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1.What are some of the reasons for adolescents to have eating disorders?
A) Societal standards to be slender and lose weight
B)Feelings of control and success may encourage them to lose more and more weight
C)Girls who mature earlier than peers who have a higher level of body fat and are trying to bring there body back to the cultural standard of thin, boyish figure
D)All of the above
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2.During adolescence, the prefrontal cortex becomes effiecient in
A)Judgement
B)Behaviors
C)Communicating with other parts of the brain
D)Impulses
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3.The formal operational stage starts at the beginning of adolsecents and it is the stage where
A)People develop the ability to think abstractly
B)Thinking is typical
C)Intelligence is applied to long term goals
D)Thinking is concrete
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4.What determines an adolescents self-esteem?
A)Gender
B)Physical appearance and social success
C)Socioeconimic staus and reace differences
D)All of the above
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1) Adolescents start to drink for many reasons. Most of this particular group rates are higher for alcohol consumption than that of the general adolescent population?
A Cheer leaders
B Drama Club
C Male athletes
D Female athletes
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2) ___________ is a state of self-absorbtion in which the world is viewed as focused on oneself.
A Metacognition
B Imaginary audience
C Adolescent egocentrism
D Information processing perspective
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3) The psychological moratorium is a period during which adolescents ______________________.
A Explore and think through who they are and what they want to do.
B Are flighty, shifting from one thing to the next.
C Are committed to an identity accepting others' decisions about what was best for them.
D Take time off from upcoming responsibilities of adulthood and explore various roles and possibilities.
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| D Take time off from upcoming responsibilities of adulthood and explore various roles and possibilities. |
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4) One teenage suicide is said to occur every _____
A Hour
B Day
C 45 minutes
D 90 minutes
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According to Freud Theoretical perspective what determines homosexually in adolescences?
A Genetic factors
B Inappropiate identification with opposite sex parent
C Hormone production
D unsatisfying heterosexual experience
Submitted by: Carrie Edwards |
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| B Inappropiate identification with opposite sex parent |
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Over the last decade what ethinic group showed the deepest decline in Teen pregnancies?
A Americans Indians
B Hispanic
C All Races
D African American
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Psycholgist James Marcia believes adolescences who prematurely commits to an identity without adequately exploring alternatives is ?
A Moratorium
B Identity diffusion
C Identity foreclosure
D Identity Achievement
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The MAMA cycle moves back and forth between ________ and ________.
A Identity foreclosure and Moratorium
B Identity diffusion and Identity foreclosure
C Moratorium and Identity Achievement
D Identity Achievement and Identity diffusion
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C Moratorium and Identity Achievement |
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The view that one's experiences are unique,and shared by no one else refers to:
a)Adolescent egocentrism
b)Personal fables
c)Self-Absorption
d)Imaginary audience
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Based on popularity and rejection adolescents divide into four main categories which are:
a)Mostly liked, Controversial,Low status,High status
b)Actively disliked, Neglected, Controversial, Popular
c)Controversial, Rejected, Neglected, Popular
d)Mostly liked, liked by some, Rejected, Actively disliked
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| c)Popular,Controversial, Rejected, Neglected |
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Adolescents who are raised with little discipline or with harsh, uncairing parental supervision are:
a)Neglected Adolescents
b)Highly influenced by their peers
c)Usually criminals
d)Undersocialized deliquents
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| d)Undersocialized deliquents |
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Changes in body development during puberty that directly relate to reproduction are known as:
a)Secular Trend
b)Primary sex characteristics
c)Secondary sex characteristics
d)Manarche
Submitted by:Justyna Lojewska |
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| b)Primary sex characteristics |
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The knowledge that people have about their own thinking processes and their ability to monitor their cognition is:
A. information processing perspective
B. metacognition
C. self- absorption
D. none of the above
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How often is an adolescent suicide commited in the United States?
A. every day
B. every ninety minutes
C. once a week
D. none of the above
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Groups of two to twelve people whose members have frequent social interactions with one another:
A. crowds
B. reference groups
C. cliques
D. gangs
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The view that what happens to them is unique, exceptional, and shared by noone else:
A. personal fables
B. imaginary audience
C. adolescent egocentrism
D. none of the above
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A twelve year old girl has developed breast and pubic hair. How can we describe these changes.
a. menarche
b. secular trend
c. primary sex characteristics
d. secondary sex characteristics
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true or false. Compared to Canada the U.S is ranked higher in math, science, reading and problem solving among fifteen year old children.
A. true
B. False
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The years of adolescence can be a stressful time for some. What is the number one stressor for adolescence?
A. school problems
B. peer relationships
C. family problems
D. sexuality
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true or false. In adolescence, the rate of suicide is higher for boys than girls?
A. true
B. false
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Overall, the average age of first sexual intercourse is:
a) 14
b) 17
c) 20
d) 21
Submitted by: Nadia L. |
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Each year, around how many teenagers contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI)? *numbers represent millions
a) .5
b) 1.5
c) 2.5
d) 4.5
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One of the leading causes of death among young people is:
a) Drug overdose
b) AIDS
c) suicide
d) motor vehicle accidents
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Most students complete high school, but each year some ________ students drop out prior to graduating.
a) 250,000
b) 500,000
c) 1,000,000
d) 1,500,000
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What is the most common nutitonal concern during adolescence?
