents.

B) peers.

C) important non-parental adults.

D) both parents and peers.

57) The likelihood that an individual will turn to a peer during a time of trouble ________ in adolescence and the likelihood of turning to a parent ________.

A) increases; increases

B) decreases; decreases

C) decreases; remains stable

D) increases; remains stable

58) Carol, an eighth-grader, is facing a big dilemma and she needs advice. To whom is Carol likely to turn for this support?

A) her friends

B) her parents

C) an adult expert outside the family

D) it depends on the specific issue at hand

59) Research suggests that with regard to the link between adolescents' relationships with their peers and their families,

A) close family relationships do not necessarily reflect close peer relationships.

B) close peer relationships do not necessarily reflect close family relationships.

C) peer and family relationships suggest little support for attachment theory.

D) improving the quality of relationships at home can help adolescents improve their peer relationships.

60) Which of the following statements about adolescents' level and degree of interaction with parents is true?

A) Adolescents interact more often with, are closer to, and argue more with their mothers than with their fathers.

B) Adolescents interact more often and are closer to their mother; however, both sons and daughters report arguing more often with their fathers than their mothers.

C) There are no differences in adolescents' level or degree of interaction with mothers and fathers.

D) Sons interact more often and are closer to fathers and daughters interact more often and are closer to mothers.

61) In general, which of the following relationships tends to be the closest?

A) mother-son relationship

B) mother-daughter relationship

C) father-son relationship

D) father-daughter relationship

62) In general, which of the following relationships tends to be the least intimate?

A) mother-son relationship

B) mother-daughter relationship

C) father-son relationship

D) father-daughter relationship

63) The extent to which an individual receives emotional or instructional assistance from his or her friends, family, and acquaintances is called ________ support.

A) social

B) parental

C) instructional

D) recreational

64) Kwame is a 16-year-old male. He spends most of his free time alone. His peers seldom invite him to spend time with them, and, even when they do, he often declines. Despite being lonely much of the time, he rarely tries to make friends or socialize, as he fears rejection. It is likely that Kwame

A) engages in excessive co-rumination.

B) does not experience a typical reaffiliation motive.

C) lacks an internal working model.

D) has an overly secure attachment to his mother.

65) Which adolescent would be predicted to have the closest relationship with a maternal grandfather?

A) a boy living with both of his biological parents

B) a girl living with both of her biological parents

C) a boy whose body is just starting to undergo the physical changes of puberty and is living with his divorced mother

D) a girl whose body is just starting to undergo the physical changes of puberty and is living with her divorced mother

66) Different ethnic groups express intimacy between adolescents and parents

A) with modest actual differences.

B) in substantially different ways.

C) in identical manners.

D) more differently than their stated beliefs.

67) The shifting focus from same-sex to opposite-sex friends during adolescence

A) varies widely among individuals.

B) is an abrupt process.

C) is a gradual process.

D) occurs at an earlier age for boys than for girls.

68) During preadolescence, ________ is the single most important determinant of friendship.

A) sex

B) ethnicity

C) socioeconomic status

D) neighborhood

69) In contrast to Sullivan's claims about adolescent friendships, more current research has found that

A) cross-sex intimacy replaces intimacy with same-sex peers.

B) adolescents usually have intimate friendships with only one or two opposite-sex peers at any given time.

C) the number of same-sex intimate friends adolescents have tends to increase or stay the same as they make opposite-sex intimate friends.

D) although cross-sex interactions increase during adolescence, there is little cross-sex intimacy.

70) Early adolescents who have more other-sex friends than their peers tend to

A) have longer romantic relationships.

B) begin entering romantic relationships at a later age.

C) be older girls befriending younger boys.

D) avoid romantic relationships until adulthood.

71) Dating among adolescents today is largely a

A) recreational activity.

B) part of the courtship process.

C) part of mating selection.

D) meaningless activity.

72) Statistics on the age at which young people marry indicate that

A) it is approximately the same for males and females.

B) girls marry younger today than in their mothers' generation.

C) both males and females tend to be much older at first marriage than was the case in the 1950s.

D) more males than females marry before they are 20.

73) According to one study from Furman and Simon, on which person's behavior does an internal working model of relationships have the greatest effect?

A) Sarah, an adolescent girl

B) Tom, an adolescent boy

C) An internal working model of relationships has an equal effect on boys and girls.

D) An internal working model of relationships has no effect on boys or girls.

74) For adolescent girls, dating often provides a context for the ________, while for adolescent boys it is more often a context for the ________.

