Exam 14: Adolescence: Biosocial Development

According to research, which of the following strategies could be implemented in order to encourage adolescents to make better food choices?

During adolescence, the _____ matures before the _____ in the brain.

_____ is a hormone that peaks in puberty and stimulates appetite.

Family stress decreases hormone production during puberty.

Patty is 5 feet tall and weighs 87 pounds, yet when she looks in the mirror she thinks she is too fat. She does aerobics for two hours daily and eats very little. Patty appears to suffer from _____.

Henry is an adolescent who experiences sleep deprivation, which makes him more likely to experience all of the following EXCEPT _____.

The frontal lobes (prefrontal cortex) are the last part of the brain to develop.

Sharon is concerned about deficiencies in her daughter Alana's diet. If Alana is a typical teen, Sharon should feed her _____.

Pubertal changes begin between the ages 8 and 14.

Which statement about teen sexual activity is FALSE?

Recent studies report that ____ percent of teenagers say that social network sites hurt their body confidence.

Which of the following individuals is most likely going to take dramatic risks in order to gain peer approval?

Bulimia nervosa is clinically present in _____ percent of young women in the United States.

In many cases, perpetrators of child sexual abuse are someone the victim knows well.

Differentiate between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Name three symptoms that must be present for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, and three symptoms that must be present for a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa.

Peak fertility occurs ____ to ____ years after activated gonads produce mature ova and sperm.

Boys may experience some breast swelling during puberty.

For girls, the usual sequence of physical changes in puberty is _____.

Emotional control is fully developed by adolescence.

Per mile driven, teenager drivers are ____ times more likely to die in a motor-vehicle crash than drivers over age 20.