Exam 3

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Boys; girls

B  Girls; boys

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

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  All of the statements are correct.

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

A  All of the statements are correct.

B  Conflict tends to increase during early adolescence.

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

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

A  one’s personality

B  All of the options are correct.

C  a person’s beliefs about religion

D  a person’s vocational/career choices

A  worse economic prospects in the future

B  poorer mental and physical health

C  All of the options are correct.

D  higher levels of antisocial (criminal behavior)

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  21-23 years

B  14-16 years

C  11-13 years

D  17-19 years

A  All of the statements are correct.

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

C  tend to experience peer rejection during middle childhood

D  tend to have high levels of aggression in early childhood

A  Achieving conservation

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

C  Achieving formal, abstract thinking

D  Finding intimacy instead of isolation

A  snooping

B  solicitation (e.g., asking questions)

C  control

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 than males to both attempt suicide and actually kill themselves.

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

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

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

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

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

D  All of the statements are true.

A  Her father

B  Her best friend

C  Her mother

D  None of the above.

A  Caucasian/Non-Hispanic White

B  African American/Black

C  Native American

D  Latinx

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

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

C  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).

D  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).

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

B  higher levels of parental monitoring.

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

D  lower numbers of sexual partners.

A  theory of mind

B  abstract thinking

C  object permanence

D  conservation

A  Pika

B  Bulimia

C  Anorexia Nervosa

D  Binge-eating disorder

A  All of the options are correct.

B  Learning skills to regulate sexual behavior to avoid undesirable consequences

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

D  Developing new forms of intimacy

A  drink alcohol

B  be depressed

C  None of the options are true.

D  smoke

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

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

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

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

A  feeling more tired, cranky, and irritable.

B  higher levels of academic achievement.

C  lower levels of anxiety and depression

D  lower levels of suicidal ideation

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

B  Grades temporarily increase with each school transition.

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

D  All of the statements are true.

A  testosterone; cortisol

B  testosterone; estrogen

C  estrogen; serotonin

D  estrogen; testosterone

A  Murder

B  Injuries

C  Suicide

D  Cancer

A  less than their bodies need

B  more than their bodies need

C  just the right amount that their bodies need

A  IUD’s

B  Condoms

C  Birth control pills

D  All of the options are correct.

A  Low self-esteem

B  All of the statements are true.

C  Idealization of thinness

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

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

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

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  All of the statements are true.

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

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

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

A  Fight-or-flight response

B  Imaginary audience

C  Personal fable

D  Top-dog phenomenon

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

B  Some cognitive abilities emerge earlier than Piaget theorized.

C  All of the statements are true.

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

A  a sense of uniqueness and invincibility in adolescence.

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

C  adolescents’ liberal attitudes towards sex.

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

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

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

C  are not significantly different than sex education 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  Traditional definitions of virginity in research may not account for experiences by individuals in the LGBTQ+ community.

C  All of the statements are correct.

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

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  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Wednesday

B  Monday

C  Friday

D  Sunday

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Imaginary audience

B  Top-dog phenomenon

C  Personal fable

D  Fight-or-flight response

A  as tall or taller; similar in height

B  less tall; less tall

C  as tall or taller; less tall

D  less tall; taller

A  The end of puberty marks the end of adolescence.

B  Puberty is a single, sudden event.

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

D  All of the statements are true.

A  amygdala

B  prefrontal cortex

C  hypothalamus

D  hippocampus