PSYC 160 CH 9 – Flashcards

Which term refers to the ability to begin with specifics, such as accumulated facts, and then make general conclusions?

Spreading insults and rumors by means of e-mails, text messages, or Web postings is called:

During puberty, the growth spurt sequence typically occurs in this order.

Secondary sex characteristics are traits that:

_____ is the sex hormone secreted in greater amounts by males than females.

Jeremy is 7 years old and has been asked to balance a scale with weights that can be hooked to the arms of the scale. Jeremy will probably:

Ellie is 10 years old and well into puberty. She will probably experience:

Once the primary sexual organs begin to function, adolescents are biologically capable of:

Elle, an adolescent, believes that government should pay for all citizens' health care. From this premise, she reasons about the particulars of how and why government-funded health care would work. This is an example of:

Bulimia nervosa is clinically present in _____ percent of young women in the United States.

Using _____ thinking, a person might think, "If it barks like a dog and wags its tail like a dog, it must be a dog."

Since adolescents' prefrontal cortex is not fully developed, many of them tend NOT to:

Which factor is a good predictor of health for people around the world?

What-if propositions require:

The belief that one cannot be harmed by things that would hurt someone else is referred to as:

Bill noticed that he has some pubic hair. According to the usual sequence of puberty, his next growth event will probably be:

Statistically, which person is MOST likely to have the greatest health problems due to iron deficiency?

Which statement is correct?

Body chemicals that regulate sleep, moods, hunger, and stress are called:

As the United States moves increasingly toward high-stakes testing:

The first hormones to begin the process of puberty are triggered in the child's:

Over the past decade, the percentage of adolescents that consumed the recommended three or more servings of vegetables daily has:

According to research conducted in 2011, which student is MOST likely to be admired during middle school?

Studies indicate that adolescents worldwide share this problem.

The nations with the best PISA results do NOT:

Which pair of nutrients is MOST likely to be lacking in the adolescent diet?

Research has shown that adolescents who drop out of high school are strongly influenced by their:

The day-night cycle that occurs approximately every 24 hours is the:

Garry is taking a weight-lifting class in high school. The weights he lifts should:

Josefina is obsessed with her weight. She sometimes eats a whole package of Oreos at once and then makes herself vomit. Josefina is of normal weight, but she constantly has heartburn. She MOST likely suffers from:

The recommended daily dose of calcium is _____ milligrams; most teens consume less than _____ milligrams per day.

One of the first signs of the growth spurt is:

Since he entered puberty, Barry has been staying awake late at night and craving sleep in the mornings. His parents should realize that this:

In Inhelder and Piaget's balance experiment, a child who systematically tests the idea that the relationship between weight and distance is reciprocal is probably age:

One physical change that typically occurs during adolescence is that the child's:

Which gland(s) receive(s) signals directly from the hypothalamus?

About _____ of the variation in age of puberty is determined by genes.

Statistically, which adolescent is MOST apt to experience menarche first?

A strategy to increase student motivation in middle schools is to encourage a belief in:

In Inhelder and Piaget's balance experiment, trial-and-error problem solving was most characteristic of: