Question 1

A national study of U.S.adolescents revealed that physical activity:

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A)  increased until 13 years of age but then declined through 18 years of age.
B)  in childhood and early adolescence would persist through to adulthood.
C)  increased until 13 years of age and then remained stable throughout adulthood.
D)  decreased until 13 years of age and then stabilized to last through 18 years of age.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 2

The majority of unintentional injuries in adolescence involve:

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A)  motor vehicle accidents.
B)  firearms.
C)  homicides.
D)  sports-related injuries.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 3

A recent national study revealed that _____ percent of U.S.15-year-olds met the federal government's exercise recommendations on weekdays.

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A)  29
B)  50
C)  80
D)  12E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

A number of leading experts on adolescent sexuality conclude that abstinence-only programs:

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A)  are less effective at reducing the risk of adolescent pregnancy than sex education programs.
B)  prevent adolescent pregnancies better than sex-education programs emphasizing contraceptive knowledge.
C)  are more effective at reducing the risk of sexually transmitted infections than sex education programs.
D)  provide useful knowledge about safe sex to sexually active adolescents.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 5

Discuss the importance of controlling one's attention during adolescence.

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Question 6

Explore the link between hormones and behavior in adolescence.

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The influx of hormones that causes physi...

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a benefit linked to regular exercise in adolescence?

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A)  Better weight control
B)  Better connectivity among brain regions
C)  Reduced substance use and abuse
D)  Higher blood pressureE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is a similarity between anorexics and bulimics?

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A)  They are highly perfectionistic.
B)  They are severely underweight.
C)  They have a positive body image.
D)  They have a fear of weight loss.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 9

Bill wants to know how he can prevent drug abuse by his adolescent son.You would suggest that Bill:

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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.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Fourteen-year-old Kent recently received his blood test results which indicate an eighteenfold increase in testosterone levels and a twofold increase in estradiol over the past few years.It appears that Kent:

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A)  is experiencing normal changes during puberty.
B)  will be put on hormone therapy to correct the significant imbalances in hormonal levels.
C)  has abnormal levels of male sex hormones.
D)  has abnormal levels of female sex hormones.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

Melissa is an early-maturing girl.Compared to her late-maturing friends,we can expect Melissa:

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A)  to be more satisfied with her body at the end of adolescence.
B)  to graduate from high school.
C)  to engage in early sexual experiences.
D)  to have a higher self-esteem.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 12

Adolescent girls who initiate oral-genital sex first,as opposed to vaginal sex first,are:

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A)  more likely to get pregnant.
B)  less likely to get pregnant.
C)  equally likely to get pregnant.
D)  unlikely; oral sex is not common among adolescents.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

Discuss two key components of adolescent egocentrism according to David Elkind.

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Question 14

In a U.S.national survey conducted in 2009,it was found that nationally,_____ percent of twelfth-graders reported being sexually active.

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A)  70
B)  15
C)  49
D)  80E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

In 2003,this researcher suggested that adolescents have difficulty controlling their emotions,because their prefrontal cortex has not yet fully developed.

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Question 16

Donna is concerned about her adolescent daughter's tendency to flare up at the mildest provocations.Donna says that her daughter refuses to see reason sometimes and seems unable to exercise much self-control.As a specialist in the development of adolescents,you would tell Donna that her daughter's behavior could partly be explained by the biological reason that:

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A)  the prefrontal cortex-involved in reasoning and self-control-has developed fully by early adolescence.
B)  the corpus callosum,where fibers connect the brain's left and right hemispheres,thickens in adolescence.
C)  by the end of adolescence,individuals have fewer,less selective,less effective neuronal connections than they did as children.
D)  the amygdala-the seat of emotions such as anger-matures earlier than the prefrontal cortex in adolescents.E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 17

National data indicates that the percentage of overweight U.S.12- to 19-year-olds increased from _____ percent from the early 1990s to 2009-2010.

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A)  60 to 80
B)  39 to 48
C)  11 to 17
D)  20 to 25E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

Which of the following is typically the last male pubertal characteristic to occur?

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A)  The first ejaculation
B)  Voice changes
C)  Increased penis and testicle size
D)  Growth of facial hairE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Anorexia nervosa is a(n) :

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A)  eating disorder that involves a binge-and-purge sequence on a regular basis.
B)  anxiety disorder whose chief symptom is unrealistic fear of food.
C)  drug-induced reaction that produces tremors and vomiting.
D)  eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 20

Over the last two decades,the U.S.birth rate for 15- to 19-year-olds has decreased by approximately ______ percent.

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A)  15
B)  25
C)  50
D)  75E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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