Question 1

Mary Carskadon and her colleagues' research on adolescent sleep patterns found that:

Accepted Answer

A)  when given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep an average of 9 hours and 25 minutes a night. 
B)  adolescents' biological clocks undergo a shift as they get older, so that older adolescents start to feel sleepy an hour earlier than younger adolescents. 
C)  younger adolescents tend to be sleepier during the day than older adolescents. 
D)  increased sleepiness in adolescents during the day was primarily due to academic work or social pressures. 
A)  when given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep an average of 9 hours and 25 minutes a night. 
B)  adolescents' biological clocks undergo a shift as they get older, so that older adolescents start to feel sleepy an hour earlier than younger adolescents. 
C)  younger adolescents tend to be sleepier during the day than older adolescents. 
D)  increased sleepiness in adolescents during the day was primarily due to academic work or social pressures.

Question 2

Adolescent girls who initiate oral-genital sex first, as opposed to vaginal sex first, are:

Accepted Answer

A)  more likely to get pregnant. 
B)  less likely to get pregnant. 
C)  equally likely to get pregnant. 
D)  unlikely; oral sex is not common among adolescents. 
A)  more likely to get pregnant. 
B)  less likely to get pregnant. 
C)  equally likely to get pregnant. 
D)  unlikely; oral sex is not common among adolescents.

Question 3

Which of the following is one of the main characteristics that applies to people suffering from anorexia nervosa?

Accepted Answer

A)  Precocious puberty in girls 
B)  Amenorrhea in girls who have reached puberty 
C)  Body weight that falls in the 98th percentile of the BMI scale 
D)  Binge eating followed by purging 
A)  Precocious puberty in girls 
B)  Amenorrhea in girls who have reached puberty 
C)  Body weight that falls in the 98th percentile of the BMI scale 
D)  Binge eating followed by purging

Question 4

Abe is giving his children some brain teaser challenges. He asked, "If a smot is bigger than a hek, a kom is bigger than duj, and a smot is bigger than a kom, then which is bigger: a hek or a duj?" His younger child wants to draw pictures of each item, but his older child can do it mentally. His younger child is _____, while his older child is _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  passive operational; active operational 
B)  concrete operational; postformal operational 
C)  concrete operational; formal operational 
D)  formal operational; postformal operational 
A)  passive operational; active operational 
B)  concrete operational; postformal operational 
C)  concrete operational; formal operational 
D)  formal operational; postformal operational

Question 5

The neurotransmitter associated with risk taking and use of addictive drugs is:

Accepted Answer

A)  testosterone. 
B)  estradiol. 
C)  dopamine. 
D)  norepinephrine. 
A)  testosterone. 
B)  estradiol. 
C)  dopamine. 
D)  norepinephrine.

Mary Carskadon and her colleagues' research on adolescent sleep patterns found that:

Adolescent girls who initiate oral-genital sex first, as opposed to vaginal sex first, are:

Which of the following is one of the main characteristics that applies to people suffering from anorexia nervosa?

The neurotransmitter associated with risk taking and use of addictive drugs is:

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Mary Carskadon and her colleagues' research on adolescent sleep patterns found that:

Adolescent girls who initiate oral-genital sex first, as opposed to vaginal sex first, are:

Which of the following is one of the main characteristics that applies to people suffering from anorexia nervosa?

The neurotransmitter associated with risk taking and use of addictive drugs is:

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Socioemotional Development in Late Adulthood

Death, Dying, and Grieving

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