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Today's adolescents face ________ demands, expectations, and risks compared with those faced by adolescents a generation ago. |
| | A) | more |
| | B) | fewer |
| | C) | just as many |
| | D) | less strenuous |
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Public attitudes about adolescence that emerge from personal experience and media portrayals are: |
| | A) | relatively accurate. |
| | B) | generally inaccurate. |
| | C) | consistent with today's adolescents' acting out behaviours. |
| | D) | accurate from personal experiences, inaccurate from media portrayals. |
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__________ is a period of rapid physical development involving hormonal and bodily changes that occur primarily during early adolescence. |
| | A) | Puberty |
| | B) | Menarche |
| | C) | Spermarche |
| | D) | Maturation |
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The age at which puberty arrives is ___________ with each passing decade. |
| | A) | increasing |
| | B) | decreasing |
| | C) | staying the same |
| | D) | slowing down |
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For menarche to begin and continue: |
| | A) | a girl must be at least 12 years old. |
| | B) | pubic hair must have begun to emerge, demonstrating uterine development. |
| | C) | calorie intake must exceed the amount of calories a girl burns up. |
| | D) | fat must make up 17 percent of the girl's body weight. |
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The ____________ important endocrine gland(s) for controlling growth and regulating other glands. |
| | A) | hypothalamus is an |
| | B) | pituitary gland is an |
| | C) | thalamus is an |
| | D) | gonads are |
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Whereas __________ is responsible for development of genitals, increase in height, and changes in boys' voices, __________ is a hormone associated with breast, uterine, and skeletal development in girls. |
| | A) | testosterone/estradiol |
| | B) | estradiol/testosterone |
| | C) | estrogen/progesterone |
| | D) | serotonin/dopamine |
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The most noticeable changes in body growth for females include all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | height spurt. |
| | B) | tendencies toward obesity. |
| | C) | breast growth. |
| | D) | menarche. |
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| 9 | |
Recent research about puberty suggests all of the following EXCEPT: |
| | A) | it is advantageous to be an early-maturing rather than a late-maturing boy. |
| | B) | early-maturing girls experience more problems in school than late-maturing girls. |
| | C) | pubertal variations are less dramatic than is commonly thought. |
| | D) | in early adolescence, early-maturing girls show less satisfaction with their figures than do late-maturing girls. |
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| 10 | |
As a child matures into adolescence, interest in sexuality: |
| | A) | is considered normal. |
| | B) | is a risk factor. |
| | C) | becomes abnormal. |
| | D) | inhibits cognitive development. |
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| 11 | |
Adolescents who engage in homosexual behaviour in adolescence: |
| | A) | will increase their homosexual practices into adulthood. |
| | B) | do not necessarily continue the practice into adulthood. |
| | C) | may benefit from counseling aimed at helping them become heterosexual. |
| | D) | are usually only exploring their newly budding sexuality. |
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| 12 | |
David, a homosexual male, engaged in "passing" during adolescence. This would mean David: |
| | A) | frequented gay bath houses. |
| | B) | encouraged his heterosexual friends to engage in homosexual activities. |
| | C) | hid his homosexual identity. |
| | D) | let people close to him know that he was homosexual. |
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According to a 1998 study by the Alan Guttmacher Institute, initial sexual intercourse occurs for a majority of teenagers: |
| | A) | around age 12. |
| | B) | by age 15. |
| | C) | in the early- to mid-adolescent years. |
| | D) | in the mid- to late-adolescent years. |
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With respect to use of contraceptives: |
| | A) | adolescent girls are increasing their use, but adolescent boys are decreasing their use. |
| | B) | adolescent boys are increasing their use, but adolescent girls are decreasing their use. |
| | C) | both adolescent boys and girls are increasing their use. |
| | D) | both adolescent boys and girls are decreasing their use. |
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All of the following are health risks for infants of adolescent mothers EXCEPT: |
| | A) | low birthweight. |
| | B) | neurological problems. |
| | C) | childhood illness. |
| | D) | chlamydia. |
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According to survey data from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Ontario, which substance is NOT among the three most commonly used by students? |
| | A) | alcohol |
| | B) | tobacco |
| | C) | cocaine |
| | D) | cannabis |
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The drug most widely used by adolescents in our society is: |
| | A) | marijuana. |
| | B) | alcohol. |
| | C) | ecstasy. |
| | D) | inhalants. |
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__________ is more important than ___________ in predicting genetic damage to lungs. |
| | A) | Age of onset of smoking/how much the individual smokes |
| | B) | How much the individual smokes/age of onset of smoking |
| | C) | An inherited genetic trait/how much the individual smokes |
| | D) | Whether an individual's parents smoked/ how much the individual smokes |
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| 19 | |
Annette has an eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation, which ultimately may lead to her death. Annette suffers from: |
| | A) | bulimia nervosa. |
| | B) | anorexia nervosa. |
| | C) | body dysphoric disorder. |
| | D) | failure to thrive syndrome. |
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| 20 | |
Based on U.S. research, which of the following adolescents is most likely to suffer from anorexia? |
| | A) | Bill, an African-American male honour student from a low-income family |
| | B) | Kim, an Asian-American female honour student from an upper-income family |
| | C) | Jarod, a White male from a middle-income family who has dropped out of school |
| | D) | Emily, a White female honour student from an upper-income family |
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Which of the following is NOT among the three leading causes of death in adolescence? |
| | A) | homicide |
| | B) | suicide |
| | C) | accidents |
| | D) | alcohol and illicit drug usage |
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Which of the following is the LEAST likely cause of motor vehicle accidents among adolescents? |
| | A) | speeding |
| | B) | tailgating |
| | C) | lack of driving experience |
| | D) | driving under the influence of drugs |
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A child in the formal operational thought stage of cognitive development is MOST likely to engage in which of the following activities? |
| | A) | using building blocks to determine how houses are constructed |
| | B) | writing a story about a clown who wants to leave the circus |
| | C) | drawing pictures of a family using stick figures |
| | D) | testing a hypothesis systematically |
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When playing the modified "Twenty Questions" game in which she is supposed to determine which picture of 42 the experimenter has in mind, Elnora asks questions in a systematic way, such as "Is it in the top half of the display?" Elnora is exhibiting: |
| | A) | hypothetical-deductive reasoning. |
| | B) | hypothetical-inductive reasoning. |
| | C) | concrete operational thought. |
| | D) | preoperational thought. |
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Jean Piaget's ideas on formal operational thought are being challenged in all of the following ways EXCEPT: |
| | A) | Not all adolescents are formal operational thinkers. |
| | B) | Not all adults in every culture are formal operational thinkers. |
| | C) | There is more individual variation in the development of formal operations than Piaget thought. |
| | D) | Only those with scientific training use hypothetical-deductive reasoning. |
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Jennifer, who is having unprotected sex with her boyfriend, comments to her best friend, "Did you hear about Barbara? You know how she fools around so much. I heard she's pregnant. That would never happen to me!" This is an example of the: |
| | A) | imaginary audience. |
| | B) | false-belief syndrome. |
| | C) | personal fable. |
| | D) | adolescent denial syndrome. |
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Sydney calls her best friend Aisha in a panic. She has a date with Jason, someone she has wanted to date for months, but now she has a blemish on her forehead, which she knows Jason (and everyone else) will notice. This is an example of the: |
| | A) | imaginary audience. |
| | B) | false-belief syndrome. |
| | C) | personal fable. |
| | D) | personal absorption syndrome. |
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| 28 | |
All of the following are cognitive changes that allow improved critical thinking in adolescents EXCEPT: |
| | A) | more breadth of content knowledge in a variety of domains. |
| | B) | increased ability to construct new combinations of knowledge. |
| | C) | slower speed of information processing demonstrating focus and concentration. |
| | D) | a greater range and more spontaneous use of strategies for applying knowledge. |
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A trend in adolescent development that has formulated the creation of middle schools is: |
| | A) | an increase in formal operational thinking among early adolescents. |
| | B) | the appearance of greater autonomy from adults. |
| | C) | the earlier onset of puberty in recent decades. |
| | D) | the fact that today's teens spend more time with peers than with parents or adults. |
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Students experiencing the top-dog phenomenon are most likely to exhibit: |
| | A) | high achievement motivation. |
| | B) | lowered satisfaction with school. |
| | C) | good relations with peers. |
| | D) | power over other students. |
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Students who are likely to become high school dropouts have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT: |
| | A) | being disabled. |
| | B) | being female. |
| | C) | having dependents. |
| | D) | having fathers who did not complete high school. |
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__________ is conveyed by the moral atmosphere that is a part of every school. |
| | A) | The hidden curriculum |
| | B) | Character education |
| | C) | Values Clarification |
| | D) | Cognitive moral education |
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