Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  estrogen 
B)  progesterone 
C)  secondary trophic hormones 
D)  androgenic hormones

Question 2

In comparison to hormones typically found in men, which of the following are hormones that are found in greater quantities in women?

Accepted Answer

A)  estrogen and progesterone 
B)  estrogen and testosterone 
C)  testosterone and progesterone 
D)  androgen and progesterone

Question 3

Adolescents perceive themselves as much more vulnerable to injury than they actually are.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  early-maturing males 
B)  early-maturing females 
C)  late-maturing males 
D)  late-maturing females

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  1957 
B)  1963 
C)  1978 
D)  1995

Question 6

The hypothalamus and the amygdala are the two brain regions that are most involved in controlling the balance of hormones in the body.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Jack has low social status among his peers and is perceived as less competent than his peers by his teachers and baseball coach. If Jack's social status results from the timing of his physical maturation, research would suggest that which of the following statements is most likely to be correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  None of the other answers are correct since research has demonstrated that the timing of maturation is unrelated to social status. 
B)  Jack is most likely an early maturer. 
C)  Jack is most likely an average maturer. 
D)  Jack is most likely a late maturer.

Question 8

Dr. Jones is studying brain changes during adolescence. In looking at MRIs of people age 12 and people age 18, he should expect that the 12-year-olds will have ______ gray matter and _______ white matter in their brains, compared to the 18-year-olds.

Accepted Answer

A)  more; more 
B)  less; less 
C)  more; less 
D)  less; more

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  ages 14-18 
B)  ages 16-18 
C)  ages 16-22 
D)  ages 18-24

Question 10

Suppose you interview a group of people who were 9th graders in 2009. If you believe they represent a "typical" population of people growing up in the United States at this time, you would expect that about ____ of these students would have had sexual intercourse.

Accepted Answer

A)  5% 
B)  15% 
C)  33% 
D)  50%

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  are more sexually active 
B)  will experience more social stigma for an illegitimate birth 
C)  are less likely to use contraception 
D)  experience too much affection at home

Question 12

Generalizing from data presented in the text, which of the following high school students would be LEAST likely to report having had sexual intercourse?

Accepted Answer

A)  James, an African American boy 
B)  Cynthia, an African American girl 
C)  Roberto, a Hispanic boy 
D)  Lee, a white boy

Question 13

As adolescents move through the period called "adolescence," they usually become more likely to see themselves as adults.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

According to data gathered in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the rate of teenage obesity in the Unites States today is about __________ it was in the late 1970s.

Accepted Answer

A)  the same as 
B)  double what 
C)  triple what 
D)  ten times what

Question 15

Mark, who is 14 years old, notices that recently he has become much clumsier. One reason the text suggests for this clumsiness is that the adolescent growth spurt is often accompanied by:

Accepted Answer

A)  asymmetrical growth in legs, feet, arms, and hands 
B)  excess body fat is being deposited in the breasts, which will later disappear 
C)  a short-term reduction in the size of the motor cortex in the brain 
D)  the overproduction of red blood cells that provide excess energy in the muscles

Question 16

During adolescence, the amount of gray matter in the brain decreases and the amount of white matter increases.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Historically, rites of passage served to:

Accepted Answer

A)  control the speed of social development 
B)  indicate that the child has graduated from high school 
C)  limit the amount of work that parents could expect a child to perform for the family 
D)  mark a change in status from child to adult

Question 18

In which of the following societies would you expect the period called "adolescence" to be the longest?

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States during the early 1800s 
B)  the United States today 
C)  a hunter-gatherer society in rural South America in the early 1800s 
D)  a hunter-gatherer society in rural South America today

Question 19

Changes in which part of the brain are most closely associated with the advancement in problem-solving abilities that accompanies the development from childhood into adolescence?

Accepted Answer

A)  prefrontal cortex 
B)  thalamus 
C)  pituitary gland 
D)  hypothalamus

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A)  a girl raised in the Czech Republic 
B)  a girl raised in the United States 
C)  a girl raised in the Kikuyu tribe in Africa 
D)  a girl raised in the Bindi tribe in New Guinea

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

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

In comparison to hormones typically found in men, which of the following are hormones that are found in greater quantities in women?

Adolescents perceive themselves as much more vulnerable to injury than they actually are.

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

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

The hypothalamus and the amygdala are the two brain regions that are most involved in controlling the balance of hormones in the body.

Jack has low social status among his peers and is perceived as less competent than his peers by his teachers and baseball coach. If Jack's social status results from the timing of his physical maturation, research would suggest that which of the following statements is most likely to be correct?

Dr. Jones is studying brain changes during adolescence. In looking at MRIs of people age 12 and people age 18, he should expect that the 12-year-olds will have gray matter and _ white matter in their brains, compared to the 18-year-olds.

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

Suppose you interview a group of people who were 9th graders in 2009. If you believe they represent a "typical" population of people growing up in the United States at this time, you would expect that about ____ of these students would have had sexual intercourse.

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

Generalizing from data presented in the text, which of the following high school students would be LEAST likely to report having had sexual intercourse?

As adolescents move through the period called "adolescence," they usually become more likely to see themselves as adults.

According to data gathered in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, the rate of teenage obesity in the Unites States today is about __________ it was in the late 1970s.

Mark, who is 14 years old, notices that recently he has become much clumsier. One reason the text suggests for this clumsiness is that the adolescent growth spurt is often accompanied by:

During adolescence, the amount of gray matter in the brain decreases and the amount of white matter increases.

Historically, rites of passage served to:

In which of the following societies would you expect the period called "adolescence" to be the longest?

Changes in which part of the brain are most closely associated with the advancement in problem-solving abilities that accompanies the development from childhood into adolescence?

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