A) development of attachment; development of intimacy

B) development of intimacy; expression of attachment

C) expression of intimacy; development of intimacy

D) expression of attachment; development of attachment

75) Contemporary discussions of adolescent romance

A) are almost entirely based on Sullivan's views.

B) contradict attachment theory.

C) tend to disregard ecological perspectives on development.

D) draw on multiple theories and perspectives

76) The average duration of a romantic relationship during the middle high school years is about ________ months.

A) 2

B) 6

C) 12

D) 18

77) The average age of an American adolescent to begin dating

A) is culturally universal.

B) depends on context.

C) is lowest for Hispanic females.

D) is lowest for Asian males.

78) Which of the following is the best indicator of when an adolescent will begin dating?

A) chronological age

B) biological development

C) the school/community norms

D) whether he or she has older siblings

79) Jesse is a physically immature 14-year-old who goes to school where it is expected that 14-year-olds date. Hillary is a physically mature 14-year-old who goes to school where it is expected that students delay dating until age 16. Which adolescent is more likely to date?

A) Hillary

B) Jesse

C) Neither Hillary nor Jesse is likely to date.

D) Both Hillary and Jesse are likely to date.

80) Within the United States and in Canada, adolescents of which racial/ethnic group are the least likely to date?

A) Asian

B) Hispanic

C) American Indian

D) White

81) Dating tends to start earlier for adolescents who

A) come from stable family environments.

B) have difficulty making same-sex friends.

C) Asian come from an Asian culture.

D) have an older sibling.

82) Research into what social situations adolescents consider difficult found ________ to be one of the most frequently mentioned themes.

A) supporting friends in their intimate relationships

B) communicating with other-sex peers

C) discussing dating with parents

D) discussing intimacy with same-sex peers

83) Research supports which of the following ideas about dating and relationships?

A) "Birds of a feather flock together."

B) "Opposites attract."

C) Adolescent boys are only interested in sex.

D) The longer adolescents delay the start of dating, the better.

84) Why are sexual-minority youth more likely than other adolescents to pursue sexual activity outside of dating relationships?

A) They fear being harassed if they display romantic intimacy with a same-sex partner.

B) They become sexually active at a younger age than their heterosexual peers.

C) It is more difficult for sexual-minority youth to find dating partners.

D) Sexual-minority youth are less interested in intimacy than their heterosexual peers.

85) Which of the following statements about sex differences in partner preferences is true?

A) Although girls may believe that they place more weight on interpersonal qualities (such as support and intimacy) than physical attractiveness, controlled experiments indicate that girls are more influenced by physical attractiveness than they think.

B) Across adolescence and young adulthood, boys are more likely to emphasize the importance of physical attractiveness.

C) Natural observational studies and controlled experiments indicate that girls are more likely to emphasize the desirability of interpersonal qualities in their prospective partners and boys are more attuned to the physical attractiveness of their prospective mate.

D) Boys' and girls' internal working models of relationships are most sensitive to evolutionary clues that lead an individual to select a mate that offers the best probability of having healthy offspring.

86) Compared to same-sex peers, who is likely to be less socially mature, less imaginative, less achievement-oriented, more superficial, and more likely to exhibit problem behaviors?

A) Amber, who started dating seriously at age 14

B) Becky, who started dating casually at age 14

C) Karin, who started dating seriously at age 16

D) Donald, who started dating seriously at age 16

87) Delaying serious involvement in dating relationships until age ________ appears to be the most favorable pattern for healthy psychosocial development.

A) 13

B) 15

C) 16

D) 17

88) The most common trigger of the first episode of major depression is

A) parents' divorce.

B) failing in school.

C) the breakup of a romantic relationship.

D) dating violence.

89) Which one of the adolescents below will be most vulnerable to the potential negative consequences of a break-up?

A) Cory, an adolescent low in rejection sensitivity

B) Nicole, an adolescent who has never experienced a break-up

C) Richard, an adolescent who is a binge drinker and engages in delinquency

D) Michael, an adolescent who initiated the break-up.

90) Which of the following adolescents is most at risk of experiencing dating violence?

A) Kim, an 18-year-old Asian male from a suburban community

B) Floyd, a 13-year-old White male from an urban community

C) Keyshia, a 17-year-old Black female from an urban community

D) Lydia, a 14-year-old Hispanic female from a rural community

91) Adolescents behave in a variety of ways within dating relationships that are usually most significantly shaped by

A) their partners' expectations.

B) scripts that are learned at home and from the mass media.

C) their peers' relationships.

D) cultural norms.

92) What proportion of American sixth-graders believe it is OK for someone to hit a boyfriend or girlfriend?

A) More than 50% of American sixth-graders believe it is OK for a girl to hit her boyfriend and about 25% believe it is OK for a boy to hit his girlfriend.

B) Approximately 10% of American sixth-graders believe it is OK for a girl to hit her boyfriend and only about 5% believe it is OK for a boy to hit his girlfriend.

C) More than 80% of American sixth-graders believe it is OK for a girl to hit her boyfriend; however, only about 10% believe it is OK for a boy to hit his girlfriend.

D) About 50% of American sixth-graders believe it is OK for a girl or boy to hit his or her romantic partner.

93) Jessica's parents are verbally abusive to one another and are constantly fighting. When Jessica interacts with her boyfriend, she will be likely to

A) avoid arguments.

B) break up with him over an argument.

C) talk to him when they have a disagreement.

D) fight with him when they have a disagreement.

94) Approximately what percentage of American adolescents has been the victim of dating violence, and which gender is more likely to be the victim?

A) Approximately 40% of American adolescents have been the victim of dating violence and male and female adolescents are equally likely to be the victim.

B) Approximately 10% of American adolescents have been the victim of dating violence and male and female adolescents are equally likely to be the victim.

C) Approximately 30% of American adolescents have been the victim of dating violence but female adolescents are much more likely to experience this.

D) Approximately 20% of American adolescents have been the victim of dating violence and males are much more likely to be the victim than females.

95) Roughly what percentage of dating teenagers report that within the last year they were the victim of dating abuse via technology and social media?

A) 45%

B) 35%

C) 55%

D) 25%

96) Stephanie, an adolescent who has witnessed a great deal of conflict between her parents, will most likely

A) express high levels of verbal aggression with her romantic partners.

B) avoid physical aggression with her romantic partners.

C) have few relationship difficulties with her romantic partners.

D) be especially calm and gentle with her romantic partners.

97) It is important to keep in mind that an individual's relationships with parents, siblings, peers, and romantic partners

A) vary drastically in form and function.

B) have a reverse causal relation.

C) are spuriously related.

D) are correlated.

98) Which of the following is most important for adolescent development?

A) having an intimate relationship with someone

B) being popular

C) having a lot of friends

D) having a few good friendships

99) Which of the following statements about the impact of intimate friendships on adolescents is true?

A) Whether an intimate friendship is beneficial or harmful depends on the people involved.

B) Being popular generally has a bigger impact than having genuine friendships.

C) Having a huge network of many friends is more important than having a few good friendships.

D) Adolescents who have intimate friendships typically have worse mental health than their peers who do not.

100) Tamara is in late adolescence. She had two good female friends with whom she played regularly when they were all younger. Now, those friends are seldom interested in their old games and activities, preferring instead to just chat and hang out when they get together. These sorts of interactions make Tamara anxious, so she rarely joins them, even though she is frequently lonely. The idea of forming an intimate relationship with a boy is even more anxiety provoking for Tamara. How would Sullivan explain Tamara's situation? (HINT: Think about the developmental progression of these feelings.)

101) Provide at least two reasons why the nature of an individual's early attachment relationships during infancy continues to have an influence on the capacity to form satisfying intimate relationships during adolescence and adulthood. Give examples of each.

102) Describe the extent to which intimacy with peers replaces intimacy with parents over the course of adolescence. Does it completely replace intimacy with parents, or does it supplement this kind of intimacy? What about intimacy with a romantic partner? Does it replace intimacy with peers?

103) The closeness that intimacy brings to friendships also increases the likelihood of conflict in those relationships. Address the differences between close and casual friendships in the types of conflicts experienced in both forms of friendship, differences in conflict resolution, and differences between boys' and girls' conflicts with their friends.

104) The head of a local youth group in your community has asked you to talk to teens and their parents about "the evolution of romance during adolescence," and to include in your talk how this process may differ for heterosexual girls and boys and also for sexual-minority (LGBT) youth. What will you tell them?

105) As the older sibling of a 13-year-old sister, you want to help her enjoy her adolescent years, and particularly the adventure of romance that is likely to unfold for her. Having read about the development of romantic relationships during adolescence, you now feel you are in a better position to talk to her about some potential issues, such as the effects of early dating and the increase of violence in dating relationships. What will you tell her?