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For girls, the usual sequence of physical changes in puberty is:
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growth of nipples
initial pubic hair peak growth spurt widening of hips first menstral period final pubic hair full breast |
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The sequence of the release of hormones in puberty is:
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Estrogen in Girls testosterone in boys
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The most powerful effect on adolescent joy or anger usually comes from:
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hormones
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Besides gender, the three main factors that affect the timing of puberty are:
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Genes
Body fat stress |
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In a recent experiment conducted on 10- to 14-year olds and their food choices:
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Choose healthy foods if they are cheaper than unhealthy ones
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The growth spurt typically occurs during puberty in the following order:
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weight usually precedes height
the limbs precede the torso |
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The fantasies, preoccupations, and impulses of puberty are shaped by:
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gender, availability, and culture
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The adolescent's ability to plan, to reflect, to analyze, and to decide is a function of the:
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maturation of the prefrontal cortex
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Kevin and Sophia want to instill good values in their three children by being positive role models and spending quality time with them. According to brain research, an especially potent time to accomplish this is during adolescence because the:
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incomplete brain development
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Song, at age 13, is experiencing a growth spurt. Previously an early riser, he is still in bed at 10AM if given the chance and not asleep until 1AM. These changes may be attributed to:
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Hypothalamus and pituitary glands
puberty |
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Girls who become pregnant before the age of 15 are more likely to experience:
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Birth complications:
spontaneous abortion high blood pressure still birth |
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Diagnosing STIs in adolescents is problematic because:
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don't seek treatment
ashamed and afraid |
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Annual nationwide surveys of high school seniors show that about ______ percent have tried alcohol and about ______ percent have smoked at least one cigarette.
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73%
47% |
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The experimental antidrug program that has police officers go into classrooms and teach children and adolescents about the harmfulness of drug usage is called:
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DARE
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Adolescent thinking is a combination of:
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Brain maturation
intense conversations additional years of schooling moral challenges increased independence |
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An adolescent's statement that, “But, Mother, you just don't understand; nobody understands!” is indicative of:`
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adolescent Ego-centrism
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Sixteen-year-old Paul drinks heavily and drives dangerously fast, believing that he cannot be hurt. Paul is demonstrating:
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Invincibility fable
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The difference between the egocentrism of adolescents and that of preoperational children is:
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That adolescents, have a well-developed theory of mind.
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Marsha says, “There is no way I am going to school today with this bruise on my cheek. Everybody is going to laugh at me.” Marsha is demonstrating:
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Imaginary Audience
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Juanita is able to think hypothetically about abstract ideas. Piaget would say she has developed:
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Formal Operational
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Beginning with a logical idea and then using logic to draw specific conclusions describes:
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Deductive Reasoning
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The type of thought supported by a “feeling” that a belief is right is referred to as:
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intuitive thoughts
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The “dual-process model” of adolescent thought means that:
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one for emotions and one for analytical processing of stimuli
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In Klaczynski's studies of adolescents' analytical thinking, those who jumped ahead to what experience had taught them, rather than sticking to the logical task at hand, used:
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intuitive thoughts
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The best school structure for middle schools and high schools is:
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seperate schools
Transition and Translation |
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Whether adolescents stay in school or drop out is strongly influenced by their:
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Motivation
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The common middle-school schedule that involves classroom changes every 40 minutes has the effect of:
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Keeping kids interested
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An unintended consequence of high-stakes testing is:
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less graduates
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According to extensive research, the ideal high school size is:
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200 - 400
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According to Erikson, the goal of adolescence is to:
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Identity vs Diffusion
figure out who they are |
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Seventeen-year-old Andrew failed several classes, lost his job, and spends most of his time sleeping on the couch. When his parents voiced their disapproval, he replied, “Whatever.” Andrew's response indicates identity:
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Identity Diffusion
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Angel's parents always wanted him to be part of the family business—and Angel never questioned this. At 21, Angel decided to leave the business to become a teacher. Angel is resisting:
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Foreclosure
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The term for a pause in identity formation, when alternatives are explored before final choices are made, is known as:
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Moratorium
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One of the key assets that help predict positive outcome in adolescents' development is:
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Relationship between adults and kids
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Miranda and her mother bicker constantly about daily routines, hair, and clothes. This bickering is indicative of:
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bickering
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Eva is about to become a teenage mother. Based on recent research, she and her child will better handle the situation if her parents:
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Support
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Parents' awareness of where their children are, what they are doing, and with whom they are doing it is referred to as:
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Parental Monitoring
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Chris typically can be found with his group of close friends on the gym steps at lunchtime. He is socializing in a:
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clique
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Cliques and crowds provide adolescents with social:
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support and control
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Identify the general pattern of heterosexual attraction, as described by Dunphy?
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Groups of friends
A loose association of girls and boys with public interatctions within a crowd Small mixed sex groups of the advanced members of the crowd Formation of couples, with private intimacies |
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A retrospective study of homosexual men demonstrated that, on average, they first became aware of their sexual interests at age ______ and told people at age ______.
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11
17 |
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The increased use of contraception and the increase of premarital sex by adolescents indicate that:
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Sex education
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In general, as children become adolescents, their feelings of competence:
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decreases
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Elyse broke up with her boyfriend after a fight. She has spent the last week repeatedly going over the fight in her mind, which caused her to sink into depression. Her continual reliving the fight is known as:
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clinical depression
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Parasuicide refers to:
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lethal action against the self that does not result in death
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Because of cluster suicides, experts recommend:
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anti depressants
therapy and medication |
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In the United States, the ethnic group with the highest adolescent suicide rate is:
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American Indian / Alaskan Native
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Which of the following is true of life-course-persistent offenders?
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psychosocial
deviant friends few connections to school being biologically mature but being treated as a child |
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While some adolescents do not experience depression or delinquency, those who do often:
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improve by age 20
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The term “organ reserve” refers to:
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the capacity of young adults’ organs to allow the body to cope with stress
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The maternal age range of peak fertility and peak newborn survival has always been:
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18-25
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Recent research indicates that attitudes about the purpose of sex fall into which of the following three categories?
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Relationship
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In the CARDIA study that followed 18- to 30-year-olds into middle age, those who were the least fit:
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4 times more likely to have diabetes and high blood pressure
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Two factors that tend to maintain good exercise habits beyond emerging adulthood include:
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Friendship
Communities |
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A person's set point is affected by:
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age
genes diet hormones exercise |
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Distorted ideas about food and food consumption are especially common among women of ______ descent.
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white European
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Members of which of the following groups are most likely to suffer from anorexia?
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women
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When the absence of a drug creates a craving to satisfy a physiological or psychological need, that is a sign of drug:
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Drug addiction
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Dylan was well-aware of his family history of alcoholism, and the dangers of binge drinking in particular were covered in his high school. Yet as an emerging adult, he very often drinks heavily. He is exhibiting the logical error known as:
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delay discounting
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Young men are more likely to die violently than young women because:
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drive recklessly
unprotected sex extreme sports abuse alcohol illegal drugs gamble combat guns |
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A large university is attempting to reduce student alcohol and nicotine use. A survey was distributed to all students, and the results were published in the student newspaper. Fewer students than anticipated drank and smoked, much to many students' surprise. The university conducted this research using:
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Social Norms Approach
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In solving a real-life problem, Ben takes into account his subjective feelings and personal experience. Developmentalists refer to this as:
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subjective thought
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71. The possibility that one's appearance or behavior will be misused to confirm another person's oversimplified, prejudiced attitude is referred to as:
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stereotype threat
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Dialectical thinking involves:
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The most advanced cognitive process theses or anti thesis = a thesis
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According to Gilligan's view of moral development:
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Morality of care in women
morality of justice in men |
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Research using the Defining Issues Test (DIT) has demonstrated that which of the following is associated with moral growth?
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moral thinking
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Compared to 50 years ago, today's U.S. college population:
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1/20 to 1/3
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The dropout rate in the first year of college may often be attributed to:
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Cognitive maturity
"social know how needed to navigate through college" |
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A type of identity that is almost impossible to achieve during adolescence is:
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Ethnicity
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Which is one of the four “gateways to attraction” in friendship?
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Physical Attraction
Frequent Exposure Apparent Availability No unacceptable characteristics |
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Compared to those of women, friendships between men are:
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Share activities + interests
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A study of adults in 17 nations found that compared to married couples, cohabitants were:
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less happy
less healthy less satisfied with financial status |
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Heterogamy refers to marriage between two people of:
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different attitudes
intersts goals ses religion background local origin |
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Over the past several decades, wives' incomes and husbands' contribution to housework have ______ and marital satisfaction has ______.
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increased
improved |
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A heightened sense of well-being is common between the ages of 18 to 24. Reasons for this increase in positive emotion include:
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close relationship with friends, lovers parents
leaving home graduating college securing a good job |
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Jacoby's mother was schizophrenic so he was sent to live with his grandparents. Now at age 22, he is experiencing severe stress due to his grandfather's death and his own search for employment. He is starting to display some symptoms of schizophrenia. According to developmentalists, Jacoby is exhibiting the:
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diathesis-stress model
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In Japan, a new type of disorder related to severe anxiety about the social and academic pressures of high school and college has emerged. It is characterized by:
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Hikiomori - isolate themselves in their homes for months or years
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While problems experienced in the earlier years may influence later development, those with childhood challenges who tended to fare best during emerging adulthood had:
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dangerous risks are avoided
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