Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

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?

The mean age at the beginning of the growth spurt in girls is:

For the majority of teens,adolescence is marked by:

Ms.Chang is trying to prepare her health class students for the onset of puberty.What should she tell the boys that they are likely to experience first?

Which of the following is associated with breast,uterine,and skeletal development in girls?

Discuss how early or late maturation affects boys and girls.

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

Which of the following hormones dominates in male pubertal development?

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

According to your text,which couple is LEAST likely to use a contraceptive?

Information-processing theory focuses on:

Based on age of onset,when is anorexia nervosa MOST likely to begin?

When Daniel Offer and his colleagues studied the self-images of adolescents in the United States,Australia,Bangladesh,Hungary,Israel,Italy,Japan,Taiwan,Turkey,and West Germany,at least _____ percent of the adolescents displayed a healthy self-image.

According to the study by Lloyd Johnston and his colleagues at the Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan monitoring the drug use of America's high school seniors in a wide range of public and private high schools,the percentage of illicit drug use:

A girl's first menstruation is called:

Adolescent _____ is the heightened self-consciousness of adolescents.

Discuss the psychological changes that are observed in adolescents during puberty.

Amanda's mother suffers from anorexia nervosa.Which of the following statements about Amanda is TRUE?

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs):

The _____ is adolescents' belief 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."