Exam 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

What basic moral question underlies the Heinz dilemma?

Adolescents who do not sleep enough tend to gain weight.

Heuristics tend to be very:

Early-maturing boys are more at risk for:

Orson is 13 years old and classified as overweight. Which statement is most likely to be TRUE?

Which statement is TRUE?

George's moral decision making is at the conventional level, while his wife Angie's is at the postconventional level. Describe how these differences would impact a decision that they might make concerning a binge-drinking episode by their daughter Carmen.

Increases in content knowledge during adolescence result in advances in the ability to identify strategies appropriate for solving specific tasks.

Kohlberg proposed that stages of moral reasoning:

Anabolic steroids are most chemically similar to:

From whom would you expect the biggest gains in height and weight over the next three years?

Concerning weight, the abbreviation BMI stands for:

In ____ reasoning, adolescents recognize the hazards in making generalizations from extremely small samples.

Which teenager is at the greatest risk for developing anorexia or bulimia?

When discussing the Heinz dilemma, Nancy says, "I would steal the drug, because when they marry, a husband promises to love, cherish, and protect his wife until death do they part. Thus, it is his social responsibility to steal the drug to help his wife." This type of response best fits with the ____ stage in Kohlberg's model of moral development.

The adolescent brain tends to have more mature pleasure-seeking systems and less advanced systems for controlling behavior.

Carrie exhibits anorexia nervosa. When she looks in a mirror, she is most likely thinking:

When considering the issue of euthanasia, Jack says, "I know that killing is wrong, but I believe that compassion is sometimes more important than the law." This statement suggests that Jack is thinking at Kohlberg's ____ level.

The negative effects associated with being an early-maturing female have been found to be offset by:

When considering the Heinz dilemma, Barney says that he would steal the drug because then his wife might bake him a cake to repay him for saving her. This thinking indicates that Barney is most likely in Kohlberg's ____ stage of moral development.