Psy 307 Quiz 9 – Flashcards
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The growth spurt that characterizes pubertal change occurs approximately _____ for girls than for boys.
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two years earlier
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Which of the following statements about the timing and variations in puberty is TRUE?
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For girls, menarche is considered within the normal range if it appears between the ages of 9 and 15.
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Who amongst the following is MOST likely to be dissatisfied with body image as pubertal change proceeds?
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A girl in early adolescence
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Donna is concerned about her adolescent daughter's tendency to flare up at the mildest provocations. Donna says that her daughter refuses to see reason sometimes and seems unable to exercise much self-control. As a specialist in the development of adolescents, you would tell Donna that her daughter's behavior could partly be explained by the biological reason that:
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the amygdala—the seat of emotions such as anger—matures earlier than the prefrontal cortex in adolescents.
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The _____ is the "judgment" region that reins in intense emotions but doesn't finish developing until at least emerging adulthood.
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Prefrontal cortex
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Over the last two decades, the U.S. birth rate for 15- to 19-year-olds has decreased by approximately ______ percent.
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50
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In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage girl has a _____ percent risk of getting HIV.
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1
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In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage girl has a ______ percent risk of contracting gonorrhea.
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50
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Daughters of teenage mothers are:
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at increased risk for teenage childbearing.
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Research has shown that infants born to adolescent mothers are more likely to have:
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Childhood illnesses
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In terms of sex education, most experts agree:
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that sex education programs reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections.
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Sleep deprivation during adolescence contributes to all of the following EXCEPT:
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Better academic achievement.
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Mary Carskadon and her colleagues' research on adolescent sleep patterns found that:
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when given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep an average of 9 hours and 25 minutes a night.
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Anorexia nervosa is about _____ likely to occur in females than males.
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10 times more
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Identify the similarity between anorexics and bulimics.
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They have a distorted body image
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In contrast to Piaget's views, the development of formal operational thinking:
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is promoted by education in the logic of science and mathematics.
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According to David Elkind, personal fable and imaginary audience are parts of adolescent:
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Egocentrism
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Fifteen-year-old Juanita wants to skip school today because she is having a bad hair day and is convinced that everybody will notice and think badly of her. Which aspect of adolescent egocentrism is Juanita experiencing?
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Imaginary audience
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In terms of decision making, adolescents make better decisions:
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When they are calm
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In a study, almost 50 percent of high school dropouts cited _____ reasons for leaving school.
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School-related
