On social, political, and religious issues, parents and adolescents tend to be out of synch with each other

Which of the following describes dissociative disorders?

a) Disorders in which a person loses, in one way or another, the ability to consciously integrate their identities. b) Disorders in which atypical psychosis occurs so a person does not know who, or where, they are. c) Disorders in which individuals lose sensory or motor function of part of the body with no medical cause. d) Disorders in which depression or mania is so severe, individuals lose their sense of reality.

Which of the following functions do mixed-sex cliques serve during the teenage years?

A) They provide boys and girls with models for how to interact with the other sex and a chance to do so without having to be intimate. B) They offer the security of a permanent identity as teenagers separate from the family and begin to construct a coherent sense of self. C) They offer security based on the notion of "safety in numbers," particularly for teenagers in urban locations. D) They provide warmth, support, and structure that many teenagers lack in their home environment.