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

Linda just started menstruating 2 months ago. Her menstrual cycles are most likely:

According to data gathered in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, in 1976-1980 about ___ percent of U. S. teenagers were obese; in 2007-2010 this percentage was ___ percent.

In Jeremy's family, when each child reaches the age of 15, the family has a huge party at which the child is "introduced" as an adult. From that point forward, the child is expected to take on greater responsibilities for supporting the family, and is called by his or her middle name by family members, as a sign of this new status within the family. The term that best describes this transition is:

According to the text, hormones are secreted into the bloodstream by:

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:

Assume that Barbara (a girl) and Brandon (a boy) are typical children growing up in the United States today. You should expect that they will experience the most rapid growth in their height at which of the following ages?

The primary function of the sex glands is to:

According to data cited in the text, in which of the following regions of the world is teen parenting LEAST common?

Jack has low social status among his peers and is perceived as less competent than his peers by his teachers and baseball coach. If Jack's social status results from the timing of his physical maturation, research would suggest that which of the following statements is most likely to be correct?

In comparison to adolescents in most other parts of the world, adolescents in the Unites States have ______ free time and they are ______ likely to have their parents regulate how they spend the free time they have.

If teenagers become pregnant, they usually experience better long-term outcomes if they do not marry.

Suppose you conduct a longitudinal study by interviewing "typical" 18-year-olds at various points in time about their attitudes about sexuality. Which of the following person would be most likely to hold the most liberal attitudes?

According to the text, the first indication of puberty for males is which of the following?

Which of the following is typically the first indication that girls have entered puberty?

Which of the following dates would represent the year in which the sexual revolution in the United States was at its highest point?

Which of the following terms describes the onset of menstrual cycles in females?

According to the text, about what percent of sexually active teenagers in the United States today have a sexually transmitted disease?

If they were playing the Iowa Gambling Task games, you would expect which group or groups to adopt the riskiest strategies?

A menstrual cycle in which a mature egg has NOT been produced is described by the term:

Piaget's view of development suggests that cognitive processes develop gradually and continuously, whereas the information-processing view suggests that thought processes change rapidly and dramatically about age 12.