Lifespan test 3 – Flashcards
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Contemporary research suggests that the storm-and-stress notion of adolescence is
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exaggerated.
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The first outward sigh of puberty is
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The rapid gain in height and weight known as the growth spurt.
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Bran has acne, excess body hair, and high blood pressure. Brian's symptoms are consistent with
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anabolic steroid use.
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Mary and Ashley are identical twins. Abbie and Chandra are fraternal twins. Which of the following is likely to be true about the timing of puberty?
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Mary and Ashley will reach menarche within a month or two of each other.
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Adolescents need about ______ hours of sleep each night.
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9
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Which of the following statements about sex differences in adolescents' reactions to pubertal changes is true?
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A few girls tell a friend that they are menstruating, but more boys tell a friend about spermarche.
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Jason, a late-maturing boy, is
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Likely to be viewed by both peers and adults as anxious.
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The most common nutritional problem of adolescence is ___________ deficiency.
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iron
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Anorexia Nervosa is
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a tragic eating disorder in which young people starve themselves because of a compulsive fear of getting fat.
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Bulimia is usually treated by
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training in changing eating habits.
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Early sexual activity is more common among young people from
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Economically disadvantaged homes.
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Which of the following three-phase sequences do many homosexual adolescents and adults move through in coming out to themselves and others?
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feeling different, confusion, and self-acceptance
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Mark is from Texas, and Daryl is from Alberta, Canada. Which of the following statements about the likelihood of each sexually active teen contracting AIDS or another STD is true?
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Mark is more likely than Daryl to contract AIDS or another STD.
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Compared with adult mothers, adolescent mothers
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more often engage in child abuse.
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Which of the following substances do American adolescents experiment with most during high school?
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alcohol
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Kia, age 14, uses hypothetico-deductive reasoning. Therefore, she probably
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makes predictions about variables that might affect an outcome and then deduces logical, testable inferences from that hypothesis.
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Seven-year-old Adea is asked to evaluate evidence about a hypothesis. She will probably
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Deal with only one or two possible variables and be unable to deal with three or more.
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Researchers believe that sophisticated _________ is vital for scientific reasoning.
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metacognitive understanding
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Certain that others are observing and thinking about them, teenagers develop an inflated sense of their own importance known as
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the personal fable
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Fifteen-year-old Mary has become critical of her parents and siblings, yet envisions a world with no injustice or discrimination. This is typical of the ___________ that manifests during the development of abstract reasoning.
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idealism
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Research on mathematical abilities in adolescence shows that
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American boys and girls reach advanced levels of high school math study in equal proportions.
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Which of the following statements regarding students' ratings of their elementary, middle-, and high school learning experiences is true?
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Students report that their middle-and high school teachers care less about them and are less friendly than their elementary school teachers.
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High-achieving students typically have parents who
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keep tabs on their child's progress.
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Which of the following statements about dropping out of high school is true?
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Risk factors in first grade predict dopout nearly as well as risk factors in secondary school.
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To work well, vocational education must
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carefully integrate academic and job-related instruction
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According to Erikson, teenagers in complex societies experience an
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identity crisis
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Changes in _____ and __________ set the stage for developing a unified personal identity.
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self concept; self-esteem
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Which of the following statements exemplifies 15-year-old Noah's awareness that psychological qualities can vary from one situation to the next?
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"I am not smart"
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Laurent plans to major in engineering in college. When asked if he might change his career path, he responds, "I might, but I doubt it. I've spent a lot of time studying my options. I'm pretty sure engineering is right for me." Laurent is demonstrating identity
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achievement
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Identity-foreclosed individuals
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Have committed themselves to values and goals without exploring alternatives.
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____________ individuals are the least mature in identity development.
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long term diffused
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Teenagers with ______________ are more involved in exploring relationship issues, such as what they value in close friends and in a life partner.
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warm trusting peer ties
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At Kohlberg's Stage 2 of moral development, children
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View right action as flowing from self-interest and understand reciprocity as equal exchange of favors.
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In response to the "Heinz" dilemma, " Ruby explains, "It doesn't make sense to put respect for property above respect for life itself. Respect for human life is absolute." Ruby is at which of Kohlberg's stages of moral development?
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stage 6: the universal ethical principle orientation
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Post conventional morality is
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exceedingly rare
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Some evidence indicates that although the morality of males and females taps both care and justice
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males more than females tend to focus equally on both orientations.
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Responses to moral dilemmas in collectivist cultures
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Are often more other-directed than in Western cultures.
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Schools can foster students' opportunities to experience and explore moral emotions, thoughts, and actions through
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question 13...
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In recent national polls, nearly ______ of Americans reported actively practicing religion.
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two-thirds
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Seventeen-year-old Saffron strives to rely on herself and not her parents for decision making. Saffron is developing
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autonomy
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Throughout adolescence, ______ is the single most consistent predictor of mental health.
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the quality of the parent-child relationship
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During adolescence, sibling
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relationships often become less intense, in both positive and negative feelings.
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Travis and Chase, both age 13, are best friends. Their discussions probably focus on
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achievements in school.
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_____________ is the preferred means of electronic interaction between teenage friends.
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texting
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as interest in dating increases,
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Boys' and Girls' cliques come together.
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High school seniors Geoff and Joy have been dating steadily for eight months. This is the first romance for each of them. How many relationships like theirs survive high school graduation?
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about 50%
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Teenage girls are ___________ as likely as boys to report persistent depressed mood.
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twice
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the number of boys who kill themselves exceeds the number of girls by a ratio of
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3 or 4 to 1
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Both police arrests and self-reports show that delinquency
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Rises in late adolescence and emerging adulthood.
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Some studies on zero tolerance policies show that they
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Heighten school dropout and antisocial behaviors.
