PSY 205: Chapter 9 – Flashcards
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a girl's first menstrual period.
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Menarche is:
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spermarche.
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For boys, the event that most closely parallels menarche is:
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her hips growing wider.
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Nancy, age 12, has just experienced a sudden growth spurt. According to the usual sequence of puberty, soon she will notice:
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his penis growing longer and wider.
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Bill noticed that he has some pubic hair. According to the usual sequence of puberty, his next growth event will probably be:
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Testosterone
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___________ is the sex hormone secreted in greater amounts by males than females.
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is due to hormonal shifts.
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Since he entered puberty, Barry has been staying awake late at night and craving sleep in the mornings. His parents should realize that this:
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precocious puberty.
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Latisha experienced menarche when she was 8 years old. She experienced:
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teasing and name-calling from her classmates.
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Ellie is 10 years old and well into puberty. She will probably experience:
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growth of fingers and toes.
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One of the first signs of the growth spurt is:
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higher; body fat
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Janet and Carlos are both experiencing a growth spurt. If they are typical adolescents, Janet will have a ________ proportion of __________ than Carlos.
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match his size from the previous year.
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Garry is taking a weight-lifting class in high school. The weights he lifts should:
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an increase in skin oils and sweat.
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Adolescent acne is usually caused by:
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1300; 500
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The recommended daily dose of calcium is ____ milligrams; most teens consume less than ____ milligrams per day.
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a steak to increase her iron.
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Sharon is concerned about deficiencies in her daughter Alana's diet. If Alana is a typical teen, Sharon should feed her:
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They are dissatisfied with their bodies.
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Studies indicate that adolescents worldwide share this problem.
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anorexia nervosa.
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Patty is 5 feet tall and weighs 87 pounds yet when she looks in the mirror, she sees an overweight girl. She does aerobics for two hours daily and eats very little. Patty MOST likely suffers from:
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bulimia nervosa.
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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:
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His prefrontal cortex is underdeveloped.
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Xavier, 16, invites a group of his high school friends to swim in a neighbor's pool late at night while that neighbor is away. They climb the fence and jump in, playing wildly and loudly in the water. Just a few minutes later, the police arrive. How does adolescent brain development help explain Xavier's poor decision making?
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adolescent egocentrism.
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A 15-year-old girl realizes that the dress she has worn to school has a small stain on it. Her belief that everyone will notice it is an example of:
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the invincibility fable.
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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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her belief in an imaginary audience.
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Marsha says, "There is no way I am going to school today with this bruise on my cheek. Everybody is going to laugh at me." Marsha is demonstrating:
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formal operational thought.
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Piaget called the reasoning that characterizes adolescence:
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put weights on both sides without considering distance from the center of the scale.
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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:
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concrete operational thought.
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In Inhelder and Piaget's balance experiment, trial-and-error problem solving was most characteristic of (What kind of thought?):
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hypothetical thought.
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Reasoning that includes propositions and possibilities that may not reflect reality defines:
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inductive reasoning.
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Three different girls tell Brian that Titanic is their all-time favorite movie. He concludes that all girls love that movie. Brian has just used:
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deductive reasoning.
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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:
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intuitive
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Fifteen-year-old Richard wants to be allowed to drive the family car, even though he does not yet have a driver's license. When his parents ask him why he thinks he should have driving privileges, he answers, "I know other kids who do it, and it's just stupid that I have to wait another 3 months until I turn 16." This is an example of what kind of thinking?
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analytical
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Fifteen-year-old Latrina has a 10 P.M. curfew. She asks her parents to extend her curfew to 11 P.M. on weekends. When her parents ask her why, Latrina replies, "I've never been late for my 10 P.M. curfew. You can trust me. Can we at least give it a try?" This is an example of what kind of thinking?
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decline.
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Rachel and Matt are in their first year of middle school. Statistically, one would expect their academic achievement to:
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cyberbullying.
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Spreading insults and rumors by means of e-mails, text messages, or Web postings is called:
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300
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High school guidance counselors in the United States have an average caseload of _____ students.
