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

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

Interpersonal norms are found at Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral reasoning.

Early maturation has been shown to increase  ____ in females.

The _______________ level is Kohlberg's highest level of moral reasoning.

Research on differences between the moral reasoning of males and females has shown that

A local high school has hired you as a consultant for a program designed to improve moral decision-making in its students. Describe the advice that you would provide the school.

In the United States, about ____ out of every 1,000 adolescents dies each year.

According to Kohlberg's model of moral reasoning,

The adolescent brain tends to have more mature pleasure-seeking systems and less advanced ability to deliberately control one's behavior. ​

Body mass index is based on both weight and height.

Research indicates that most individuals' progression through Kohlberg's stages is ____.

Early maturing boys are more at risk for

Which phrase describes the emphasis of Gilligan's theory of moral development?

The process of ________________ during adolescence allows nerve impulses to travel more rapidly and leads to more efficient information processing.

Adolescents' increase in _______________ reasoning increases their ability to find weaknesses in arguments.

Morality based on adherence to societal law and order is best associated with Kohlberg's ____ stage of moral thinking.

Mariddie is a Western Apache teenager who has just experienced menarche. What reaction should she expect from those around her?

Which characteristic is least associated with child and adolescent obesity? ​

When Kann et al. (1995)asked ninth- and twelfth-graders about their exercise habits, they found that

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