Exam 3

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Boys; girls

B  Girls; boys

A  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.

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

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

D  All of the statements are correct.

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

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

C  Conflict tends to increase during early adolescence.

D  All of the statements are correct.

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  All of the options are correct.

B  worse economic prospects in the future

C  poorer mental and physical health

D  higher levels of antisocial (criminal behavior)

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  17-19 years

B  11-13 years

C  14-16 years

D  21-23 years

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

B  tend to have high levels of aggression in early childhood

C  All of the statements are correct.

D  tend to experience peer rejection during middle childhood

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

B  Achieving formal, abstract thinking

C  Achieving conservation

D  Finding intimacy instead of isolation

A  solicitation (e.g., asking questions)

B  control

C  snooping

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

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

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

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

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

B  All of the statements are true.

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

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

A  Her mother

B  Her best friend

C  Her father

D  None of the above.

A  Latinx

B  Native American

C  African American/Black

D  Caucasian/Non-Hispanic White

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  higher levels of parental monitoring.

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

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

D  lower numbers of sexual partners.

A  abstract thinking

B  conservation

C  object permanence

D  theory of mind

A  Anorexia Nervosa

B  Bulimia

C  Binge-eating disorder

D  Pika

A  Learning skills to regulate sexual behavior to avoid undesirable consequences

B  Developing new forms of intimacy

C  All of the options are correct.

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

A  smoke

B  None of the options are true.

C  drink alcohol

D  be depressed

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

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

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

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

A  higher levels of academic achievement.

B  lower levels of anxiety and depression

C  lower levels of suicidal ideation

D  feeling more tired, cranky, and irritable.

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; estrogen

B  estrogen; serotonin

C  estrogen; testosterone

D  testosterone; cortisol

A  Murder

B  Injuries

C  Cancer

D  Suicide

A  less than their bodies need

B  just the right amount that their bodies need

C  more than their bodies need

A  Condoms

B  Birth control pills

C  IUD’s

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

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

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

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

A  All of the statements are true.

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

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  Personal fable

B  Imaginary audience

C  Top-dog phenomenon

D  Fight-or-flight response

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

C  Some cognitive abilities emerge earlier than Piaget theorized.

D  All of the statements are true.

A  a sense of uniqueness and invincibility in adolescence.

B  adolescents’ liberal attitudes towards sex.

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

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

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

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

D  All of the statements are correct.

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

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

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

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Friday

B  Wednesday

C  Sunday

D  Monday

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Top-dog phenomenon

B  Personal fable

C  Imaginary audience

D  Fight-or-flight response

A  less tall; less tall

B  as tall or taller; similar in height

C  as tall or taller; less tall

D  less tall; taller

A  All of the statements are true.

B  The end of puberty marks the end of adolescence.

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

D  Puberty is a single, sudden event.

A  hippocampus

B  amygdala

C  hypothalamus

D  prefrontal cortex