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Puberty |
is best considered a gradual process that begins at conception |
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Which of the following situations is the best example of the imaginary audience? |
When her fork falls of her tray in the cafeteria, Hannah is certain that everyone is thinking thatt she is clumsy |
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Over the course of adolescence, which of the following is not true of changes that take place in crowds? |
Their descriptions become more conrete |
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Adolescents who gain most in moral understanding have parents who |
listen sensitively |
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According to the _____ theory of biological aging, DNA in body cells is gradually damaged through spontaneous or externally caused mutations |
random events |
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Which of the following statements about adolescent suicide is true? |
Suicidal adolescents are likely to have eperienced multuple stressful life events |
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What can help increase positive mood among adolescences? |
social interactions with peers |
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The adolescent physical growth spurt |
ALL OF THE ABOVE is characterized by the simultaneous release of growth horomes, hyroid hormones and androgens occurs 2 years eaerlier in girls than in bos reflects a distal proximal pattern in overall growth |
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The ____ is one reason divorce rates have stabilized since the mid 1980s |
rising age of marriage |
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For most young people, identity development is not traumatic and disturbing but rather a process of |
exploration followed by commitment |
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Tina is a master runner. If she practices consistently throughout her life, she can expect her performance speed to |
drop only slightly from mid thiries into sixties when it will fall off at an accelerating pace |
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Which of the following cohabiting unions is most likely to dissolve within two years? |
Maggie and Scott who live in the US |
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The secular trend in regard to puberty is most likely the result of |
better health during childhoo |
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One aspect of brain maturation that is associated with the remodeling that takes place during adolescence is |
myelination |
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Felicia has always enjoyed school and excelled in her classes. In middle school she had connected to a group of friends who also enjoy school and her grades continue to improve. This is an example of |
BOTH A AND B Selection and socialization |
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Both police arrests and self reports show that delinquency |
rises over early and middle adolenscence and then declines |
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In the experiences in close relationships measure (ECR, ECR-r) thoughts about self are captured by the _____ scale while thoughts about partners are captured by the ____ scale |
Anxiety, avoidance |
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Among middle school aged and older teens |
negative mood is more influenced by stess than hormones |
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Research on telomeres indicates that |
adults who reduce psychological stress display gains in telomerase activity |
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Accord to Gisella Labouvie-Vief, adulthood involves movement from hypothetical to _____ thought. |
pragmatic |
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Which of the following statements about the relationship between SES and health is true |
Improving SES is essential for closing ethnic gaps in health |
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Trena is an overweight young adult. Compared to her normal weight agemates, Trena is ____ likely to ______ |
less, receive financial aid for college |
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To study the impact of biological aging on motor performance researchers focus on |
competitive athletes |
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Evidence indicates that rising levels of leptin most likely |
signals the hypothalamus to stop inhibiting puberty |
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Rachel wonders what signs will indicate the onset of puberty in her daughter. You can tell her that her daughter's puberty will probably begin with |
the budding of breasts and growth spurt |
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During adolescence as neurons become more responsive to excitatory neurotransmitters, teens typically |
react more strongly to stressful events and experience pleasurable stimuli more |
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Allen is a jock. Consequently we would expect him to be involved in |
his peer culture and institutions valued by adults |
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One reason why adolescents do not get enough sleep is |
Adolescents are exposed to too much light in the evening |
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Andrea, a 15 year old, is most likely to learn social skills in a _____ and develop her sense of identity in a ____ |
crowd, clique |
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When focusing on deeper thoughts and feelings, adolescent friends Glenda and Anne repeatedly mull over problems and negative emotions which sometimes triggers anxiety and depression. Glenda and Anne are demonstrating |
corumination
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Structural and functional changes involving the prefrontal cortex during adolescence indicate that |
ALL OF THE ABOVE patterns of activation within the prefrontal cortex generally become more focused Individuals are more likely to use multiple parts of the brain simultaneously and coordinate activity between prefrontal regions and other areas of the brain the full structural maturation of the prefrontal cortex is not complete until the mid 20s |
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Which of the following statements about the prevention and treatment of suicide is true? |
Parents and teachers must be trained to pick up on the signals that a troubled teenager sends |
