Exam 3

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Boys; girls

B  Girls; boys

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

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

C  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.

D  All of the statements are correct.

A  Conflict tends to increase during early adolescence.

B  All of the statements are correct.

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  a person’s vocational/career choices

B  a person’s beliefs about religion

C  one’s personality

D  All of the options are correct.

A  higher levels of antisocial (criminal behavior)

B  poorer mental and physical health

C  worse economic prospects in the future

D  All of the options are correct.

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  14-16 years

B  21-23 years

C  17-19 years

D  11-13 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 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  males are more likely to attempt suicide, but be less likely to actually kill themselves compared with females.

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

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

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

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

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

C  All of the statements are true.

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

A  Her best friend

B  Her mother

C  Her father

D  None of the above.

A  Latinx

B  Caucasian/Non-Hispanic White

C  Native American

D  African American/Black

A  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).

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

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

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

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

C  higher levels of parental monitoring.

D  lower numbers of sexual partners.

A  conservation

B  theory of mind

C  abstract thinking

D  object permanence

A  Anorexia Nervosa

B  Bulimia

C  Pika

D  Binge-eating disorder

A  All of the options are correct.

B  Developing new forms of intimacy

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

D  Learning skills to regulate sexual behavior to avoid undesirable consequences

A  None of the options are true.

B  be depressed

C  smoke

D  drink alcohol

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

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

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

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

A  lower levels of anxiety and depression

B  feeling more tired, cranky, and irritable.

C  higher levels of academic achievement.

D  lower levels of suicidal ideation

A  All of the statements are true.

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

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

D  Grades temporarily increase with each school transition.

A  estrogen; serotonin

B  estrogen; testosterone

C  testosterone; estrogen

D  testosterone; cortisol

A  Cancer

B  Murder

C  Suicide

D  Injuries

A  just the right amount that their bodies need

B  more than their bodies need

C  less than their bodies need

A  All of the options are correct.

B  Condoms

C  IUD’s

D  Birth control pills

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

B  Idealization of thinness

C  All of the statements are true.

D  Low self-esteem

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Imaginary audience

B  Personal fable

C  Fight-or-flight response

D  Top-dog phenomenon

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  All of the statements are true.

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

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

D  Some cognitive abilities emerge earlier than Piaget theorized.

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

B  a sense of uniqueness and invincibility in adolescence.

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  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  All of the statements are correct.

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

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

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

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

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  Friday

B  Wednesday

C  Monday

D  Sunday

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  Fight-or-flight response

B  Top-dog phenomenon

C  Personal fable

D  Imaginary audience

A  as tall or taller; less tall

B  less tall; less tall

C  as tall or taller; similar in height

D  less tall; taller

A  The end of puberty marks the end of adolescence.

B  All of the statements are true.

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

D  Puberty is a single, sudden event.

A  hippocampus

B  amygdala

C  prefrontal cortex

D  hypothalamus