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

Research suggests that adolescents involved with ____ are positively influenced in moral reasoning and moral behavior.

Research has indicated that the most effective way to foster moral development in adolescents is to

Which statement concerning cognitive development in adolescence is true? ​

Which parental action would be the most effective to discourage obesity in his or her children?

The pituitary gland regulates puberty changes by signaling other glands to release hormones.

Who is most likely to suffer the most negative psychological consequences as a result of the timing of maturation?

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

Adolescents who do not sleep enough tend to gain weight.

The onset of puberty can be influenced by one's social environment.

The story of Oskar Schindler provides an interesting personal example of moral development. In Schindler's case, his change in motivation from one of profit to one of saving lives represents a change that Kohlberg would say moves from ____ thinking to ____ thinking.

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

Moral reasoning based on instrumental orientation tends to occur at the ____ level of moral thinking.

Social system morality is the focus of one of the stages of Kohlberg's ____ level of moral reasoning.

Programs that effectively assist obese children in losing weight tend to

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

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?

Which statement best describes the connection between environmental stress and maturation in girls?

What basic moral question underlies the Heinz dilemma? ​

____ is one of the defining characteristics of anorexia nervosa.

You are the parent of twins, one male and one female, who are entering puberty. Describe to them the primary and secondary sex characteristics that they will each be acquiring over the next few years.