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Sarah is a popular teenager. She is very socially adept and notives that Britney, her social rival, is enjoying more attention from their peers than Sarah receives. Jealous, she decides to start a rumor about her that she knows will cause many people to stop liking Britney. Sarah's ehavior is best described as |
relational aggression |
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Parent- adolescent disagreements focus largely on ____, such as ____. |
Everyday matters; driving, dating partners and curfews |
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Which of the following statements about juvenile delinquency is true? |
Almost all teenager admit to having commited some sort of delinquent act |
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Which of the following couples in the most likely to report high marital satisfaction? |
Peter and Linda who share family responsibilities |
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With regard to romantic love |
partners who are similar in personality are more likely to stay together |
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Which of the following statements about AMericans and exercise is true? |
Over half of Americans are inactive with no regular brief sessions of even light activity |
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Epistemic cognition |
refers to our reflections on how we arrive at facts, beliesf and ideas |
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Which of the following statements about individuals with bulimia nervosa is true? |
Bulimics usually feel depressed and guilty about their abnormal eating habits |
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When Yolanda thinks about the future, she plans to get her first job at 22, be married by 24 and have her first child at age 27 just like her older brother did. According to research Yolanda has a well defined |
social clock |
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Gloria's marriage was riddled with jealously, emotional highs and lows, and desperation about whether her husband returned her affection. Though she offered support to her husband, Gloria did so in ways that poorly fit his needs. Based on this information it is likely that GLoria has an ___________ attachment pattern |
resistant |
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As mentioned in lecture, questionnaire measures of adult states of mind regarding attachments (Hazan and Shaver's measure, and the RQ-CV) |
permit more research to be conducted on a wider array of attachment and relatioonship topics |
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With regard to the family life cycle, stress tends to be greatest |
during transitions between phases |
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Because legalization of same sex marriage is so recent, research on same sex couples in the context of marriage is scant. But evidence of cohabiting same sex couples suggests that |
the same factors that contribute to happiness in other sex marriages do so in same sex relationships |
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Childlessness seems to interfere with adjustment and life satisfaction only |
when it is beyond a person's control |
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Which of the following is a characteristic of late onset delinquency |
minor conduct problems arising from the peer context of early adolescence |
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Which of the following delinquent adolescents is most likely to experience a life course pattern of aggression and criminality |
Doug, who exhibited substantial oppositional behavior and aggression at age 9 |
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Which of the following statements about adolescent mothers is true |
Teenage mothers spend more of their parenting years as single parents |
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Adolescents who dabble in alcohol, tobacco or marijuana are best described as |
psychologically healthy, sociable and curious |
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Kirsten, a high school freshman, recently developed an interest in politics and social activism. From a cognitive perspective, which of the following best explains her new interets? |
She has become more adept at thinking about abstract concepts |
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Which of the following has NOT been used to challenge/criticize Piaget's formal operational stage of development |
There is evidence that many individualls may not be able to engage in abstract throught until early or middle adulthood |
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Which of the following is NOT an accurate statement about telomeres? |
Telomere are involved in genetically programmed aging and are not affected by the environment |
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In class we discussed the leading causes of death during early adulthood, Which of the following are the leading causes in the US? |
Unintentional injury and cancer |
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When asked about her political stance, Amanda explains that she once identified as a member of the green party, but she's been struggling recently with some aspects of this affiliation. I'm kind of change right now. But I'm trying to figure out where I belong" Based on this information how would you describe Amanda's identity status? |
She is involved in identity moratorium |
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Which of the following influences an adolescent's moral development? |
ALL OF THE ABOVE their parents' child rearing practices cultural values interactions with peers |
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In early adulthood, fMRI studies have shown that the cerebral cortex continues to develop as individuals acquire increasing proficiency in their chosen field of endeavor. This is an example of |
experience-dependent brain growth |
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Which of the following factors is associated with higher marital satisfaction? |
Marriage patterns are stable within a couple's extended family |
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The term _____ refers to the process during which an electron is stripped away from an oxygen molecule resulting in _____. |
Oxidization, free radical |
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The _______, an organ involved in ______, gradually decreases in size throughout adulthood. |
Thymus, production f white blood cels |
