Question 1

Fourteen-year-old Kent recently received his blood test results. The test results indicate an eighteenfold increase in testosterone levels and a twofold increase in estradiol levels over the past few years. It appears that Kent

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A)   is experiencing normal changes during puberty.
B)   will be put on hormone therapy to correct the significant imbalances in hormonal levels.
C)   has abnormal levels of male sex hormones.
D)   has abnormal levels of female sex hormones.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

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A)   are rarely transmitted through oral sex.
B)   can be prevented by contraceptive pills or implants.
C)   rarely occur in U.S. adolescents.
D)   are contracted primarily through sexual contact.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the timing and variations in puberty is true?

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A)   Two boys of the same chronological age will generally complete the pubertal sequence at the same time.
B)   Menarche is considered within the normal range for girls if it appears between the ages of 9 and 15.
C)   Genes have little to do with when and how puberty develops.
D)   Weight of an individual is unrelated to pubertal onset.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 4

Which of the following describes the findings of a U.S. survey of adolescent sleep patterns conducted by the National Sleep Foundation (2006) ?

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A)   The majority of adolescents sleep an average of 9 hours and 25 minutes on school nights.
B)   Those adolescents who got inadequate sleep of 8 hours or less during school nights were more likely to drink caffeinated beverages than their counterparts who got optimal sleep of 9 or more hours.
C)   Adolescents engage in four electronic activities or sometimes simultaneously use multiple devices after 9 p.m.
D)   Adolescents who got inadequate sleep were no more likely to be in a depressed mood than those who got adequate sleep.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

What is the term for the belief, reflecting adolescents' egocentrism, that others are as interested in them as they themselves are, as well as attention-getting behavior-attempts to be noticed, visible, and "on stage"?

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Imaginary audience

Question 6

Which theorist proposed the "storm-and-stress" view that adolescence is a turbulent time charged with conflict and mood swings?

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A)   Anna Freud
B)   Jean Piaget
C)   G. Stanley Hall
D)   Daniel OfferE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 7

In which of the following groups is death through homicide especially common in adolescence?

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A)   African American males
B)   Latino males
C)   Non-Latino White American males
D)   Asian American malesE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

What is the term for a form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community?

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Question 9

For most people, puberty

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A)   is the same as adolescence.
B)   ends long before adolescence does.
C)   occurs in a single, sudden event.
D)   has an easily identifiable beginning and ending.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Based on the age of onset, when is anorexia nervosa most likely to begin?

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A)   childhood
B)   late adulthood
C)   emerging adulthood
D)   early to middle adolescent yearsE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

Why is bulimia nervosa often more difficult to detect than anorexia nervosa?

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Question 12

Almost half of all deaths from 15 to 24 years of age are due to ________, with the majority of them involving ________.

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A)   a chronic disease; cancer
B)   suicide; alcohol
C)   homicide; gang activity
D)   unintentional injuries; motor vehicle accidentsE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Puberty refers to a period of

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A)   declining abstract thought and emotional maturation during late adolescence involving neural and synaptic development in the brain.
B)   declining gross motor development during late childhood due to the maturation of the temporal and parietal lobes.
C)   rapid psychological and emotional maturation that lasts through adolescence and is a product of enhanced cognitive development.
D)   rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that occur primarily during early adolescence.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Discuss the importance of controlling one's attention during adolescence.

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Question 15

________ are powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the body by the bloodstream.

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A)   Carbohydrates
B)   Phospholipids
C)   Neurotransmitters
D)   HormonesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Jordan is very afraid of gaining weight, but she cannot control her eating habits. She has been making up for her eating binges by vomiting immediately after a meal or by purging with laxatives. This pattern of behavior has been occurring thrice a week for the past four months. Jordan is most likely suffering from

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A)   anorexia nervosa.
B)   bulimia nervosa.
C)   binge eating disorder.
D)   rumination disorder.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above B

Question 17

When Diana transitioned from elementary school to middle school, she moved from being one of the oldest, biggest, and most powerful students in the elementary school to being one of the youngest, smallest, and least powerful students in the middle school. This phenomenon is known as the

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A)   blindsight phenomenon.
B)   top-dog phenomenon.
C)   domino effect.
D)   glass-ceiling effect.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D) B

Question 18

"I know I can handle the car at high speeds much better than others can," says 18-year-old Jake. This reflects the tendency of adolescents to engage in the ________ aspect of adolescent egocentrism.

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A)   personal fable
B)   collective myth
C)   imaginary audience
D)   perspective takingE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

Which of the following terms refers to a heightened self-consciousness of adolescents?

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A)   mirror complex
B)   service learning
C)   hypothetical-deductive reasoning
D)   adolescent egocentrismE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 20

________ are the second leading cause of death in adolescence.

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A)   Motor vehicle accidents
B)   Suicides
C)   Homicides
D)   Chronic diseasesE) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Fourteen-year-old Kent recently received his blood test results. The test results indicate an eighteenfold increase in testosterone levels and a twofold increase in estradiol levels over the past few years. It appears that Kent

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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

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Which of the following statements about the timing and variations in puberty is true?

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Which of the following describes the findings of a U.S. survey of adolescent sleep patterns conducted by the National Sleep Foundation (2006) ?

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What is the term for the belief, reflecting adolescents' egocentrism, that others are as interested in them as they themselves are, as well as attention-getting behavior-attempts to be noticed, visible, and "on stage"?

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Which theorist proposed the "storm-and-stress" view that adolescence is a turbulent time charged with conflict and mood swings?

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In which of the following groups is death through homicide especially common in adolescence?

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What is the term for a form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community?

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