child psych 14-16 – Flashcards
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Which of the following occurrences is listed in the textbook as a specific effect of sleep deprivation and irregular sleep schedules?
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insomnia
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What effect does malnutrition have on puberty?
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delay puberty
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The period when children's bodies become adultlike is called:
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puberty
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For both girls and boys, puberty typically begins as young as ______ years or as late as ______ years.
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8 14
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Which of the following behaviors seems to reduce the risk of an adolescent developing an eating disorder?
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family sharing meals together
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testes in boys and ovaries in girls
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gonads
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Roger is typically an easygoing adolescent but every once in awhile he suddenly becomes moody and lashes out at his younger sister. Which of the following pubertal processes would most likely contribute to this behavior?
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increase in testosterone
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Over the last two centuries, children have tended to reach their adult height earlier and are taller than their ancestors. What is the name for this type of phenomenon?
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secular trend
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In adolescence, changes in heart and lung capacity include:
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greater lung capacity
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The sex hormone secreted in greater amounts by males than females is:
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testosterone
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Reasoning that includes propositions and possibilities that may not reflect reality defines:
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hypothetical thought
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Rachel and Matt are in their first year of middle school. Academically, we can expect their achievement to:
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decline
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Internet use and video games improve:
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visual spacial skills
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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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the invincibility fable
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other nations are moving away from reliance on high-stakes testing
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true
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Middle school typically includes grades
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6-8
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Most adolescents know that smoking is harmful to their health. Why might they take up smoking in spite of this knowledge?
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acceptance to peer group
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When adolescents fantasize about how others will react to their new hairstyle, they are creating a
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imaginary audience
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brain capacity, intellectual maturity, and motivation
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analytic thinking
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Using inductive thinking, a person might think, "If it barks like a dog and wags its tail like a dog, it must be a ______."
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dog
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Pressure to conform to one's friends or contemporaries in behavior, dress, and attitude is referred to as:
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peer pressure
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Efrain and Theresa are both high school juniors and have been serious romantic partners for nearly 2 years. Research indicates that such early pairing signifies:
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emotional trouble
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most European school curriculums begin sex education in elementary school and by middle school teach sexual responsibility
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teen pregnancy
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The majority of peer pressure leads to:
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socially desirable behaviors
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Parental monitoring is most likely to be effective and healthy when it is:
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warm supportive relationship
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The abstinence-only sex-education program that was federal policy in the United States until 2009 resulted in:
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no impact
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Which type of parenting is usually most effective during adolescence
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authoritative
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for many adolescents adult relatives are more influential than adult NONrelatives
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true
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Virtually every adolescent has broken the law
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true
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alcohol or drug use before age 18
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long term drug abuse
