Deck 14: Seciton 2: Adolescence: Biosocial Development

Question 1

The boys most likely to become depressed during adolescence are those for whom puberty was both _____ and quick.

Answer 1

early

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Leptin

Question 3

Adolescents experience _____ in sleep-wake cycles, making many wide awake at midnight, but half asleep all morning.

Answer 3

phase delay

Question 4

The first ejaculation of seminal fluid is called _____.

Question 5

Adolescents are less susceptible to respiratory ailments because of a decrease in the size of the lymphoid system and the increased growth of the _____.

Question 6

The first menstrual period is called _____ and on average, occurs at about 12 years, 8 months.

Question 7

_____ increases the hormonal onset of puberty, especially if a child's parents are, for example, sick, drug addicted, or divorced.

Question 8

_____ is created by both males and females but is the primary female sex hormone.

Question 9

Eunice couldn't wait to get on her boyfriend's motorcycle, knowing that they would blast 80 miles per hour down the expressway. As a 15-year-old, her limbic system was more developed than her _____, so she sought the thrill without thinking of the possible consequences.

Question 10

The _____ system reaches full maturation before the prefrontal cortex, which makes strong, immediate sensations extremely attractive to teens.

Question 11

The condition characterized by self-starvation is known as _____.

Question 12

Today, the beverage most often consumed by children and adolescents in the United States is _____.

Question 13

As a result of the development of the _____ prior to the prefrontal cortex, adolescents are generally ruled more by emotion than logic.

Question 14

During the _____, first there is an increase in weight, then an increase in height, and finally an increase in muscles.

Question 15

A teen with a negative _____ feels insecure about the way he or she looks, which often leads to dieting and poor nutrition.

Question 16

Because of diets containing too little _____ from beverages like milk, many of today's teenagers will develop osteoporosis later in life.

Question 17

The feature characteristic of _____ involves overeating compulsively followed by purging via vomiting and the use of laxatives.

Question 18

Sexual development before the age of 8 is called _____.

Question 19

The years of physical growth and sexual maturation that end childhood is called _____.

Question 20

Girls who develop _____ than their friends tend to have lower self-esteem than peers.

Question 21

The developed country with the highest rate of teen births is _____.

Question 22

Breast development and voice change during adolescence are examples of changes called _____ sex characteristics.

Question 23

The _____ during adolescence helps explain the creativity of adolescence and early adulthood.

Question 24

Any disease transmitted through sexual contact is a(n) _____.

Question 25

Child _____ is any erotic activity that arouses an adult and excites, shames, or confuses a child.