The Developing Person Through the Life Span – 8th Edition (EXAM THREE) – Flashcards
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The first hormones to begin the process of puberty are triggered in the child's:
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Brain
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The sex glands are also known as:
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The ovaries and testes
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Recent research indicates that there is a direct link between deficiencies in the adolescent diet and:
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The availability of vending machines on high-school campuses
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The growth spurt begins with an:
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Increase in bone length
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Adolescent acne is usually brought on by:
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Increased activity of oil and sweat glands
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The adolescent's ability to plan, to reflect, to analyze and to decide is a function of the:
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Prefrontal Cortex
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Diagnosing STIs in adolescents is problematic because:
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May have no symptoms
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Most adolescents think about themselves:
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Frequently
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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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Adolescent Egocentrism
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The term imaginary audience refers to adolescents':
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False belief that everyone is constantly attending to their behavior and appearance.
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Juanita is able to think hypothetically about abstract ideas. Piaget would say she has developed:
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Formal Operational Thought
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Does the ability to use deductive reasoning tend to develop at the same time as the ability to use inductive reasoning?
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No, deductive reasoning tends to develop than inductive reasoning.
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Logic in teenagers tends to improve with:
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Age
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Whether adolescents stay in school or drop out is strongly influenced by their:
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Experience in middle school
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Developmentalists agree that adolescents learn best with:
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Few changes in their lives
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According to Erikson, the goal of adolescence is to:
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Form a coherent identity
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Adoption of parents' or society's roles and values, rather than questioning and exploring a personal identity, is referred to as identity:
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Foreclosure
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Identity diffusion refers to the identity status in which adolescents:
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Have few commitments to goals or values and fail to take on any role.
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Shortly after Brittany turned 18, she developed a newfound appreciation of her parents. What contributed to her change in attitude?
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Increased emotional maturity and reduced egocentrism
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Parents' awareness of where their children are, what they are doing, and with whom they are doing it is referred to as:
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Parental Monitoring
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Most adolescents need a bridge in their transition from childhood to young adulthood, easing the shift from childish behaviors to more independent ones. This bridge is generally provided by:
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Peers at their level
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Brent and Ashley are high-school seniors who have been dating for nearly a year. While they emotionally support each other, their relationship primarily centers on.
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Companionship
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Ideally, the best sex educators are:
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Parents
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Joel is 14 years old and has been using marijuana steadily for the past six months. Because of his early drug use, he is at an increased risk for:
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Depression
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Suicidal ideation refers to:
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Thinking about suicide
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Arrest statistics do not accurately reflect the prevalence of adolescent delinquency because:
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Many offenses never come to police attention
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Which of the following is the goal of homeostasis?
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Equilibrium
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The term organ reserve refers to:
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The extra capacity available to an organ when subjected to stress
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The most common time for males and females to have a baby is during:
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young Adulthood
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Two factors that tend to maintain good exercise habits beyond emerging adulthood include:
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Friendship and communities designed for activity
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A person's set point is affected by:
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Ages, Genes, Diet, Hormones, and Exercise
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Compared with their peers, emerging adults who abuse drugs are less likely to:
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Sustain a romance
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Young men are more likely to die violently than young women because:
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Testosterone is associated with impulsive and angry reactions.
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Grappling with personal and social problems during late adolescence and emerging adulthood using both emotion and logic demonstrates:
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Postformal Thought
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After Brenda finished college and began working in her chosen field, she saw her life becoming:
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Less playful and more practical.
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In comparison with adolescent thinking, adult thinking requires more:
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Flexibility
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The most advanced cognitive process is:
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Dialectical Thought
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Research using the Defining Issues Test (DIT) has demonstrated that which of the following is associated with moral growth?
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Education
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Which statement is true of Fowler's sixth stage of Universalizing Faith?
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People have a vision of universal compassion, justice, and love.
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Compared to individuals with a college education, those without a college education tend to be more:
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Likely to smoke
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Compared to 50 years ago, today's U.S. college population:
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Is more diverse and heterogeneous
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According to Erikson, the stage of intimacy vs. isolation:
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Involves the need to share one's personal life with someone else.
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Compared to those of women, friendships between men are:
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Less Emotional
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Which of the following lists Sternberg's three dimensions of love in the order in which they generally develop in a relationship?
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Passion, Intimacy, Commitment
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When a couple shares passion and intimacy, but there is no commitment, Sternberg would say they have:
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Romantic Love
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Generally, cohabitating young adults:
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Are more likely to have physical abuse in the relationship than are married couples
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Which of the following is a characteristic of common couple violence?
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Both partners arguing
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Amy graduated from college in May and moved into an apartment with two friends in June. When she returned home to visit after several months, she noticed that:
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Her relationship with her parents improved
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Throughout the world, the most likely time in a person's life for mental illness is:
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Emerging Adulthood
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Anxiety disorders include:
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Post-traumatic stress disorder and panic attacks.
