Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Identify the similarity between anorexics and bulimics.

The peak rate of pubertal change occurs at _____ years for girls and _____ years for boys.

The U.S. adolescent birth rate decreased by _____ percent from 2007 to 2009.

Which of the following is the final stage of Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development?

In 2003, this researcher suggested that adolescents have difficulty controlling their emotions, because their prefrontal cortex has not yet fully developed.

Which of the following is a type of estrogen?

In about _____ percent of motor vehicle fatalities involving adolescents, the driver was found to be intoxicated.

_____ learning takes education out into the community.

This theorist suggested that adolescent egocentrism is characterized by "the imaginary audience" and the "personal fable."

Which of the following describes the federal government's exercise recommendations?

Recent research has found that early-maturing girls are more likely than late-maturing girls to be:

With reference to cross-cultural comparisons, which of the following statements about adolescent pregnancies in the U.S. is true?

This theorist suggested that, in the later years of childhood and continuing in adolescence, individuals approach cognitive levels that may or may not be achieved, in contrast to the largely universal cognitive levels that young children attain.

What role does the top-dog phenomenon play when adolescents make the transition to middle or to junior high school?

Who is the founder of the present field of cognitive development?

The majority of unintentional injuries in adolescence involve:

Slightly less than _____ percent of American girls develop anorexia nervosa.

In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage girl has a _____ percent risk of getting HIV.

Which of the following is a similarity between anorexics and bulimics?

Jordan is very afraid of gaining weight but she cannot control her eating habits. She has been making up for her eating binges by vomiting immediately after a meal or by purging with laxatives. This pattern of behavior has been occurring thrice a week for the past four months. Jordan is most likely suffering from: