You overheard your little sister and her best friend, who are both 8 years old,
discussing what they thought about puberty and when they thought those
changes would begin for them. Your sister is thin and her friend is
considerably heavier. What is likely to occur in terms of the beginning of
puberty for them? Right Ans - your sisters friend, having more body fat is
likely to begin puberty earlier
The site of chemical events triggering puberty, the hypothalamus is ____
Right Ans - a bean sized structure located in the lower part of the brain
In every Western country for which records exist there has been a downward
trend in the age of menarche. This trend is known as the ____. Right Ans -
secular trend
Ellie is an eight-year-old girl who lives in a Western country in a large
metropolitan area. If one were to compare Ellie to her mother, grandmother,
and great-grandmother in regards to the onset of puberty, one would predict
that Ellie will experience puberty ____ others did in her family lineage. Right
Ans - younger than
In regards to the timing of the onset of puberty, which of the following is more
at risk for a depressed mood, negative body image, eating disorders,
substance use, delinquency, aggressive behavior, and school problems?
Right Ans - a girl who experiences early onset puberty
When Rachel looks into a mirror she sees a fat person. However, she is
extremely thin for her height, weighing less than 85% of normal. She has
intense fear of gaining weight and has not experienced a menstrual cycle in
the last four months. Knowing diagnostic criteria, one can assume that Rachel
might manifest which of the following disorders? Right Ans - anorexia
nervosa
Samantha is a teenager and is having a really bad day; not only did she fail her
chemistry test, but also the person she wanted to go to the prom with asked
someone else. She is feeling sad, lonely, and depressed. Having only drunk
alcohol socially in the past, she becomes intoxicated after consuming four
beers that she finds in her father's garage. Based upon the four classifications
, of adolescent substance use, which of the following best describes Samantha
situation? Right Ans - medicinal substance use
The Fore people of Papua New Guinea primarily survive from slash and burn
farming, and hunting and gathering in the forest. If one wanted to measure
higher cognitive tasks, tasks that are deemed as formal operational, he or she
would be best served by presenting a cognitive task that involves knowledge
of ____. Right Ans - basic survival skills
You have been interested in kanji, Japanese logograph symbols, for many
years. In fact, you know about 500 of them, which is extraordinarily advanced.
Your friends frequently ask you what the symbols mean because they are
interested in getting tattoos of them. You are surprised at how many times
they ask you about the same symbol. Why is it that you can learn more kanji
symbols fairly easily, but your friends barely learn a few symbols? Right
Ans - you have considerable knowledge, which assists you in learning more
Reading a book and listening to music at the same time is an example of ____.
Right Ans - divided attention
Your 14-year-old nephew just walked in the door from school and told you
that he is not going to go back to school. You ask why and he tells you that
everyone laughed at him because he dropped his tray full of food as he sitting
down during lunch. Although you tried to help, he was inconsolable. Why?
Your nephew was experiencing what David Elkind regarded as ____. Right
Ans - the imaginary audience
When adolescents first enter formal operations, they may have difficulty
distinguishing their thinking about their own thoughts from their thinking
about the thoughts of others. Piaget would have argued that this results in a
distinctive kind of adolescent ____. Right Ans - egocentrism
Your younger brother's best friend is a huge risk-taker. Even though he is 15
years old, he has already exhibited some very dangerous behaviors. One of his
favorite activities is to run across a highway in the early evening when there is
quite a bit of traffic. What concept helps to explain this risky behavior?
Right Ans - the personal fable
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