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

Which event defines spermarche?

Which activity is LEAST likely to raise Chelsea's moral reasoning to a more sophisticated level?

When Dwayne and Vin are debating whether or not to steal a cool car they just found, Dwayne says, "It's wrong to steal the car because there are laws against stealing, and no one is above the law." This type of thinking best fits with Kohlberg's ____ level of moral thinking.

In the Victor Hugo story Les Misérables , a character named Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread to feed a starving child. How would psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg describe this act?

Overweight teens are most at risk for developing ____ later in life.

Children and adolescents in many cultures begin reasoning about moral dilemmas at:

The exact timing of puberty varies. Discuss psychological advantages and disadvantages of early and later puberty for both females and males.

There is little evidence to support Kohlberg's claim that the stages of moral reasoning are:

Who is experiencing the first indicator of the onset of puberty in a typical female?

What is a defining characteristic of anorexia nervosa?

In a typically developing adolescent experiencing puberty, you would expect that his or her ____ would be the last body area to grow.

The illusion of invulnerability is best demonstrated by:

Estrogen is directly released by the:

All regions of the brain mature at the same time.

According to Kohlberg's original theory, there are ____ levels of moral reasoning, each containing ____ stages.

According to Kohlberg:

____ is one of the defining characteristics of anorexia nervosa.

Typical American teenagers tend to:

The defining characteristic of bulimia nervosa involves:

How many of the following are considered secondary sex characteristics: growth of facial hair in boys, development of a functional uterus in girls, voice change in boys, and broadening of shoulders in girls?