Exam 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

In an Israeli study of seventh to ninth graders,after controlling for participants' age,researchers found that __________ fully accounted for early adolescent gains in propositional thought.

Discuss effective interventions for adolescent parents.

In most tribal and village societies,__________.

In a study of sixth through tenth graders,__________ predicted self-esteem and overall positive adjustment.

Which statement about the sexual behavior of U.S.adolescents is true?

G.Stanley Hall described adolescence as a __________.

Early-maturing European-American girls tend to report a __________.

Western adolescents __________.

__________ is strongly associated with greater intake of fruits,vegetables,grains,and calcium-rich foods.

Adolescent drug experimentation __________.

With regard to verbal abilities,girls have a biological advantage in earlier development of __________.

Far greater intergenerational continuity in adolescent parenting occurs when teenage __________.

Research suggests that __________ cause(s)girls to do worse than their abilities allow on difficult math problems.

To work well,vocational education must __________.

Girls and (less consistently)boys with a history of family conflict tend to reach puberty __________,whereas those with warm,stable family ties tend to reach puberty __________.

Which statement about self-acceptance among gay,lesbian,and bisexual youths is true?

Binge-eating disorder __________.

Which at-risk high school student is most likely to be involved in extracurricular activities?

__________ parenting is linked to higher grades in school among adolescents varying widely in SES.

Mr.Vogt is frustrated with his daughter's exaggerated sense of her personal uniqueness.One way he could deal with this is to __________.