Exam 14: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

What is the ability to formulate and evaluate the logical implications of a set of premises, even if these premises are imaginary and contradict the real world?

What does "storm and stress" refer to?

Janine is getting married and has decided to assign seating at her reception. She is now working on deciding who will sit at each of the tables in the reception hall. She has to worry about who will sit up front and who will sit toward the rear. She has to think about whom to sit next to Uncle Earl and also consider the need to separate Aunt Thelma from Aunt Zoe. The thinking Janine will have to use to solve this problem is an example of:

Anatomical and physiological signs that outwardly differentiate males and females are:

According to Kohlberg, the dominant mode of moral reasoning during adolescence is focused on:

Ovulation usually begins:

While the results of studies are mixed, the overall effect of early maturation for girls appears to be:

When adolescents started moving to cities for job opportunities, groups such as Hull House were formed to provide:

Overall, researchers have found that adults demonstrate significantly higher levels of decision-making competence compared with adolescents.

Stage 3 ("good-child morality") is the dominant mode of reasoning about moral questions until people reach their mid-twenties.

Before puberty, the strength level of girls and boys is the same.

What is semenarche?

In the Freudian view, emotional upheaval during adolescence results from:

Another name for formal operations is ____________ because at this stage children can apply operations to operations.

Before puberty, the strength level of girls and boys is:

White and gray matter in the brain both increase during adolescence.

The development of underarm hair is a primary sex characteristic.

In her studies of moral development, Gilligan calls a morality that emphasizes issues of rightness, fairness, and equality, the morality of:

Freud believed the main goal of adolescence was to reawaken primitive instincts.

The hormone testosterone is found in: