Question 1

1. Which of the following is a more accurate vision of adolescence?

Accepted Answer

a. For most adolescents, adolescence is a time of evaluation, decision making, commitment, and carving out a place in the world.

Question 2

Which theorist proposed the \"storm-and-stress\" view that adolescence is a turbulent time charged with conflict and mood swings?

Accepted Answer

c. G. Stanley Hall

Question 3

When Daniel Offer and his colleagues studied the self-images of adolescents in the United States, Australia, Bangladesh, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, and West Germany, at least _____ of the adolescents displayed a healthy self-image.

Accepted Answer

d. 73 percent

Question 4

. For the majority of teens, adolescence is marked by:

Accepted Answer

c. a positive self-image.

Question 5

. Public attitudes about adolescence:

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a. emerge from a combination of personal experience and media portrayals.

Question 6

Sarah\'s 15-year old son, Joshua, has of late been wearing what she considers to be \"bizarre\" clothes, listening to \"bizarre\" music and wearing his hair like that of the guitarist in his favorite rock band. He also resents Sarah entering his room and screams to be left alone when Sarah tries talking to him about her concerns. As an expert on adolescent behavior, you would tell Sarah that Joshua\'s acting out and boundary testing are:

Accepted Answer

b. time-honored ways in which adolescents move toward accepting parental values.

Question 7

Puberty refers to a period of:

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d. rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that occurs primarily during early adolescence.

Question 8

Puberty:

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b. ends long before adolescence does.

Question 9

It is difficult to know exactly when puberty begins and ends because:

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it is a gradual process involving multiple distinguishing events.

Question 10

Ms. Chang is trying to prepare her health-class students for the onset of puberty. What should she tell the boys that they are likely to experience first?

Accepted Answer

c. Increased penis size

Question 11

Which of the following is typically the last male pubertal characteristic to occur?

Accepted Answer

d. Growth of facial hair

Question 12

Ms. Chang is trying to prepare her health-class students for the onset of puberty. What should she tell the girls that they are likely to experience first?

Accepted Answer

b. Growth of pubic hair

Question 13

A girl\'s first menstruation is called _____.

Accepted Answer

c. menarche

Question 14

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

Girls are just as tall boys at the beginning of the adolescent period.

Question 15

The growth spurt that characterizes pubertal change occurs approximately _____ for girls than for boys and begins at around age _____ for girls.

Accepted Answer

a. two years earlier; 9

Question 16

The peak rate of pubertal change occurs at _____ years for girls and _____ years for boys.

Accepted Answer

11Â½ years; 13Â½

Question 17

Behind the first whisker in boys and the widening of hips in girls is a flood of _____, powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the body by the bloodstream.

Accepted Answer

d. hormones

Question 18

The hormone that is associated with breast, uterine, and skeletal development in girls is:

Accepted Answer

b. estradiol.

Question 19

. _____ is a hormone associated in boys with the development of genitals, an increase in height, and a change in voice.

Accepted Answer

a. Testosterone

Question 20

Thirteen-year-old Grace\'s blood tests indicate that her levels of testosterone are about twice as high as they were a few years ago, and that her estradiol levels are about eight times higher than earlier. Grace is most likely experiencing:

Accepted Answer

a. normal changes during puberty.

Question 21

Fourteen-year-old Kent\'s blood tests indicate an eighteen-fold increase in testosterone levels and a two-fold increase in estradiol over the past few years. It appears that Kent:

Accepted Answer

a. is experiencing normal changes during puberty.

Question 22

Recent research about hormones and behavior has found the relationship to be:

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c. complex.

Question 23

In the United States the average age of menarche has _____ since the mid-nineteenth century.

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b. declined significantly

Question 24

Which of the following is true of the timing and variations in puberty?

Accepted Answer

b. For girls, menarche is considered within the normal range if it appears between the ages of 9 and 15.

Question 25

_____ is the term used to describe the very early onset and rapid progression of puberty.

Accepted Answer

c. Precocious puberty

Question 26

Precocious puberty is usually diagnosed when the onset of puberty happens before _____ of age in girls and before _____ of age in boys.

Accepted Answer

d. 8 years; 9 years

Question 27

Precocious puberty occurs:

Accepted Answer

b. about 10 times more often in girls than in boys.

Question 28

Precocious puberty:

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a. is usually treated by temporarily halting pubertal change through medication.

Question 29

Seven-year-old Tamara is already showing signs of the onset of puberty. Her physician has termed it precocious puberty and is in favor of medically treating the condition because children who experience precocious puberty are eventually likely to:

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Seven-year-old Tamara is already showing signs of the onset of puberty. Her physician has termed it precocious puberty and is in favor of medically treating the condition because children who experience precocious puberty are eventually likely to:

Question 30

Who among the following will be most dissatisfied with body image as pubertal change proceeds?

Accepted Answer

b. A girl in late adolescence

Question 31

In the Berkeley Longitudinal Study some years ago, early-maturing boys perceived themselves _____ than did their late-maturing counterparts. When the late-maturing boys were in their thirties, however, they had developed a _____ than the early-maturing boys had.

Accepted Answer

b. more positively; stronger sense of identity

Question 32

. In the sixth grade, early-maturing girls show _____ with their figures than do late-maturing girls, but by the tenth grade late-maturing girls are more _____.

Accepted Answer

a. greater satisfaction; satisfied

Question 33

. Jerome is going through puberty earlier than most of his friends. Research indicates that Jerome is likely to:

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c. have a positive self-image.

Question 34

Recent research has found that early-maturing girls are more likely than late-maturing girls to be:

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d. depressed, become alcoholic, and/or have an eating disorder.

Question 35

. Maggie is fourteen years old and has not yet matured physically. According to recent research, which of the following will be most likely when Maggie does complete puberty?

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a. She will be more satisfied with her figure than early-maturing girls.

Question 36

Among the changes in the brain that occur in adolescence is the thickening of the _____, where fibers connect the brain\'s left and right hemispheres, improving adolescents\' ability to process information.

Accepted Answer

b. corpus callosum

Question 37

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:

Accepted Answer

d. the amygdalaâthe seat of emotions such as angerâmatures earlier than the prefrontal cortex in adolescents.

Question 38

Leading researcher Charles Nelson proposed the view that, although adolescents are capable of very strong emotions, their prefrontal cortex hasn\'t adequately developed to the point at which they can control these passions. His view reflects the rapidly emerging field of _____, which involves connections between development, the brain, and socioemotional processes.

Accepted Answer

d. social developmental neuroscience

Question 39

A recent research review concluded that adolescents who view more sexual content on TV are _____ than their peers who view less sexual content on TV.

Accepted Answer

b. more likely to initiate sexual intercourse earlier

Question 40

Which of the following is true of an adolescent\'s developing sexual identity?

Accepted Answer

c. Some adolescents are very active sexually.

Question 41

Most gay or lesbian individuals recognize that they are gay or lesbian in:

Accepted Answer

c. mid- to late adolescence.

Question 42

Which of the following statements about gay and lesbian adolescents is true? a. Most adolescents who are attracted to individuals of their same sex report falling in love with these individuals.

Accepted Answer

d. Gay male and lesbian adolescents often have bisexual attractions.

Question 43

. In one cross-cultural study cited in the text, the proportion having first intercourse by age 17 was _____ for females and _____ for males in the United States.

Accepted Answer

b. 47 percent; 64 percent

Question 44

Considering the national trend in the United States, which one of the following teenagers is most likely to be sexually active?

Accepted Answer

a. Tyrone, an African American boy, living in inner-city Chicago

Question 45

By age 20, _____ of U.S. youth have engaged in sexual intercourse

Accepted Answer

d. 77 percent

Question 46

A recent national study of adolescent sexual behavior from 1991 to 2007 revealed that sexual experience and having multiple sexual partners in adolescence:

Accepted Answer

c. declined from the early 1990s through the early 2000s, and then increased recently.

Question 47

According to a national survey that studied the prevalence of oral sex among adolescents:

Accepted Answer

a. there has been a dramatic increase in oral sex during adolescence.

Question 48

Juanita, a non-White Latino girl, is entering adolescence and her mother wants to keep her from risky sexual behavior. According to research, her mother should:

Accepted Answer

c. regularly talk to Juanita about sex and the risk factors associated with it.

Question 49

Which of the following is true of contraceptive use among adolescents in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

a. Many sexually active adolescents still do not use contraceptives, or they use them inconsistently.

Question 50

Which of the following risks related to sexual activity can be reduced significantly by the use of contraceptives?

Accepted Answer

a. Sexually transmitted infections

Question 51

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs):

Accepted Answer

d. are contracted primarily through sexual contact.

Question 52

In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage girl has a _____ risk of getting HIV.

Accepted Answer

a. 1 percent

Question 53

In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage girl has a _____ risk of acquiring genital herpes.

Accepted Answer

b. 30 percent

Question 54

In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage girl has a _______ risk of contracting gonorrhea.

Accepted Answer

d. 50 percent

Question 55

Which of the following is true of adolescent pregnancies in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

d. In 2004, births to adolescent girls fell to a record low, and then increased in 2006.

Question 56

Which of the following ethnic groups has the highest teen birth rate in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

c. Latina

Question 57

Which ethnic group in the U.S. has had the smallest recent decline in adolescent pregnancy and birth rates?

Accepted Answer

c. Latina

Question 58

A recent study using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth revealed that daughters of teenage mothers were _____ to become teenage mothers themselves.

Accepted Answer

c. more likely

Question 59

Research has shown that infants born to adolescent mothers are more likely to have:

Accepted Answer

c. childhood illnesses.

Question 60

Mollie is currently 15 and pregnant. Which of the following is most likely to be true about Mollie?

Accepted Answer

c. She probably comes from a low SES background.

Question 61

One strategy for reducing adolescent pregnancy is the _____ that focuses on engaging adolescents in volunteer community service and stimulates discussions that help adolescents appreciate the lessons they learn through volunteerism.

Accepted Answer

b. Teen Outreach Program (TOP)

Question 62

Recent research reviews found that abstinence-only programs:

Accepted Answer

a. do not reduce HIV risk behaviors.

Question 63

Overall, research suggests that contraceptive-knowledge sex education programs:

Accepted Answer

b. do not increase the incidence of sexual intercourse.

Question 64

Patricia and Fernando are worried that their daughter\'s sex education program will encourage her to have sex because the class included information about contraceptive use. Research suggests that:

Accepted Answer

a. their fears are unfounded because these programs do not increase the incidence of sexual intercourse.

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