Question 1

Genetic factors may connect eating disorders with perfectionist personality styles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Approximately 18% of adolescents in the United States have at least one serious health problem.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Treating eating disorders

Accepted Answer

A)  is easy with the new generation of anti-anxiety medications. 
B)  may include hospitalization against the individual's will. 
C)  generally are successful within a few months. 
D)  are more successful with anorexia nervosa than with bulimia nervosa. 
A)  is easy with the new generation of anti-anxiety medications. 
B)  may include hospitalization against the individual's will. 
C)  generally are successful within a few months. 
D)  are more successful with anorexia nervosa than with bulimia nervosa.

Question 4

One of the strongest predictors of adolescent drug use and abuse is

Accepted Answer

A)  having a biological parent who uses or abuses drugs. 
B)  poor school performance. 
C)  having an anxiety disorder. 
D)  use or abuse of drugs by one's peers. 
A)  having a biological parent who uses or abuses drugs. 
B)  poor school performance. 
C)  having an anxiety disorder. 
D)  use or abuse of drugs by one's peers.

Question 5

Testosterone triggers the development of acne in

Accepted Answer

A)  boys only; acne in girls is caused by estrogen. 
B)  those who consume a lot of chocolate and soda. 
C)  those who have high levels of stress. 
D)  75-90% of both girls and boys. 
A)  boys only; acne in girls is caused by estrogen. 
B)  those who consume a lot of chocolate and soda. 
C)  those who have high levels of stress. 
D)  75-90% of both girls and boys.

Question 6

When adolescents come for addiction treatment, what is the first step?

Accepted Answer

A)  Helping them through the withdrawal symptoms 
B)  Changing their social environment 
C)  Making them dislike being addicted 
D)  Focusing on what the drug is doing to their health 
A)  Helping them through the withdrawal symptoms 
B)  Changing their social environment 
C)  Making them dislike being addicted 
D)  Focusing on what the drug is doing to their health

Question 7

Active 14- and 15-year-old boys may consume how many calories per day without becoming obese?

Accepted Answer

A)  3,000-4,000 
B)  4,000-5,000 
C)  5,000-6,000 
D)  6,000-7,000 
A)  3,000-4,000 
B)  4,000-5,000 
C)  5,000-6,000 
D)  6,000-7,000

Question 8

The gonads respond to pituitary hormones by

Accepted Answer

A)  secreting oxytocin. 
B)  increasing their production of sex hormones. 
C)  deactivating the hypothalamus. 
D)  decreasing their production of sex hormones. 
A)  secreting oxytocin. 
B)  increasing their production of sex hormones. 
C)  deactivating the hypothalamus. 
D)  decreasing their production of sex hormones.

Question 9

In general, who starts the growth spurt earlier?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boys 
B)  Girls 
C)  It depends upon degree of physical activity. 
D)  It depends upon the child's level of nutrition. 
A)  Boys 
B)  Girls 
C)  It depends upon degree of physical activity. 
D)  It depends upon the child's level of nutrition.

Question 10

In the United States, why has it become difficult to determine when one has become an adult?

Accepted Answer

A)  It hasn't; one is an adult in the United States at age 18. 
B)  Children are physically reaching adulthood later than in past generations. 
C)  Cognitive ability defines adulthood and is difficult to measure. 
D)  One legally becomes an adult at different ages in the United States depending upon whether you're voting, driving, or getting married. 
A)  It hasn't; one is an adult in the United States at age 18. 
B)  Children are physically reaching adulthood later than in past generations. 
C)  Cognitive ability defines adulthood and is difficult to measure. 
D)  One legally becomes an adult at different ages in the United States depending upon whether you're voting, driving, or getting married.

