Question 1

Most males stop gaining in height at approximately age 20.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What is the most likely result from being able to imagine many possible outcomes?

Accepted Answer

A)  more narrow-minded thinking 
B)  anxiety 
C)  catastrophic thinking 
D)  clarity 
A)  more narrow-minded thinking 
B)  anxiety 
C)  catastrophic thinking 
D)  clarity

Question 3

Which of the following statements describes adolescents' nutritional needs?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adolescents need twice as much calcium as adults need, but only half as much vitamin A. 
B)  Adolescents often do NOT receive as much nutrition as they need. 
C)  Adolescents need fewer vitamins and minerals compared with young children. 
D)  Adolescents require less calcium as adults, but more iron. 
A)  Adolescents need twice as much calcium as adults need, but only half as much vitamin A. 
B)  Adolescents often do NOT receive as much nutrition as they need. 
C)  Adolescents need fewer vitamins and minerals compared with young children. 
D)  Adolescents require less calcium as adults, but more iron.

Question 4

Which of the following behaviours best illustrates the personal fable?

Accepted Answer

A)  preening and working out physically 
B)  commitment to continual academic pursuits 
C)  showing off and taking risks 
D)  challenging parental norms and morals 
A)  preening and working out physically 
B)  commitment to continual academic pursuits 
C)  showing off and taking risks 
D)  challenging parental norms and morals

Question 5

According to Piaget, at what stage can children understand metaphors?

Accepted Answer

A)  during formal operations 
B)  during concrete operations 
C)  during preoperational thought 
D)  at the end of the sensorimotor period 
A)  during formal operations 
B)  during concrete operations 
C)  during preoperational thought 
D)  at the end of the sensorimotor period

Question 6

What regulates the menstrual cycle?

Accepted Answer

A)  phases of the month that coincide with lunar phases 
B)  increases and decreases in estrogen and progesterone levels 
C)  the presence or absence of androgens 
D)  fat cells secreting a protein that signals the brain 
A)  phases of the month that coincide with lunar phases 
B)  increases and decreases in estrogen and progesterone levels 
C)  the presence or absence of androgens 
D)  fat cells secreting a protein that signals the brain

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of asynchronous growth?

Accepted Answer

A)  the early onset of puberty 
B)  the head reaching peak size before the torso 
C)  the shoulders and chest reaching peak growth before the legs 
D)  the hands and feet reaching peak growth before the arms and legs 
A)  the early onset of puberty 
B)  the head reaching peak size before the torso 
C)  the shoulders and chest reaching peak growth before the legs 
D)  the hands and feet reaching peak growth before the arms and legs

Question 8

MATCHING
-Adolescence

Accepted Answer

A) testes 
B) women's moral reasoning according to Gilligan 
C) physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D) intense fear of being overweight 
E) imaginary audience
F)breast development
G)can engage in hypothetical thinking
H)men's moral reasoning according to Gilligan
I)storm and stress
J)early-maturing girl
K)binge-purge cycle
L)career matched to personality
M)early onset of puberty in Western countries
N)early maturing boy
O)boys tend to outperform girls
P)transition from childhood to adulthood
Q)often accompanied by a decrease in grades and self-esteem
R)average female adolescent height gain per year
S)hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T)small class size, vocational components, early preschool interventions 
A) testes 
B) women's moral reasoning according to Gilligan 
C) physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D) intense fear of being overweight 
E) imaginary audience
F)breast development
G)can engage in hypothetical thinking
H)men's moral reasoning according to Gilligan
I)storm and stress
J)early-maturing girl
K)binge-purge cycle
L)career matched to personality
M)early onset of puberty in Western countries
N)early maturing boy
O)boys tend to outperform girls
P)transition from childhood to adulthood
Q)often accompanied by a decrease in grades and self-esteem
R)average female adolescent height gain per year
S)hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T)small class size, vocational components, early preschool interventions

Question 9

No Evidence exists to support Kohlberg's view that the moral judgments of children develop in an upward sequence

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As children mature, how do their career aspirations compare with their earlier years?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are more rigid. 
B)  They are more diverse. 
C)  They are more realistic. 
D)  They are more conservative. 
A)  They are more rigid. 
B)  They are more diverse. 
C)  They are more realistic. 
D)  They are more conservative.

Question 11

MATCHING
-Secondary sex characteristic

Accepted Answer

A) testes 
B) women's moral reasoning according to Gilligan 
C) physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D) intense fear of being overweight 
E) imaginary audience
F)breast development
G)can engage in hypothetical thinking
H)men's moral reasoning according to Gilligan
I)storm and stress
J)early-maturing girl
K)binge-purge cycle
L)career matched to personality
M)early onset of puberty in Western countries
N)early maturing boy
O)boys tend to outperform girls
P)transition from childhood to adulthood
Q)often accompanied by a decrease in grades and self-esteem
R)average female adolescent height gain per year
S)hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T)small class size, vocational components, early preschool interventions 
A) testes 
B) women's moral reasoning according to Gilligan 
C) physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D) intense fear of being overweight 
E) imaginary audience
F)breast development
G)can engage in hypothetical thinking
H)men's moral reasoning according to Gilligan
I)storm and stress
J)early-maturing girl
K)binge-purge cycle
L)career matched to personality
M)early onset of puberty in Western countries
N)early maturing boy
O)boys tend to outperform girls
P)transition from childhood to adulthood
Q)often accompanied by a decrease in grades and self-esteem
R)average female adolescent height gain per year
S)hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T)small class size, vocational components, early preschool interventions

Question 12

How healthy are the nutrition habits of today's adolescents? What are eating disorders?

