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

According to Lawrence Kohlberg's view of moral development, most adolescents exercise conventional moral thinking most of the time.

David Elkind called adolescents' tendency to see themselves as the center of everyone's attention and scrutiny the "imaginary audience."

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

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:

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

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:

If you were to explain how sexual attitudes and practices have changed in the United States during the past century, you might want to note the point at which, for the first time, the majority of adolescents no longer believed that premarital sex was neither right nor wrong but rather should be judged based on the couple's relationship. You should associate this change in cultural attitudes with which of the following dates?

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

In a particular African tribe, when adolescent girls reach menarche, there is a ceremony in which they cover themselves in white ashes, and walk through the village singing a song about becoming an adult. This ceremony is a good example of which of the following?

Which of the following statements provides the clearest example of second-order thinking?

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?

The sexual double standard refers to the idea that men are allowed to enjoy sex but women should not.

In contemporary U.S. society, the term "emerging adulthood" would be used most accurately when describing individuals in which of the following age groups?

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

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

Adolescence in most undeveloped, agriculturally-based cultures typically begins when children enter:

Dr. Larsen argues that the changes in thought that occur as children become adolescents are gradual and subtle. Dr. Larsen's views are ___________ with Piaget's view of cognitive development and are _____________ with the information-processing view.

According to the text, the greatly expanded production of growth hormones occurs at about age ____ for U.S. girls and about age ____ for U.S. boys.

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:

When asked about their developing bodies, adolescent girls most often express concerns about being too fat or too tall, whereas adolescent boys most often express concern about being too short or too weak.