Choose the Appropriate Letter or Letters to Identify the Pattern

question 17

Multiple Choice

Choose the appropriate letter or letters to identify the pattern or patterns of each reading. Research on adolescents in junior and senior high school indicates five different levels of popularity.The first group includes the popular adolescents, young people who tend to be physically attractive, well groomed, fashionable, social, self-confident, and able to com-mand others' attention.The individuals in this group receive many favorable ratings from other adolescents.The second group contains the controversial adolescents.They are the young people who receive very favorable or very unfavorable ratings from other adolescents.Average adolescents, the third group, are generally accepted by other adolescents, but they receive few extreme ratings.The final two groups include the rejected adolescents and the neglected adolescents, both of whom receive negative ratings from their peers.Rejected adolescents engage in antisocial and aggressive behaviors that cause them to be unpopular and rejected by many other teens.Most display poor attitudes and have discipline problems.Neglected adolescents, the other group of unpopular teens, often have poor social skills and engage in fewer positive interactions with their peers.Many have interests that are very different from their peers'.
(Source: Paul S.Kaplan, Adolescence , Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004, p.192.)

• A) definition
• B) classification
• C) time order: process
• D) time order: sequence of dates and events
• E) comparison and contrast
• F) cause and effect
• G) simple listing

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Definitions:

Par Value

The nominal or face value of a bond, share of stock, or coupon as stated by the issuer.

Inventories

Assets held for sale in the ordinary course of business, or in the process of production for such sale, or in the form of materials or supplies to be consumed in the production process or in the rendering of services.

Net Realizable Value

Net realizable value is the estimated selling price of goods minus the costs of their completion and disposal, used to assess inventory valuation.

Lower of Cost

An accounting principle requiring that inventory is recorded at the lower of its original cost or current market value.