A) Anorexia B) Bulimia C)Excecise D)Obesity
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What are the reasons for adolescnets using drugs?
A) For pleasure
B) Escape from pressures in life
C)Thrill of doing something illegal
D) Peer pressure
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What is the rate in Adolescent Suicide?
A) has doubled
B)has tripled
c)Is getting lower
D)none of the above
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what do most boy teenagers 20%-25% and females 10% encouter at least once?
A)masturbation
B)Dating
C)Sexual intercourse
D)Homosexuality
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What presents it self as threats to an adolescents well being?
A) Illegal Drugs
B) Tobacco
C) Sexually Transmitted Infections
D) Alcohol
E) All of the above
Submitted By: Nina Green
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One in every _ adolescents is overweight, and One in _ can be classified as obese.
A) 3:10
B) 2:12
C) 5:20
D) 5:10
Submitted by: Nina Green
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According to Erik Erikson, during what stage do adolescents encounter a substantial psychological turmoil as they establish what is unique about themselves?
A) Industry-versus-inferiority
B) Identity-versus identity confusion
C)Autonomy-versus-shame and doubt
D)all of the above
Submitted by: Nina Green |
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| B) Identity-versus-identinty confusion |
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According to Marcia's Four Categories of Adolescent Development, What is an example of Identity foreclosure?
A) "I love animals; I'm going to become a vet.''
B) "I'm going to work at the mall while I figure out what to do next."
C) "I don't have a clue."
D) "I am going into law, just like mom."
Submitted by: Nina Green |
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| D) I am going into law, just like mom." |
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an infection in the vagina or penis that is caused by a parasite
A. Trichomoniasis
B. HPV
C. Herpes
D.Syhilis
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No child child left behind Act:
A. Improve performance
B. more drop outs
C. Everyone passes
D. Discourage student performance
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At what age do children start to masturbate?
A. 15
B.17
C.11
D. 9
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What is it called where an individual imagines and believes that multitudes of people are enthusiastically listening to him or her at all times?
A.) Personal Fable
B.) Yound Adolescence
C.) Imaginary Audience
D.) All of the above
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An example of social absorption is?
A.) "Everyone is looking at me"
B.) "I think everyone notices my voice is shaking"
C.) "People will just think i am stupid"
D.) All of the above
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A womans first menstrual period is called?
A.) menarche
B.) primary sex characteristic
C.) secondary sex characteristic
D.) puberty
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one suicide leads to attempt by others to kill themselves is called?
A. suicide
B. cluster suicide
C. depression
D. peer pressure
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In adoloescence, the rate of suicide is higher for girls than boys.
A) True
B) False
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Because AIDS is spread primarily through sexual contact, it is classified as a______________
A)Trichomoniasis
B)Sexually transmitted infection
C)Genital Herpes
D)Cancer
Rebecca D |
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| Sexually transmitted infection (STI) |
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What is the stage at which people develop the ability to think abstractly.
A)Postformal thinking stage
B)Identity-versus-confusion stage
C)Formal operational stage
D)Genital stage
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During which period teenagers seek to determine what is unique and distinctive about themselves.
A)Self-Esteem
B)Identity-versus-identity confusion stage
C)Peer pressure
D)All of the above
Rebecca D |
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| Identity-versus-identity-confusion stage |
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What are male hormones called?
A.androgens
B.estrogens
C.leptin
D.pituitary
Answer:A
Submitted by: Charmain Burton |
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What is the term used for the process in which nerve cells are insulated by a covering of fat cells, and makes neural messages more efficient?
A.prefrontal cortex
B.myelination
C.temporal
D.brain stem
Answer:b
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Which adolescent ethnicity groups have a higher rate of depression?
A.African American
B.White
C.Native American
D.Asian
Answer:a and c
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What is sex cleavage?
Circle all that apply.
A.boys hang with boys
B.girls hang with girls
C.girls hang with boys
D.boys hang with boys and girls
Answer:a and b
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The ability for adolescents to process and store information is called?
A.) information processing perspective
B.) egocentrism
C.) social anxiety
D.) self-image
Submitted by:Amber Schlaich |
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| A.) information processing perspective |
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Secondary sex characterist are the visible signs of sexual maturity that do not involve :
(a) Structures of the body directly
(b) Sex hormones directly
(c) Sex organs directly
(4) Physical changes directly
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The difference between anorexia nervosa and bulimia is :
(a) Anorexia invloves use of laxatives
(b) Bulima involves individual refusal to eat
(c) Anorexia nervosa involves individual refusal to eat while bulima involves use of laxatives
(d)aneroxia nervesa involves use of laxative while bulima involves individual refusal to eat
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| Obesity is the most nutritinal concern during adolescence's about how many are over weight? |
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| 1-5 adolescents are over weight. |
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| Obesity is the most nutritinal concern during adolescence's about how many are over weight? |
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| 1-5 adolescents are over weight. Jessica stovall |
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| Dealing with popularity and rejection which 2 out of 4 would most likely have a high status amongst their peers? |
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popular and controversial teens.
Jessica stovall |
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| A period when a teenager seeks to determine what is unique and distinctive about them selves? |
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Identity versus identity confusion
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| Status of adolescents who prematurely commit to an identity with out exploring it adequately? |
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Identity foreclosure
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Metacognition
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