Exam 10: Adolescence: Physical, Emotional and Sexual Development in the Context of Biological Puberty

In traditional cultures the initiation ceremony into adulthood serves which of the following functions?

In her investigation of sexual activity among homeless 16- year- old boys and girls, Rosenthal (2007) found that boys reported an average of ______________ sexual partners in the preceding six months, and girls averaged ______________ partners in the preceding six months.

Menarche is significantly later than average in which of the following groups?

According to Berzonsky (1983), the very experiences that combine to make adolescence pleasant for the early- developing male, such as fitting in with prevailing social stereotypes and earning approval as 'good dates', 'good sports' and 'good- looking', may be the factors that in the long run curtail their development of inner strengths.

For most individuals, a mature ethical and political ideology will have emerged by the end of adolescence.

According to Goldman & Goldman (1982), what percentage of 13 year olds rate adolescence as 'the best/happiest age to be'?

The term ______________ refers to the first experience of complete sexual intercourse.

According to Tanner (1970), the apex of the height growth spurt occurs at ______________ years for girls and ______________ years for boys.

In traditional societies, after the initiation ceremony has been completed the young adult can go back to being viewed as child, but only for brief periods.

In spite of wide cultural variations in the social meaning of adolescence, the physical changes of puberty are basically the same for everyone.

According to Lightfoot (2012), in 2012 the World Health Organization estimated that ______________ percent of all new infections of the HIV virus around the world occur in individuals between 15 to 23 years of age.

______________ predicts an early onset of sexual experience and, in fact, is a stronger predictor of this than religious belief, ethnicity or coeducational schooling.

Average girls gain 30 centimetres in height as a result of their growth spurt.

According to Troth & Peterson (2000), in which of the following areas do sons approach their mothers more than daughters do for sexual education?

All cultures view the transition from childhood to adulthood as a slow and complicated struggle between generations accompanied by intense stress, occupying all of the teen years.

High levels of substance abuse (and tobacco and alcohol use, as well as use of prescription medication and illicit drugs) are more common among girls whose puberty is extremely early than among those for whom it is on time or delayed.

When Goldman and Goldman (1982) examined the sexual knowledge of a group of Melbourne children and adolescents, they found widespread ______________ about many basic sexual concepts among boys and girls aged 15.

______________ transmit cultural and religious knowledge, while at the same time testing the individual's aptitude to receive it and hold it sacred.

According to the United Nations (1991) cross- cultural survey of 114 societies, it was the universal practice in 12 of these societies that all young people were initiated into penetrative sexual activity while still in their teens. In 34 of the societies surveyed, the notion of teenagers engaging in sex was unexpected and unusual.

The nose reaches its mature proportions ______________ than the rest of the face.