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©PREP4EXAMS @2024 [REAL EXAM DUMPS] Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:27 AMSCSU PSY219 Final Exam Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
What is adolescence? - ✔️✔️The period of life between ages of 11 and 18, where puberty
happens
When does puberty usually begin? - ✔️✔️Between the ages of 8 and 14, but usually around
age 11
What causes puberty? - ✔️✔️A response to a chain reaction of hormones from the
hypothalamus to the pituitary to the adrenal and sex glands
What affects the onset of puberty? - ✔️✔️Genes, body fat, hormones, and stress
How does growth happen during puberty? - ✔️✔️Growth proceeds from the extremities to the
center, so the limbs grow before the internal organs do
Which minerals are the most common to not be consumed by adolescents? - ✔️✔️Iron and
calcium
How does the brain develop during adolescence? - ✔️✔️The brain develops unevenly; the
limbic system ahead of the prefrontal cortex. As a result adolescents are quick to react, before
having second thoughts or considering consequences
What are the positives of not having impulse control? - ✔️✔️Adolescents fall in love, throw
themselves into work or study, and question social traditions that are no longer relevant
What are the negatives of not having impulse control? - ✔️✔️Anger can lead to hurtful words
or even serious injury, lust can lead to disease or pregnancy, self-hatred can lead to self-
destruction
What is puberty? - ✔️✔️The various changes that transform a child's body into an adult one
What is the HPA axis? - ✔️✔️Hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and adrenal glands
What affects the time someone goes through puberty? - ✔️✔️• Sex
• Genetic background
• Body fat
• Level of stress
What is a growth spurt? - ✔️✔️An acceleration of growth in every part of the body. Peak
weight usually pasts peak height, which is then followed by peak muscle growth
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What happens during puberty to an adolescent? - ✔️✔️• Thinking reaches heightened self-
consciousness
• Adolescents become egocentric (they often feel invincible, unique, and the center of
attention)
• Piaget's fourth and final stage (Formal Operational) begins
What is Piaget's Formal Operational stage? - ✔️✔️He found that adolescents' deductive logic
and hypothetical reasoning improves
What are the two modes of cognition? - ✔️✔️Intuitive thought and analytical thought
What is intuitive thinking? - ✔️✔️Thoughts that arise from an emotion or hunch, beyond
rational explanation, and is influenced by past experiences and cultural assumptions
What is analytical thinking? - ✔️✔️Thoughts that result from analysis, such as a systematic
ranking of pros and cons, risks and consequences, possibilities and facts; depends on logic
and rationality
What does having sex too early lead to? - ✔️✔️Drug use, depression, and STIs are more
common
What are the positive aspects of technology in adolescent cognition? - ✔️✔️A computer is a
tool for learning, and online connections promote social outreach and reduce isolation
What are the negative aspects of technology in adolescent cognition? - ✔️✔️• Cyberbullying
• Sexting
• Video game addiction
Can interfere with education and friendship rather than enhance them
What is personal fabel? - ✔️✔️The belief that one is unique, destined to have a heroic, fabled,
and/or legendary life
What is invincibility fable? - ✔️✔️The idea that death will not occur unless destiny allows it,
and there for fast driving, unprotected sex, or addictive drugs will do no harm
What is imaginary audience? - ✔️✔️Adolescents believe that they are at center stage and that
everyone is taking note their appearance, ideas, and behavior; making many teenagers self-
conscious
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