Question 1

If a person is called or known as a "garbage head," that means that

Accepted Answer

A) the person is of low intelligence and regarded as stupid by his/her peers. 
B) the person will try anything,especially any kind of drug. 
C) the person has a low regard for society's values and disregards these considerations when making decisions about his/her personal behavior(s). 
D) the person has an interest and tendency toward pornography and sexual deviancy. 
A) the person is of low intelligence and regarded as stupid by his/her peers. 
B) the person will try anything,especially any kind of drug. 
C) the person has a low regard for society's values and disregards these considerations when making decisions about his/her personal behavior(s). 
D) the person has an interest and tendency toward pornography and sexual deviancy.

Question 2

Adolescents' ability to reason using formal operations causes a change in their everyday behavior.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

According to Piaget,what do adolescents employ during the formal operational stage of development that helps them reason differently than children in the concrete development stage?

Accepted Answer

A) prefrontal cortex 
B) additionally myelinated neurons 
C) propositional thought 
D) trial and error experience from previous years 
A) prefrontal cortex 
B) additionally myelinated neurons 
C) propositional thought 
D) trial and error experience from previous years

Question 4

A pattern of change occurring over several generations is called

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A) a primary characteristic. 
B) a secular trend. 
C) a secondary characteristic. 
D) an intergenerational cycle. 
A) a primary characteristic. 
B) a secular trend. 
C) a secondary characteristic. 
D) an intergenerational cycle.

Question 5

By drinking milk during their teenage years,girls can consume enough required _______ to avoid ________ later in their lives.

Accepted Answer

A) magnesium;osteoporosis 
B) iron;stroke 
C) calcium;osteoporosis 
D) Vitamin D;rickets 
A) magnesium;osteoporosis 
B) iron;stroke 
C) calcium;osteoporosis 
D) Vitamin D;rickets

Question 6

What is a basic requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act passed by Congress in 2002?

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A) All students have the right to an education up to age 21. 
B) Students must pass designated core curriculum courses in order to graduate from high school. 
C) Every U.S.state must design and administer achievement tests that students must pass in order to graduate from high school. 
D) All schools must hire teachers who have advanced degrees. 
A) All students have the right to an education up to age 21. 
B) Students must pass designated core curriculum courses in order to graduate from high school. 
C) Every U.S.state must design and administer achievement tests that students must pass in order to graduate from high school. 
D) All schools must hire teachers who have advanced degrees.

Question 7

While Piaget proposed that formal operational thought is not fully settled in until around 15 years of age,evidence suggests that some people never fully employ formal operational thinking.Studies show that only _________ of college students and adults achieve formal operational thinking,and other estimates run as low as _____.

Accepted Answer

A) 40% to 60%;25% 
B) 30% to 50%;25% 
C) 25% to 50%;10% 
D) 50% to 75%;40% 
A) 40% to 60%;25% 
B) 30% to 50%;25% 
C) 25% to 50%;10% 
D) 50% to 75%;40%

Question 8

According to research,which one of the following is a factor with regard to the age of menarche in girls?

Accepted Answer

A) racial or ethnic background 
B) environmental stress and high levels of family conflict 
C) eating food that contains animal products 
D) age at which her mother's menarche began 
A) racial or ethnic background 
B) environmental stress and high levels of family conflict 
C) eating food that contains animal products 
D) age at which her mother's menarche began

Question 9

Anorexia nervosa is only seen in adolescent girls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Meredith is a 17-year-old adolescent female who weighs approximately 82 pounds and is gaunt and frail,with a skeletal appearance.Although she fears food and eating,she focuses on food by talking about food,collecting cookbooks,and cooking huge meals for others.Whenever she looks at herself in the mirror,her perception of her body is distorted in that she thinks she is disgustingly fat.Meredith is suffering from which of the following disorders?

Accepted Answer

A) anorexia nervosa 
B) obesity 
C) malnutrition 
D) bulimia 
A) anorexia nervosa 
B) obesity 
C) malnutrition 
D) bulimia

Question 11

Fifteen-year-old Lawrence thought he had prepared for his final exams;however,when he got his scores he was disappointed.Rather than reviewing the areas of the test where he did not fare so well,Lawrence confronted his teacher with a verbal lashing and accused the teacher of being "out to get" him.Lawrence's behavior could be considered an example of

Accepted Answer

A) self-centeredness. 
B) a psychological disorder. 
C) adolescent egocentrism. 
D) formal operational thought disorder. 
A) self-centeredness. 
B) a psychological disorder. 
C) adolescent egocentrism. 
D) formal operational thought disorder.

Question 12

Menstruation is the only change in puberty for females.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

When an adolescent's newly sophisticated metacognitive capability enables him/her to construct elaborate scenarios about others' thoughts,this is known as

Accepted Answer

A) fantasy. 
B) adolescent egocentrism. 
C) schizophrenia. 
D) formal operational thought disorder. 
A) fantasy. 
B) adolescent egocentrism. 
C) schizophrenia. 
D) formal operational thought disorder.

Question 14

Which of the following terms relates to an eating disorder characterized by binges on large quantities of food,followed by purges of the food through vomiting or the use of laxatives?

Accepted Answer

A) anorexia nervosa 
B) obesity 
C) malnutrition 
D) bulimia 
A) anorexia nervosa 
B) obesity 
C) malnutrition 
D) bulimia

Question 15

During the teenage years,the average girl requires ________ calories a day,and the average boy requires ________.

Accepted Answer

A) 1,200;2,000 
B) 2,200;2,800 
C) 2,000;2,500 
D) 1,500;2,000 
A) 1,200;2,000 
B) 2,200;2,800 
C) 2,000;2,500 
D) 1,500;2,000

Question 16

According to the World Health Organization,how many people globally will die prematurely in the 21st century due to the effects of smoking?

Accepted Answer

A) 1 billion 
B) 100 million 
C) 50 million 
D) 10 million 
A) 1 billion 
B) 100 million 
C) 50 million 
D) 10 million

Question 17

Though early maturation is largely a plus for boys,there are downsides.Which of the following is a downside to early maturation in a boy?

Accepted Answer

A) The boy is more likely to have difficulties in finding girls attractive. 
B) The boy is likely to feel excluded by peers due to being too masculine. 
C) The boy is likely to become involved in substance abuse. 
D) The boy is likely to demonstrate early maturity in his nonverbal cognitive development. 
A) The boy is more likely to have difficulties in finding girls attractive. 
B) The boy is likely to feel excluded by peers due to being too masculine. 
C) The boy is likely to become involved in substance abuse. 
D) The boy is likely to demonstrate early maturity in his nonverbal cognitive development.

Question 18

Which of the following is a factor to consider regarding the gap in educational achievement between U.S.students and other students around the world?

Accepted Answer

A) U.S.students spend more time in classes and get less intensive instruction. 
B) There is a broader diversity of students in the U.S.when compared to the student bodies of other countries,where the school population is more homogeneous and affluent. 
C) U.S.parents and students do not care as much about education as do parents and students from other countries. 
D) There are low literacy rates for female U.S.students. 
A) U.S.students spend more time in classes and get less intensive instruction. 
B) There is a broader diversity of students in the U.S.when compared to the student bodies of other countries,where the school population is more homogeneous and affluent. 
C) U.S.parents and students do not care as much about education as do parents and students from other countries. 
D) There are low literacy rates for female U.S.students.

Question 19

Researchers have proposed that African American and Hispanic American adolescents may not fare as well in their academic endeavors because of which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A) African American students are more apt to view success as a result of internal causes over which they have control,such as overcoming temporary setbacks by working harder. 
B) African American and Hispanic American adolescents tend to believe that they can succeed despite poor school performance. 
C) African American and Hispanic American students are more likely to subscribe to the belief that effort will lead to success. 
D) African American and Hispanic American students are not born with the intellectual capacity to succeed academically. 
A) African American students are more apt to view success as a result of internal causes over which they have control,such as overcoming temporary setbacks by working harder. 
B) African American and Hispanic American adolescents tend to believe that they can succeed despite poor school performance. 
C) African American and Hispanic American students are more likely to subscribe to the belief that effort will lead to success. 
D) African American and Hispanic American students are not born with the intellectual capacity to succeed academically.

Question 20

Research indicates that people who live in unsophisticated,non-technologically-based cultures are incapable of attaining the formal operational stage of thinking,as described by Piaget.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

If a person is called or known as a "garbage head," that means that

Adolescents' ability to reason using formal operations causes a change in their everyday behavior.

According to Piaget,what do adolescents employ during the formal operational stage of development that helps them reason differently than children in the concrete development stage?

A pattern of change occurring over several generations is called

By drinking milk during their teenage years,girls can consume enough required _ to avoid __ later in their lives.

What is a basic requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act passed by Congress in 2002?

According to research,which one of the following is a factor with regard to the age of menarche in girls?

Anorexia nervosa is only seen in adolescent girls.

Menstruation is the only change in puberty for females.

When an adolescent's newly sophisticated metacognitive capability enables him/her to construct elaborate scenarios about others' thoughts,this is known as

Which of the following terms relates to an eating disorder characterized by binges on large quantities of food,followed by purges of the food through vomiting or the use of laxatives?

During the teenage years,the average girl requires calories a day,and the average boy requires .

According to the World Health Organization,how many people globally will die prematurely in the 21^st century due to the effects of smoking?

Though early maturation is largely a plus for boys,there are downsides.Which of the following is a downside to early maturation in a boy?

Which of the following is a factor to consider regarding the gap in educational achievement between U.S.students and other students around the world?

Researchers have proposed that African American and Hispanic American adolescents may not fare as well in their academic endeavors because of which of the following reasons?

Research indicates that people who live in unsophisticated,non-technologically-based cultures are incapable of attaining the formal operational stage of thinking,as described by Piaget.

An Introduction to Lifespan Development

The Start of Life: Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Infant

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years

Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood

Death and Dying

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Exam 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

If a person is called or known as a "garbage head," that means that

Adolescents' ability to reason using formal operations causes a change in their everyday behavior.

According to Piaget,what do adolescents employ during the formal operational stage of development that helps them reason differently than children in the concrete development stage?

A pattern of change occurring over several generations is called

By drinking milk during their teenage years,girls can consume enough required _______ to avoid ________ later in their lives.

What is a basic requirement of the No Child Left Behind Act passed by Congress in 2002?

According to research,which one of the following is a factor with regard to the age of menarche in girls?

Anorexia nervosa is only seen in adolescent girls.

Menstruation is the only change in puberty for females.

When an adolescent's newly sophisticated metacognitive capability enables him/her to construct elaborate scenarios about others' thoughts,this is known as

Which of the following terms relates to an eating disorder characterized by binges on large quantities of food,followed by purges of the food through vomiting or the use of laxatives?

During the teenage years,the average girl requires ________ calories a day,and the average boy requires ________.

According to the World Health Organization,how many people globally will die prematurely in the 21st century due to the effects of smoking?

Though early maturation is largely a plus for boys,there are downsides.Which of the following is a downside to early maturation in a boy?

Which of the following is a factor to consider regarding the gap in educational achievement between U.S.students and other students around the world?

Researchers have proposed that African American and Hispanic American adolescents may not fare as well in their academic endeavors because of which of the following reasons?

Research indicates that people who live in unsophisticated,non-technologically-based cultures are incapable of attaining the formal operational stage of thinking,as described by Piaget.

An Introduction to Lifespan Development

The Start of Life: Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Infant

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in the Preschool Years

Social and Personality Development in the Preschool Years

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood

Death and Dying

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By drinking milk during their teenage years,girls can consume enough required _ to avoid __ later in their lives.

During the teenage years,the average girl requires calories a day,and the average boy requires .

According to the World Health Organization,how many people globally will die prematurely in the 21^st century due to the effects of smoking?