Question 11

Match the following:
-Adolescence

Accepted Answer

A)  between the ages of 9 and 31 
B)  average male adolescent height gain per year 
C)  physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D)  characterized by an irrational fear of being overweight 
E)  coincides with abstinence syndrome
F) breast development
G) leading cause of death in African American males aged 15 to 19
H) marijuana
I) popularized adolescence as a time of storm and stress
J) early-maturing girls
K) sexual feelings become transferred onto peers of the other sex
L) alcohol
M) early onset of puberty in Western countries
N) first menstruation
O) use of substance, despite negative consequences
P) the period of transition from childhood to adulthood
Q) adolescent turmoil is due to increased sex drive
R) enlargement of breasts in boys
S) hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T) nicotine 
A)  between the ages of 9 and 31 
B)  average male adolescent height gain per year 
C)  physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D)  characterized by an irrational fear of being overweight 
E)  coincides with abstinence syndrome
F) breast development
G) leading cause of death in African American males aged 15 to 19
H) marijuana
I) popularized adolescence as a time of storm and stress
J) early-maturing girls
K) sexual feelings become transferred onto peers of the other sex
L) alcohol
M) early onset of puberty in Western countries
N) first menstruation
O) use of substance, despite negative consequences
P) the period of transition from childhood to adulthood
Q) adolescent turmoil is due to increased sex drive
R) enlargement of breasts in boys
S) hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T) nicotine

Question 12

Which of the following triggers the production of higher levels of estrogen associated with the initiation of puberty in girls?

Accepted Answer

A)  A decrease in body weight 
B)  The development of mammary glands 
C)  The secretion of leptin 
D)  Reaching a specific chronological age 
A)  A decrease in body weight 
B)  The development of mammary glands 
C)  The secretion of leptin 
D)  Reaching a specific chronological age

Question 13

According to contemporary research, how is adolescence viewed?

Accepted Answer

A)  As a time of storm and stress 
B)  As a time of relative stability 
C)  As time of adaptation to biological changes and societal expectations 
D)  Depends upon the sex of the adolescent 
A)  As a time of storm and stress 
B)  As a time of relative stability 
C)  As time of adaptation to biological changes and societal expectations 
D)  Depends upon the sex of the adolescent

Question 14

G. Stanley Hall (1904) believed that

Accepted Answer

A)  adolescents swing back and forth between happiness and sadness. 
B)  adolescent mood swings are indicative of mental disorder. 
C)  children who rebel against parents during adolescence will have difficulty with adult relationships. 
D)  children are born as a blank slate and it is not until adolescence that they begin to fill that empty space. 
A)  adolescents swing back and forth between happiness and sadness. 
B)  adolescent mood swings are indicative of mental disorder. 
C)  children who rebel against parents during adolescence will have difficulty with adult relationships. 
D)  children are born as a blank slate and it is not until adolescence that they begin to fill that empty space.

Question 15

Match the following:
-Asynchronous growth

Accepted Answer

A)  between the ages of 9 and 29 
B)  average male adolescent height gain per year 
C)  physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D)  characterized by an irrational fear of being overweight 
E)  coincides with abstinence syndrome
F) breast development
G) leading cause of death in African American males aged 15 to 19
H) marijuana
I) popularized adolescence as a time of storm and stress
J) early-maturing girls
K) sexual feelings become transferred onto peers of the other sex
L) alcohol
M) early onset of puberty in Western countries
N) first menstruation
O) use of substance, despite negative consequences
P) the period of transition from childhood to adulthood
Q) adolescent turmoil is due to increased sex drive
R) enlargement of breasts in boys
S) hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T) nicotine 
A)  between the ages of 9 and 29 
B)  average male adolescent height gain per year 
C)  physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D)  characterized by an irrational fear of being overweight 
E)  coincides with abstinence syndrome
F) breast development
G) leading cause of death in African American males aged 15 to 19
H) marijuana
I) popularized adolescence as a time of storm and stress
J) early-maturing girls
K) sexual feelings become transferred onto peers of the other sex
L) alcohol
M) early onset of puberty in Western countries
N) first menstruation
O) use of substance, despite negative consequences
P) the period of transition from childhood to adulthood
Q) adolescent turmoil is due to increased sex drive
R) enlargement of breasts in boys
S) hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T) nicotine

Question 16

One successful way of preventing sexually transmitted infectionss may involve empowering female adolescents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What are the leading causes of death among adolescents in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Although American adolescents generally

Question 18

If antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) assist in treating eating disorders, what can we assume?

Accepted Answer

A)  That depression causes eating disorders. 
B)  That eating disorders cause depression. 
C)  That eating and mood disorders may both involve lower-than-normal levels of serotonin 
D)  That eating disorders may involve higher-than-normal levels of activity in the hypothalamus. 
A)  That depression causes eating disorders. 
B)  That eating disorders cause depression. 
C)  That eating and mood disorders may both involve lower-than-normal levels of serotonin 
D)  That eating disorders may involve higher-than-normal levels of activity in the hypothalamus.