Accepted Answer

Physical growth occurs more rapidly in t

Question 13

According to Carol Gilligan (1982), why do women score lower on Kohlberg's stages of moral development?

Accepted Answer

A)  Women have been socialized to make judgments that are based on logic. 
B)  Women are inherently less moral than men. 
C)  Women have been socialized to make judgments that are based on the needs of others. 
D)  Women have been socialized to make judgments that reinforce their own needs. 
A)  Women have been socialized to make judgments that are based on logic. 
B)  Women are inherently less moral than men. 
C)  Women have been socialized to make judgments that are based on the needs of others. 
D)  Women have been socialized to make judgments that reinforce their own needs.

Question 14

How does the self-image of 18-year-old girls compare with the self-image of 18-year-old boys?

Accepted Answer

A)  The girls are less likely to diet than the boys. 
B)  The girls report lower levels of depression than the boys. 
C)  The girls report more negative body images than the boys. 
D)  The girls report higher levels of body satisfaction than the boys. 
A)  The girls are less likely to diet than the boys. 
B)  The girls report lower levels of depression than the boys. 
C)  The girls report more negative body images than the boys. 
D)  The girls report higher levels of body satisfaction than the boys.

Question 15

Alexis realizes that she does NOT need to believe in the truth or justice of something in order to argue for it.Which of the following can we assume about Alexis?

Accepted Answer

A)  She is in the stage of formal operations. 
B)  She is likely to be 10 years old. 
C)  She is in the stage of concrete operations. 
D)  She is in the stage of abstract operations. 
A)  She is in the stage of formal operations. 
B)  She is likely to be 10 years old. 
C)  She is in the stage of concrete operations. 
D)  She is in the stage of abstract operations.

Question 16

Estrogen stimulates breast and fatty tissue growth in females.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following statements best characterizes bulimia?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is another name for anorexia. 
B)  It is related to irregular menstrual cycles. 
C)  It is an eating disorder found more often in men than in women. 
D)  It affects older women more often than adolescents or young women. 
A)  It is another name for anorexia. 
B)  It is related to irregular menstrual cycles. 
C)  It is an eating disorder found more often in men than in women. 
D)  It affects older women more often than adolescents or young women.

Question 18

Chronic illnesses are experienced by more than half of the adolescents in Canada today.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following statements best describes girls' development 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)  Estrogen causes the clitoris to develop. 
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)  Estrogen causes the clitoris to develop.

Question 20

By age 14, most adolescents demonstrate postconventional moral reasoning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Most males stop gaining in height at approximately age 20.

What is the most likely result from being able to imagine many possible outcomes?

Which of the following statements describes adolescents' nutritional needs?

Which of the following behaviours best illustrates the personal fable?

According to Piaget, at what stage can children understand metaphors?

What regulates the menstrual cycle?

Which of the following is an example of asynchronous growth?

MATCHING -Adolescence

No Evidence exists to support Kohlberg's view that the moral judgments of children develop in an upward sequence

As children mature, how do their career aspirations compare with their earlier years?

MATCHING -Secondary sex characteristic

How healthy are the nutrition habits of today's adolescents? What are eating disorders?

According to Carol Gilligan (1982), why do women score lower on Kohlberg's stages of moral development?

How does the self-image of 18-year-old girls compare with the self-image of 18-year-old boys?

Alexis realizes that she does NOT need to believe in the truth or justice of something in order to argue for it.Which of the following can we assume about Alexis?

Estrogen stimulates breast and fatty tissue growth in females.

Which of the following statements best characterizes bulimia?

Chronic illnesses are experienced by more than half of the adolescents in Canada today.

Which of the following statements best describes girls' development at puberty?

By age 14, most adolescents demonstrate postconventional moral reasoning.

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Exam 11: Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

Most males stop gaining in height at approximately age 20.

What is the most likely result from being able to imagine many possible outcomes?

Which of the following statements describes adolescents' nutritional needs?

Which of the following behaviours best illustrates the personal fable?

According to Piaget, at what stage can children understand metaphors?

What regulates the menstrual cycle?

Which of the following is an example of asynchronous growth?

MATCHING -Adolescence

No Evidence exists to support Kohlberg's view that the moral judgments of children develop in an upward sequence

As children mature, how do their career aspirations compare with their earlier years?

MATCHING -Secondary sex characteristic

How healthy are the nutrition habits of today's adolescents? What are eating disorders?

According to Carol Gilligan (1982), why do women score lower on Kohlberg's stages of moral development?

How does the self-image of 18-year-old girls compare with the self-image of 18-year-old boys?

Alexis realizes that she does NOT need to believe in the truth or justice of something in order to argue for it.Which of the following can we assume about Alexis?

Estrogen stimulates breast and fatty tissue growth in females.

Which of the following statements best characterizes bulimia?

Chronic illnesses are experienced by more than half of the adolescents in Canada today.

Which of the following statements best describes girls' development at puberty?

By age 14, most adolescents demonstrate postconventional moral reasoning.

History, Theories, and Methods

Heredity and Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby: in the New World

Infancy: Physical Development

Infancy: Cognitive Development

Infancy: Social and Emotional Development

Early Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Childhood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Adolescence: Social and Emotional Development

Early Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Middle Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

Late Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

Late Adulthood: Social and Emotional Development

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