Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

The most effective programs that discourage dropping out of high school include:

Anorexia and bulimia nervosa affect:

The belief, reflecting adolescents' egocentrism, that others are as interested in them as they themselves are, as well as attention-getting behavior-attempts to be noticed, visible, and "on stage."

According to Jean Piaget, which of the following types of thought is the most abstract?

_____ is the "judgment" region that reins in intense emotions but doesn't finish developing until at least emerging adulthood.

In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage girl has a _____ percent risk of acquiring genital herpes.

Penny has been diagnosed as suffering from bulimia nervosa. It is most likely that she:

Discuss two key components of adolescent egocentrism according to David Elkind.

Discuss the importance of controlling one's attention during adolescence.

_____ is/are the second leading cause of death in adolescence.

According to a U.S. national survey conducted in 2009, by age 20, _____ percent of U.S. youth have engaged in sexual intercourse.

Fifteen-year-old Juanita wants to skip school today because she is having a bad hair day and is convinced that everybody will notice and think badly of her. Which aspect of adolescent egocentrism is Juanita experiencing?

Thirteen-year-old Grace's blood tests indicate that her levels of testosterone are about twice as high as they were a few years ago, and that her estradiol levels are about eight times higher than earlier. Grace is most likely experiencing:

Only about one in three young adolescents is a _____ thinker.

The lowest school dropout rate in the United States in 2008 occurred for:

In a study, almost 50 percent of high school dropouts cited _____ reasons for leaving school.

Which of the following is typically the last male pubertal characteristic to occur?

Behind the first whisker in boys and the widening of hips in girls is a flood of _____, powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the body by the bloodstream.

_____ learning is a form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community.

According to a recent large-scale study of eighth- and tenth-graders, amongst the various risk factors, which of the following is the strongest predictor of substance abuse among?