M08 Mc Flashcards
Which of the following is a more accurate vision of adolescence?
Select one:
A. For most individuals, adolescence is a time of evaluation, decision making, commitment, and carving out a place in the world.
B. For most individuals, adolescence is a time of rebellion, crisis, pathology, and deviance.
C. Most adolescents have a brush with juvenile delinquency.
D. Very few adolescents contribute positively to their communities and make a successful transition through adolescence.
A. For most individuals, adolescence is a time of evaluation, decision making, commitment, and carving out a place in the world.
Puberty: Select one: A. is the same as adolescence B. ends long before adolescence does C. occurs in a single, sudden event D. has an easily identifiable beginning and ending.
B. ends long before adolescence does
A girl's first menstruation is called: Select one: A. gonadarche B. spermarche C. menarche D. adrenarche.
C. menarche
Behind the first whisker in boys and the widening of hips in girls is a flood of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the body by the bloodstream. Select one: A. amino acids B. phospholipids C. enzymes D. hormones
D. hormones
The hormone that is associated with breast, uterine, and skeletal development in girls is: Select one: A. progesterone B. estradiol C. luteinizing hormone D. gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
B. estradiol
Fourteen-year-old Kent recently received his blood test results which indicates an eighteen-fold increase in testosterone levels and a twofold increase in estradiol over the past few years. It appears that Kent:
Select one:
A. is experiencing normal changes during puberty
B. will be put on hormone therapy to correct the significant imbalances in hormone levels
C. has abnormal levels of male sex hormones
D. has abnormal levels of female sex hormones.
A. is experiencing normal changes during puberty
In the United States, the average age of menarche has \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ since the mid-nineteenth century. Select one: A. increased marginally B. declined significantly C. increased significantly D. not changed
B. declined significantly Correct
In the Berkeley Longitudinal Study some years ago, early-maturing boys perceived themselves ______________ compared to their late-maturing counterparts. When the late-maturing boys were in their thirties, however, they had developed a _________________ than the early-maturing boys had.
Select one:
A. as an anomaly; stronger feeling if inadequacy
B. more positively; stronger sense of identity
C. as misfits; more negative self-image
D. more negatively; deeper sense of regret
B. more positively; stronger sense of identity
Recent research has found that early-maturing girls are more likely than late-maturing girls to be:
Select one:
A. satisfied with their figures in late adolescence
B. taller and thinner when they reach high school
C. less popular than males their own age
D. depressed, become alcoholic, and/or have an eating disorder.
D. depressed, become alcoholic, and/or have an eating disorder.
In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner, a teenage girl has a \_\_\_\_\_ percent chance of contracting gonorrhea. Select one: A. 20 B. 30 C. 40 D. 50
D. 50
The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, where fibers connect the brain's left and right hemispheres, thickens in adolescence, and this improves adolescents' ability to process information. Select one: A. amygdala B. corpus callosum C. parietal lobe D. temporal lobe
B. corpus callosum Correct
Mary Carskadon and her colleagues concluded from their research of the sleep patterns of US adolescents that:
Select one:
A. schools should start and end earlier to help adolescents keep to earlier bedtimes
B. early school starting times may be linked to negative outcomes for adolescents
C. early school starting times are conducive to sleep patterns of older adolescents but not to those of younger adolescents
D. early school starting times are most conducive to to the sleep patterns of adolescents.
B. early school starting times may be linked to negative outcomes for adolescents
Almost half of all deaths from 15 to 24 years of age are due to: Select one: A. a chronic disease B. suicide C. homicide D. unintentional injuries.
D. unintentional injuries.
Since the 1950s, the adolescent suicide rate has: Select one: A. stayed the same B. decreased C. doubled D. tripled.
D. tripled.
Bill wants to know how he can prevent drug abuse by his adolescent son. You would suggest that Bill:
Select one:
A. have family dinners most nights of the week
B. discourage his son from making more friends at school
C. engage in lesser parental monitoring and control
D. cease to emphasize educational success.
A. have family dinners most nights of the week
