Exam 13: Physical Development in Adolescence

Which of the following statements regarding sexual activity and parental supervision is FALSE?

What two factors are thought to relate to the secular trend?

During puberty, girls become more satisfied with their bodies, whereas boys become less satisfied with their bodies.

Which of the following statements regarding rape and sexual assault is FALSE?

For teen mothers who have one baby, the probability of having an additional baby (i.e., repeat birth) as a teen is approximately

What laws have been enacted to try to reduce the frequency of accidents involving teenagers?

Which of the following biological changes occurs in the brain during adolescence?

A nationwide survey of male and female high school students by Eaton et al. (2012) found that the percentage of adolescents who report having sex ___________ between 9th and 12th grade.

Young adults are at risk for rape and sexual assault more so than any other age group.

Teens are often quite good at estimating the number of their peers who are engaging in sexual activities.

It is becoming more and more noticeable to Dierdre's sixth-grade class that she is entering puberty at an earlier age than most of her age mates. Based on research examining early maturation, Dierdre may be likely to

Simon goes out occasionally with his friends. Most of the time they play drinking games in which they have more than five drinks at one time. This is called

The feedback loop from the hypothalamus, to the pituitary gland, to the gonads and back to the hypothalamus, is called the ________.

Nora has decided to wait until after she graduates from high school to have her first sexual experience. In particular, she has chosen to be abstinent because of her concerns about STDs, or

While an early study found that high school students had an average score of 42% on an assessment of sexual knowledge, later studies have found that teens have better knowledge of

Who is the most likely to use contraception?

Physical indicators of sexual maturation that do not involve sex organs are called ________.

There are higher numbers of individuals diagnosed with anorexia compared to bulimia.

Harry's seventh-grade sex education teacher showed them a condom last week in class. They spent the class time discussing how often condoms break and listing statistics of the failure rates of different types of contraception. Harry's sex education program is most likely a(n)

All of the following are considered gateway drugs EXCEPT