Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

In 2007,approximately what percentage of U.S.high school students reported that they had used a contraceptive the last time they had intercourse?

The personal fable and imaginary audience are parts of adolescent:

Who among the following will be most dissatisfied with body image?

Alejandro and his class spend a part of their week at the local food bank to feed the homeless.A part of his education is to learn about this population and resources in the community to help.This academic approach is called _______ learning.

"What if the sun were to explode?" says Alene."But it never has," replies Janis."But what if it did?" pushes Alene."But it never has!" insists Janis.In this example,Alene is exhibiting ________ thought,whereas Janis is showing ________ thought.

What question can 12-year-old Jackson answer that he could not answer when he was younger?

Which of the following factors has NOT been shown in research to be related to earlier sexually intimate behaviors in girls?

Driving to the amusement park,teen Pedro got into a car accident.This was most likely because:

A period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that occurs primarily during adolescence.

In 1904,this famous theorist proposed that adolescence was a turbulent time of "storm and stress."

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

Mollie is currently 15 and pregnant.Which of the following is most likely to be true about Mollie?

Which limitation in preoperational thought reemerges during adolescence?

In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner,a teenage girl has a _______ risk of contracting gonorrhea.

For the majority of teens,adolescence is marked by:

Identify at least three of the physical changes that take place during puberty with girls and at least three of the physical changes that take place with boys.

People with anorexia nervosa differ from people with bulimia nervosa in the:

A part of adolescent egocentrism,the belief adolescents have that they are somehow "on stage," with others constantly watching them.

Tasha is having difficulty getting along with her best friend.She decides to think through the problem,writing down all the difficulties and try to generate possible reasons for them.She then considers what she can do to deal with the problems,weighing the pros and cons of each possibility.She is using which of the following to solve her problem?

Alondra is "fashionably" thin.She does not have good eating habits though,often eating large amounts at one time and then practically nothing for days.Alondra often seems depressed and concerned over the lack of control she feels in her life.Alondra appears to be suffering from