Exam 3

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Girls; boys

B  Boys; girls

A  All of the statements are correct.

B  Recognizing that moderate levels of conflict (e.g., about everyday events of family life, such as cleaning one’s room) is normal and may serve a positive developmental function.

C  Showing warmth and respect and avoiding being too controlling or permissive.

D  Demonstrating sustained interest in their teen’s lives by sending time and monitoring their activities.

A  Prolonged, intense, repeated, unhealthy conflict is associated with negative adolescent outcomes (e.g., delinquency).

B  Conflict tends to increase during early adolescence.

C  Disagreements between parents and children may serve a positive developmental function.

D  All of the statements are correct.

A  All of the options are correct.

B  a person’s beliefs about religion

C  one’s personality

D  a person’s vocational/career choices

A  higher levels of antisocial (criminal behavior)

B  All of the options are correct.

C  worse economic prospects in the future

D  poorer mental and physical health

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  17-19 years

B  11-13 years

C  14-16 years

D  21-23 years

A  All of the statements are correct.

B  tend to have high levels of aggression in early childhood

C  tend to continue engaging in delinquent behavior in adulthood after most others who engaged in delinquency in adolescence stop.

D  tend to experience peer rejection during middle childhood

A  Achieving formal, abstract thinking

B  Finding intimacy instead of isolation

C  Achieving conservation

D  Forming an identity and not being confused about one’s role

A  snooping

B  control

C  solicitation (e.g., asking questions)

D  None of the above – that is, they are all likely to be perceived as equal violations.

E  None of the above – that is, they are all likely to be perceived as equal violations.

A  there are no significant gender differences in suicide attempts or the rates of completion.

B  females are more likely to attempt suicide, but be less likely to actually kill themselves compared with males.

C  males are more likely to attempt suicide, but be less likely to actually kill themselves compared with females.

D  females are more likely than males to both attempt suicide and actually kill themselves.

A  All of the statements are true.

B  Adolescents are less likely to conform to their peers (and give in to peer pressure) than young children.

C  Teens tend to report depending on friends more than parents to satisfy needs for self-worth and intimacy.

D  Teens are more likely to self-disclose information to their parents than their peers.

A  Her father

B  Her best friend

C  Her mother

D  None of the above.

A  Native American

B  African American/Black

C  Caucasian/Non-Hispanic White

D  Latinx

A  Girls and boys tend to have similar rates of internalizing and externalizing disorders.

B  Boys and girls are not at risk of developing internalizing or externalizing disorders until adulthood.

C  Boys tend to be more likely than girls to have internalizing disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression), whereas girls tend to be more than boys likely to have externalizing disorders (e.g., assaults, stealing).

D  Girls tend to be more likely than boys to have internalizing disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression), whereas boys tend to be more likely than girls to have externalizing disorders (e.g., assaults, stealing).

A  fewer negative health-related behaviors (e.g., smoking, underage drinking, and drug use).

B  higher levels of parental monitoring.

C  lower numbers of sexual partners.

D  higher levels of antisocial behavior (e.g., being violent, stealing, running away from home)

A  abstract thinking

B  object permanence

C  conservation

D  theory of mind

A  Anorexia Nervosa

B  Binge-eating disorder

C  Pika

D  Bulimia

A  Learning to manage sexual feelings (e.g., sexual arousal and attraction)

B  Learning skills to regulate sexual behavior to avoid undesirable consequences

C  All of the options are correct.

D  Developing new forms of intimacy

A  smoke

B  be depressed

C  drink alcohol

D  None of the options are true.

A  Neither the amygdala nor the prefrontal cortex develop in adolescence.

B  The amygdala and the prefrontal cortex tend to develop during the same time in adolescence.

C  The prefrontal cortex tends to develop more rapidly (and sooner) than the amygdala.

D  The amygdala tends to develop more rapidly (and sooner) than the prefrontal cortex.

A  lower levels of suicidal ideation

B  lower levels of anxiety and depression

C  higher levels of academic achievement.

D  feeling more tired, cranky, and irritable.

A  Boys tend to have lower self-esteem than girls at each school transition.

B  Grades temporarily increase with each school transition.

C  All of the statements are true.

D  More school transitions tends to result in lower self-esteem.

A  testosterone; cortisol

B  estrogen; testosterone

C  testosterone; estrogen

D  estrogen; serotonin

A  Cancer

B  Murder

C  Suicide

D  Injuries

A  more than their bodies need

B  less than their bodies need

C  just the right amount that their bodies need

A  All of the options are correct.

B  Birth control pills

C  Condoms

D  IUD’s

A  Being in a family where weight is an excessive concern and is negatively discussed a lot.

B  Low self-esteem

C  Idealization of thinness

D  All of the statements are true.

A  The U.S. has one of the lowest adolescent pregnancy and childbearing rates in the industrialized world.

B  Teen pregnancy rates have lowered in the last few decades.

C  Adolescent mothers are less likely to have babies with low birth weight than non-teen mothers.

D  U.S. teens are more sexually active than teens in other countries.

A  Exercise is linked to positive physical and psychological outcomes in adolescence (e.g., lower blood pressure and depression levels).

B  All of the statements are true.

C  More screen-based sedentary activity is associated with more negative health outcome (e.g., higher stress, worse sleep).

D  Family meals during adolescence can protect against the development of obesity.

A  Fight-or-flight response

B  Top-dog phenomenon

C  Imaginary audience

D  Personal fable

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  All of the statements are true.

B  Some cognitive abilities emerge earlier than Piaget theorized.

C  Piaget placed too much emphasis on stage-like development and development may also include continuous gradual development.

D  Development does not end with the ability to perform formal operations.

A  a sense of uniqueness and invincibility in adolescence.

B  the belief that others are as interested in them as they are in themselves.

C  moving from being the oldest, biggest, and most powerful to being the youngest, smallest, and least powerful students.

D  adolescents’ liberal attitudes towards sex.

A  are not significantly different than sex education programs that emphasize contraception use at reducing the risk of adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

B  are more effective than sex education programs that emphasize contraception use at reducing the risk of adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

C  are less effective than sex educations programs that emphasize contraception use at reducing the risk of adolescent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Activities, such as oral sex, may be considered by some teenagers to be “sex” while not by others.

B  All of the statements are correct.

C  Females can break her hymen in ways that are unrelated to sexual intercourse.

D  Traditional definitions of virginity in research may not account for experiences by individuals in the LGBTQ+ community.

A  school times started earlier (e.g., before 8 a.m.)

B  school times started later (e.g., after 8:00 a.m.)

C  school times start at 8:00 a.m. (as is typical of most high schools)

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Wednesday

B  Monday

C  Sunday

D  Friday

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Top-dog phenomenon

B  Fight-or-flight response

C  Personal fable

D  Imaginary audience

A  as tall or taller; less tall

B  as tall or taller; similar in height

C  less tall; taller

D  less tall; less tall

A  Puberty is a single, sudden event.

B  Puberty is the most important marker of the beginning of adolescence.

C  The end of puberty marks the end of adolescence.

D  All of the statements are true.

A  prefrontal cortex

B  hypothalamus

C  amygdala

D  hippocampus