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

Black boys and girls are more likely to engage in sexual intercourse during adolescence than are white boys and girls.

Even though John has seen other people get into car accidents, he does not believe that such an accident will ever happen to himself. John's perception of personal invulnerability is best considered to be an example of:

Vicki believes that she is constantly being watched and judged by her friends. According to the view advanced by David Elkind, Vicki is experiencing the:

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

Which of the following typically is NOT a characteristic associated with the period of emerging adulthood?

Brain development during adolescence is LEAST likely to affect processes involved in which of the following?

The term used to refer to a symbolic event or ritual that marks the transition from childhood to adulthood is called a(n):

In comparison to adolescents in the United States, adolescents in Korea and Japan spend _____ time on schoolwork and _____ time engaging in creative activities.

According to the text, the rite of passage into adulthood that typically occurs in primitive societies is generally followed immediately by:

Only males produce testosterone.

The eating disorder that is characterized by cycles of overeating and purging is called:

If teenagers marry because of an unintended pregnancy, they are _____ likely to drop out of high school and _____ likely to get a divorce, compared to pregnant teens who don't marry or who marry after the birth of the child.

Which of the following 16-year-old girls is most likely to have had a baby?

According to research cited in the text, about what percent of U. S. adolescents boys do NOT use contraception at first intercourse?

If Dr. Matthews were examining brain scan images of healthy people of various ages, she should expect to see the largest volume of white matter in the scans of people who were approximately age:

If Jason were looking for terms to describe the typical qualities of adolescents and emerging adults in the United States today, he would be correct in using all of the following EXCEPT:

By age 6, the brain is about 80% of it adult size.

If Lucy is an African American girl and Lorraine is a white American girl, you should expect that Lucy will experience menarche at about age ____ and Lorraine will experience menarche at about age ____.

For children in which of the following groups would you expect the period called "adolescence" to be the shortest?

Because of better nutrition, the age at which girls reach menarche in the Unites States is older now than in previous decades.