Exam 10: Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood: Physical and Cognitive Development

When asked about their developing bodies, adolescent girls most often express concerns about being too fat or too tall, whereas adolescent boys most often express concern about being too short or too weak.

According to research presented in the text, about ____ of adolescent girls report that their first experience of sexual intercourse was the result of either rape or was "unwanted"?

In males, which of the following is typically the first sign that a boy has entered puberty?

Generalizing from data presented in the text, which of the following high school students would be MOST likely to report having had sexual intercourse?

Which of the following girls would be expected to have her first menstrual period at the youngest age?

Monica is terribly anxious about weighing too much, but has an uncontrollable need to eat, especially sweets. She consumes huge quantities of food in an hour, and then feels despondent and out of control. To compensate for overeating, she vomits. What is her disorder?

Adolescence in most undeveloped, agriculturally-based cultures typically begins when children enter:

According to data gathered in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the rate of teenage obesity in the Unites States today is about __________ it was in the late 1970s.

When 17-year-old Paul was discussing his future with his father

If you were to conduct a study of a "typical" high school in the United States today, you should expect that about _____ of the students would have been tested for AIDS.

Mary is a typical teenage girl. When asked what changes she would like to make in her body, what is she most likely to say?

Sheila (a girl) and Brian (a boy) are fraternal twins and are 8 years old. If their development is typical, their parents should expect that they will experience the adolescent growth spurt in which of the following patterns?

Changes in which part of the brain are most closely associated with the advancement in problem-solving abilities that accompanies the development from childhood into adolescence?

The volume of gray matter in the brain peaks for girls at about age _____ and for boys at about age _____.

Which of the following is NOT a secondary sex characteristic?

David Elkind called adolescents' tendency to see themselves as the center of everyone's attention and scrutiny the "imaginary audience."

Melissa believes that she can drink and drive because she is invulnerable and immortal. According to the view of David Elkind, Melissa is experiencing a(n):

If you believe they represent a "typical" population of people growing up in the United States at this time, you would expect that about ____ of these students would have had sexual intercourse.

Which of the following young women would have had the hardest time purchasing birth control contraceptives?

Maria (a girl) and Jose (a boy) are fraternal twins and are 10 years old. If their development is typical, Maria should experience the adolescent growth spurt in about ___ more years, and Jose should experience his adolescent growth spurt in about ____ more years.