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

The two words that best describe how the brain changes during adolescence are:

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 David Elkind, adolescents' assumption that others are focusing a great deal of critical attention on them is called the:

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:

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

Suppose you asked people in four different age groups to answer the question: "Do you feel that you have reached adulthood?" The age groups are as follows: Group 1: Ages 12-17 years Group 2: Ages 18-25 years Group 3: Ages 26-35 years Group 4: Ages 35-55 years In which of these groups would you expect more than 10% of the people to answer "no" to this question?

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

Stan has become critical of his parents as he contrasts his ideal parents with the real parents he sees on a daily basis. His ability to understand contrary-to-fact situations is a characteristic that emerges during which of Piaget's periods of cognitive development?

When 17-year-old Paul was discussing his future with his father, Paul said, "Let's just suppose for the sake of discussion that I don't attend college right away. What if I volunteered overseas instead?" Paul's ability to think in these terms is characteristic of:

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

Generalizing from the text, you should expect that neuroscientists would be most likely to argue that the volatile emotions that sometimes characterize adolescent behavior can be traced to the effect of hormones on:

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Natalie matured at the same time as most of her male peers and shares their interests and dating activities. She is most likely a(n):

If Jacob is a typical teenager growing up in the United States today, we would expect that he would spend the largest proportion of his free time in which of the following activities?

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: