Chapter 6

Question 1

What continues through adolescence?

Answer 1

Myelination, more and more synapses, dendritic branches are growing

Question 2

Puberty in Males

Answer 2

Spermache

Question 3

Puberty in Females

Answer 3

Menarche

Question 4

The leading cause of death in adolescence

Answer 4

Car Accidents

Question 5

Body weight of 20% above the normal is called?

Answer 5

Obesity

Question 6

Three Most Common Substances

Answer 6

Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana

Question 7

Piaget’s Last Stage

Answer 7

Formal-Operational

Question 8

Possible Self

Answer 8

What they might want to be or do

Question 9

Anorexia Nervosa

Answer 9

A serious disorder characterized by a relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.

Question 10

Attachment

Answer 10

A biologically based repertoire of organized behaviours that foster infant-parent interactions and maximize survival.

Question 11

Bisexual Orientation

Answer 11

Sexual attraction toward both sexes.

Question 12

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 12

A serious disorder in which the individual engages in a repetitive pattern of binging and purging in an effort to control weight.

Question 13

Cognitive Reappraisal

Answer 13

The process by which individuals change the way they think about an event, behavior, interaction, or just about anything that they have experienced in an effort to make it seem less troublesome.

Question 14

Commitment

Answer 14

A psychological investment in a course of action or an ideology.

Question 15

Compensation

Answer 15

Part of intentional self-regulation, an individual engages in this process when his or her ability to optimize the selected goal is stymied and the person devises a different strategy to achieve the goal.

Question 16

Crisis

Answer 16

A period during which adolescents consciously choose between two alternatives.

Question 17

Emotional Self-Regulation

Answer 17

The ability to regulate emotions to a level or intensity that is considered acceptable.

Question 18

Emotional Suppression

Answer 18

The intentional inhibition of outward emotional expression even though the internal emotional state remains.

Question 19

Gender Dysphoria

Answer 19

A condition in which there is a marked difference between the individual’s expressed/ experienced gender and the gender others would assign him or her. This condition causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.

Question 20

Growth Spurt

Answer 20

A period of very rapid growth in both height and weight

Question 21

Heterosexual

Answer 21

Attraction towards members of the opposite sex

Question 22

Homosexual

Answer 22

Attraction towards members of the same sex

Question 23

Imaginary Audience

Answer 23

The false belief often held by adolescents that all attention is focused on them.

Question 24

Intentional Self-Regulation

Answer 24

Goal-directed behaviors that attempt to reconcile the external demands and resources in the environment with personal goals.

Question 25

Optimization

Answer 25

Part of intentional self-regulation, the strategy or resources that are compatible with the selected goal.

Question 26

Peers

Answer 26

A group of individuals who are approximately the same age and maturity level.

Question 27

Personal Fable

Answer 27

The genuine belief that one is special and that one’s experience is unique when compared to others.

Question 28

Puberty

Answer 28

The period when sexual organs mature and the pituitary gland in the brain signals other glands to start producing the sex hormones, androgen or estrogens, at adult levels.

Question 29

Selection

Answer 29

Part of intentional self-regulation, the process by which, when confronted with a range of alternative goals, individuals identify and select goals they wish to attain and integrate them into an existing set of hierarchical goals.

Question 30

Self-Esteem

Answer 30

an individual’s overall self-evaluation, including both positive and negative elements

Question 31

Adolescence begins and ends with what

Answer 31

Begins with puberty ends with adulthood