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What emotional characteristic makes an individual more likely to engage in risky behaviors? |
sensation seeking |
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Adolescents who are convicted of crimes become part of the _________ justice system, whereas adults convicted of the same crimes are part of the ________ justice system. |
juvenile; criminal |
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Evaluations of mentoring programs have indicated that: |
the success of the mentoring program depends on characteristics of the mentor, the mentee, and the relationship between the two. |
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Generalizing from information taught in class, the children who are most likely to think of themselves as being "off schedule" with respect to their physical development are girls who mature _____ and boys who mature _____. |
early; late |
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Which of the following is not true for adolescents who have been exposed to violence? |
they are less likely to experience feelings of hopelessness |
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Which of the following is not an example of the contemporary version of scarification? |
brushing teeth |
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Teenagers may become self-conscious because they believe that people are talking about them. Which characteristic are they exhibiting? |
an imaginary audience |
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The Bas Mitzvah, the confirmation, and the quincea–era are all examples of: |
initiation ceremonies. |
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Which of the following is not one of the five chief changes in cognition during adolescence? |
increased imagination |
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Which of the following characteristics is NOT associated with being an early-maturing boy? |
fewer problem behaviors |
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The term puberty refers to the period during which: |
an individual becomes capable of sexual reproduction. |
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One discrepancy in the way that society treats adolescence is that courts have ruled that teenagers have the right to obtain ________; however, the courts have also upheld laws forbidding adolescents to obtain _____. |
contraceptives; cigarettes or vulgar magazines |
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The messages that contemporary society sends adolescents are: |
unclear and inconsistent. |
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Typically, the social redefinition of young people occurs in groups of peers who are approximately the same age, known as: |
cohorts. |
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Today, people go through ______ earlier than 100 years ago, but tend to stay in ______ longer. |
puberty; school |
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When calculating individual performance on an IQ test, a child who was of average intelligence would have an IQ score of: |
100 |
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Which of the following was not a result of industrialization? |
less time in school |
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Jesse is in the seventh grade at a school that has open classrooms with multiple teachers instructing their classes in one large area. Which of the following cognitive processes will help Jesse focus on his teacher? |
selective attention |
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The physical transformation from child to adult is called: |
puberty. |
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Which of the following can delay the onset of puberty? |
~excessive exercise |
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Which of the following is NOT one of the areas of fundamental change in adolescence? |
conceptual |
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The average girl in the United States reaches _________, the time of her first menstrual period, sometime between the ages of 12 and 13. |
menarche |
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Which of the following is not thought to contribute to the onset of puberty? |
the development of primary sex characteristics |
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Adolescents who score higher than their peers on an IQ test will probably |
Continue to score higher than their peers on future IQ tests |
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Compared to children and adults, adolescents: |
engage in a greater amount of risky behaviors in the real world. |