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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what does Miller hold responsible for the split between child and adult during adolescence?

2. Which of the following was not used to describe the values of yesterday described in this chapter?

3. Who does Dr. Pipher say is often given the credit for raising strong daughters?

4. What do psychologists study to determine the best parenting techniques?

5. How does Dr. Pipher describe surface structure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What contradiction does Dr. Pipher describe between who gets credit for raising a strong daughter and who is more typically responsible?

2. What is the second dimension and the two extremes which make it up as described by Pipher?

3. What happens as adolescent girls withdraw from their parents and what does this offer to the girls?

4. Why does Dr. Pipher describe adolescent girls as female impersonators?

5. What concerns Dr. Pipher most about divorce and why is she concerned about this issue?

6. Describe the double standard that Dr. Pipher describes as related to the expectations that Americans have?

7. How does Fay feel about her daughter's announcement that she is a lesbian?

8. How does Dr. Pipher explain the difference between surface structure of behaviors and the deep structure of meaning?

9. In what ways does Pipher compare families of the 1990s with those in previous years of history?

10. What seems to be the underlying issue between Jessica and her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the causes and impacts of depression on the lives of young girls. What factors can cause depression? How do most young girls deal with depression?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining why it is difficult to reason with young girls. What factors play into this issue? Do you agree with Dr. Pipher's analysis? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

How has adolescent culture changed from previous generations? What are the problems as you see them for the twenty-first century adolescent girls? Do you think they have changed from those of the 1990s? Why or why not?

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