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11. Which of the following is FALSE regarding the Kindaalda ceremony? a. The girl has to run two or three times a day to prepare for the hardships of life. b. The girl may receive a new name to underscore her new identity. c. An adolescent or young adult woman undergoes this ceremony when her engagement to be married is announced to the community. d. It is a Navajo ceremony. 12. Which of the following is FALSE regarding the Navajo Kindaalda? a. It is a four-day-long ceremony that marks a girl’s first or second menstrual period. b. It involves a series of rituals that symbolize the roles and responsibilities the girl will assume as an adult. c. It involves physical taxing activities, such as running two or three times a day. d. It involves her betrothal to her future husband. 13. Which of the following is/are TRUE regarding rites of passage? a. The majority of college students said they had received some type of “parental blessing” that recognized their grown-up status. b. Confirmation ceremonies, bar mitzvahs, and the quinceañera are modern rites of passage. c. Rites of passage commemorate events such as births, deaths, and marriage. d. All of these statements are true. 14. Children from cultures that have rites of passage tend to a. have strong family ties. b. share responsibilities with a group of peers their own age. c. have well-defined relationships with adults in the broader community. d. have all of these characteristics. 15. Regarding Thomas Cook’s study of 12,000 seventh-and eighth-grade students in the southeast area of Washington, DC, the team of researchers measured a variety of environmental variables including a. peer quality. b. school quality. c. family quality. d. all of these. 16. Regarding Thomas Cook’s study of 12,000 seventh-and eighth-grade students in the southeast area of Washington, DC, the team of researchers considered which of the following would NOT be indicative of success? a. spending at least half of their free time in “conventional” activities, such as homework, reading, music lessons, or organized recreation b. participation in fewer than eight out of 11 misbehaviors c. fewer than 15 school absences per school year d. a grade point average of C+ or better 17. Regarding Thomas Cook’s study of 12,000 seventh-and eighth-grade students in the southeast area of Washington, DC, the team of researchers found that the adolescent’s FAMILY had more influence on __________ than the other factors. a. the mental health of the adolescent, such as having a positive self-concept b. the drug use and other misbehavior c. the academic performance d. all of these 18. Regarding Thomas Cook’s study of 12,000 seventh-and eighth-grade students in the southeast area of Washington, DC, the team of researchers found that the adolescent’s PEERS had more influence on __________ than the other factors. a. the mental health of the adolescent, such as having a positive self-concept b. the drug use and other misbehavior c. the academic performance d. how children spent their leisure time 19. Regarding Thomas Cook’s study of 12,000 seventh-and eighth-grade students in the southeast area of Washington, DC, the team of researchers found that the BEST PREDICTOR of overall success was a. family quality. b. peer quality. c. neighborhood quality. d. the sum of scores across environmental contexts. 20. Regarding Thomas Cook’s study of 12,000 seventh-and eighth-grade students in the southeast area of Washington, DC, which combination of contexts was especially important in predicting the successful outcome of an adolescent? a. family and peer contexts b. family and neighborhood contexts c. school and neighborhood contexts d. no particular combination of contexts was especially important in prediction