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

Adolescents are more likely to rely on "hot" decision processes than are either adults or children.

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

Advances in which of the following fields has been of primary importance in helping researchers understand that brain development during adolescence is much more dramatic than had previously been thought?

Today in the U.S., about % of male high school seniors and % of female high school seniors report being sexually active.

The majority of boys and girls in the U. S. today use contraception the first time they have sexual intercourse.

Suppose that Derrell is trying to decide whether he should buy a used car. He logically considers all of the advantages and disadvantages and comes to a carefully-reasoned decision. The decision process Derrell used would be considered:

Suppose that Megan is researching her family tree and comes across her great-great-great grandmother's diary. She notes that the diary for the year 1840 describes that age at which her ancestor reached menarche. If her grandmother was typical, the diary would note that this ancestor would have been how old?

Typically, girls experience the adolescent growth spurt about:

During adolescence, the amount of gray matter in the brain decreases and the amount of white matter increases.

According to the text, for people in the United States, the portion of the lifespan from age 14 to 18 is best considered to be the period of:

A boy's first ejaculation usually does not contains fertile sperm.

According to Piaget, children move from the stage of formal operations to the stage of concrete operations at about age 12.

According to the text, which of the following is the typical order of how the children in many agriculturally based cultures become adults?

In comparison to teenage pregnancy rates in the U. S. in 1990, rates in 2010 were:

According to the text, more U.S. adolescent girls become pregnant than adolescent girls from Western European countries because U.S. adolescent girls:

To conclude that the period of emerging adulthood is "age-segregated" means that:

In comparison to adults in their later-20s, emerging adults in their early 20s generally are _______ age-segregated, ________ economically dependent, and _______ affected by world crises and social issues.

If Melinda's parents wanted her to think about moral judgments at a level higher than she typically uses, their best strategy to encourage her moral development would be to:

In the United States today, at what age does the typical white girl have her first menstrual period?

Adolescents' feeling that they are special and invulnerable and exempt from the laws that control the destinies of ordinary people is called the: