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

Which of the following are most closely involved in regulating the balance in the production of hormones?

Joshua's friends tease him because he always tries to conform his behavior to what he believes his friends are doing. In this sense, the stage of moral development that most likely characterizes his behavior would be:

Ill-timed maturation typically poses the most significant problems for adolescents in which of the following groups?

In comparison to the late 1800s in the United States, today the period of adolescence is ___________ and it is _________ complex.

The white matter in the brain in composed mostly of:

Nick is a typical teenage boy. When asked what changes he would like to make in his body, he is most likely to comment that he would like to:

The developmental changes that occur in the brain during adolescence are first seen in the parts of the brain that control __________ and later are seen in the brain regions that control _________.

As compared to females, males' bodies typically produce more:

Which of the following statements best captures the meaning of the sexual double standard?

According to a study reported in the text, in 2009 about ____ of 9th graders in the United States reported that they had engaged in sexual intercourse and about ____ of 12th graders reported they had engaged in sexual intercourse.

About what percent of teenage girls in the U. S. become pregnant?

Suppose you conduct a survey of 9th and 12th grade boys and girls. If the students in your survey respond in the same way as did students in 2009, you would expect that, in comparison to girls, boys in 9th grade reported ______ levels of sexual activity and boys in 12th grade reported _____ levels of sexual activity.

Boys who mature early usually experience more adjustment problems than do boys who mature late.

According to the text, early maturing girls:

Fearing womanhood, Dana stops eating, thereby halting her body's development. She is obsessed by thoughts of food and an unattainable image of "perfect" thinness. What is her disorder?

According to research cited in the text, in 2009 about one-third of 9th graders and two-thirds of 12th graders reported that they were sexually active.

Both the imaginary audience and the personal fable emphasize that adolescence is a period of the lifespan in which individuals are overly concerned about themselves. The overarching term that best describes this "self-preoccupation" is:

Suppose you were working on a research project in which you read diaries written in 1944 by 100 16-year-old girls. If the diaries were truthful, you would expect that about ___ of the 100 girls would have reported having sexual intercourse by age 16.

Allison is a 16-year-old who shows an increasing ability to plan and think ahead. She has sent for college information and has made financial plans to help pay for college. She is in which of the following of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?

According to the text, the development of fMRI techniques has allowed developmental researchers to investigate brain development more effectively because this technology allows them to perform which of the following types of research?