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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. How does Pipher define authenticity?

2. Which of the following is not a descriptor of a healthy adult according to Broverman's study?

3. What does Pipher compare the goal of mass media to in relation to parents' goals of helping children stay happy and well adjusted?

4. How does Dr. Pipher describe adolescent girls?

5. Which describes how many adolescents feel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is dysfunctional, according to Dr. Pipher, and what does this mean for parents?

2. How do girls perceive distant fathers according to Dr. Pipher?

3. What generalization does Dr. Pipher make for the girls who come to therapy before they reach adolescence?

4. What suggestions does Dr. Pipher make to Franchesca and how does Franchesca change based on the suggestions?

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

6. Describe Miller's definition of vibrancy and provide an example of how it can be overcome?

7. What do surface behaviors camouflage and what does this make difficult and why is this the case?

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

9. Describe the contradictions that occur between the expectations between the father and mother according to Dr. Pipher.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the differences between experimentation with drugs and alcohol and abuse. What factors need to be considered? In what way is abuse detrimental?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay describing the different types of parents and how these types affect their children's drinking and drug use. What are the reasons for this?

Essay Topic 3

How has the traditional family changed over the decades? Do you believe these changes are for the better or the worse? Why?

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