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? Correct Answer-your sisters friend, having more body fat is
likely to begin puberty earlier
The site of chemical events triggering puberty, the hypothalamus is ____ Correct Answer-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 ____. Correct Answer-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. Correct Answer-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,
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aggressive behavior, and school problems? Correct Answer-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? Correct Answer-
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? Correct Answer-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 ____. Correct Answer-basic survival skills
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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? Correct
Answer-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 ____. Correct
Answer-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 ____.
Correct Answer-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
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