Exam 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

How can adults help adolescents in their decision making?

At which point in development does a person become capable of demonstrating postconventional moral reasoning?

Danica woke up and had a pimple on her cheek. She pretended to be sick to avoid to going to school because she was sure everyone was going to see it and talk about her. What aspect of adolescent thinking is Danica experiencing?

Which factor influences whether an adolescent will report positive affect and greater enjoyment of activities?

Which view of adolescence views it as a time of universal, inevitable, and extreme upheaval triggered by puberty?

Jenna earned a spot as the captain for her tennis team, but she knew that her teammate really wanted to be captain so she asked her coach to give it to the other player. Jenna's brother said she should NOT have done that because she earned it. What moral orientation is Jenna's behavior motivated by?

Explain how some adolescents face greater risks with school transitions than others.

Drake knows that he needs to read his biology text to learn the material, but he has to see the chapter diagrams to understand the material. He uses acronyms to remember information, and makes up stories about the material. Drake know this is how he learns best because he ______.

The limbic system undergoing a burst of development before the prefrontal cortex is part of ______.

Raj learns that they are going to raise tuition 25% at his university. He realizes that the decision was because the state was cutting funds to the school. Raj decides to contact his legislators to try and get them to understand the importance of continuing to fund higher education. He organizes a campaign to spread awareness of the issue. Raj is in which stage of Kohlberg's moral reasoning?

Which factor has little influence pubertal timing?

Which factor contributes most significantly to obesity in adolescence?

Around the world, early-maturing boys and girls show higher rates of ______.

Taking in, manipulating, and storing information describes a teenager's ______.

Full development that integrates emotion and reasoning occurs when the prefrontal cortex catches up with the ______.

Adolescents' abilities to apply metacognition in real-world settings develops until about age 17.

The beliefs held about adolescence and what is normal for adolescents can profoundly affect adolescents' development.

Although adolescents can demonstrate scientific thinking, many tend to consistently prefer which type of solutions to complex real-life problems?

How does social responsibility develop in adolescents? How does volunteerism predict social responsibility?

The experience an early maturing girl goes through during puberty is that she ______.