Question 19

Match the following:
-Substance dependence

Accepted Answer

A)  between the ages of 9 and 19 
B)  average male adolescent height gain per year 
C)  physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D)  characterized by an irrational fear of being overweight 
E)  coincides with abstinence syndrome
F) breast development
G) leading cause of death in African American males aged 15 to 19
H) marijuana
I) popularized adolescence as a time of storm and stress
J) early-maturing girls
K) sexual feelings become transferred onto peers of the other sex
L) alcohol
M) early onset of puberty in Western countries
N) first menstruation
O) use of substance, despite negative consequences
P) the period of transition from childhood to adulthood
Q) adolescent turmoil is due to increased sex drive
R) enlargement of breasts in boys
S) hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T) nicotine 
A)  between the ages of 9 and 19 
B)  average male adolescent height gain per year 
C)  physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D)  characterized by an irrational fear of being overweight 
E)  coincides with abstinence syndrome
F) breast development
G) leading cause of death in African American males aged 15 to 19
H) marijuana
I) popularized adolescence as a time of storm and stress
J) early-maturing girls
K) sexual feelings become transferred onto peers of the other sex
L) alcohol
M) early onset of puberty in Western countries
N) first menstruation
O) use of substance, despite negative consequences
P) the period of transition from childhood to adulthood
Q) adolescent turmoil is due to increased sex drive
R) enlargement of breasts in boys
S) hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T) nicotine

Question 20

For girls at puberty

Accepted Answer

A)  the pituitary gland signals the ovaries to significantly increase estrogen production. 
B)  androgens stimulate growth of the breasts. 
C)  estrogen levels determine the darkness and amount of facial hair. 
D)  progesterone begins the process of the climacteric. 
A)  the pituitary gland signals the ovaries to significantly increase estrogen production. 
B)  androgens stimulate growth of the breasts. 
C)  estrogen levels determine the darkness and amount of facial hair. 
D)  progesterone begins the process of the climacteric.

Genetic factors may connect eating disorders with perfectionist personality styles.

Approximately 18% of adolescents in the United States have at least one serious health problem.

Treating eating disorders

One of the strongest predictors of adolescent drug use and abuse is

Testosterone triggers the development of acne in

When adolescents come for addiction treatment, what is the first step?

Active 14- and 15-year-old boys may consume how many calories per day without becoming obese?

The gonads respond to pituitary hormones by

In general, who starts the growth spurt earlier?

In the United States, why has it become difficult to determine when one has become an adult?

Match the following: -Adolescence

Which of the following triggers the production of higher levels of estrogen associated with the initiation of puberty in girls?

According to contemporary research, how is adolescence viewed?

G. Stanley Hall (1904) believed that

Match the following: -Asynchronous growth

One successful way of preventing sexually transmitted infectionss may involve empowering female adolescents.

What are the leading causes of death among adolescents in the United States?

If antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) assist in treating eating disorders, what can we assume?

Match the following: -Substance dependence

For girls at puberty

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity and Conception

Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical Development

Early Childhood: Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical Development

Middle Childhood: Social, Emotional Development, and Cognitive Development

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Exam 13: Adolescence: Physical Development

Genetic factors may connect eating disorders with perfectionist personality styles.

Approximately 18% of adolescents in the United States have at least one serious health problem.

Treating eating disorders

One of the strongest predictors of adolescent drug use and abuse is

Testosterone triggers the development of acne in

When adolescents come for addiction treatment, what is the first step?

Active 14- and 15-year-old boys may consume how many calories per day without becoming obese?

The gonads respond to pituitary hormones by

In general, who starts the growth spurt earlier?

In the United States, why has it become difficult to determine when one has become an adult?

Match the following: -Adolescence

Which of the following triggers the production of higher levels of estrogen associated with the initiation of puberty in girls?

According to contemporary research, how is adolescence viewed?

G. Stanley Hall (1904) believed that

Match the following: -Asynchronous growth

One successful way of preventing sexually transmitted infectionss may involve empowering female adolescents.

What are the leading causes of death among adolescents in the United States?

If antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) assist in treating eating disorders, what can we assume?

Match the following: -Substance dependence

For girls at puberty

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity and Conception

Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical Development

Early Childhood: Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical Development

Middle Childhood: Social, Emotional Development, and Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Cognitive Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

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