A.   hippocampus

B.   prefrontal cortex

C.   hypothalamus

D.   amygdala

A.   Puberty is a single, sudden event.

B.   The end of puberty marks the end of adolescence.

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

D.   All of the statements are true.

A.   as tall or taller; similar in height

B.   as tall or taller; less tall

C.   less tall; less tall

D.   less tall; taller

A.   Imaginary audience

B.   Fight-or-flight response

C.   Top-dog phenomenon

D.   Personal fable

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Wednesday

B.   Monday

C.   Friday

D.   Sunday

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

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

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.   All of the statements are correct.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

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

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

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

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

C.   adolescents’ liberal attitudes towards sex.

D.   a sense of uniqueness and invincibility in adolescence.

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.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Imaginary audience

B.   Personal fable

C.   Top-dog phenomenon

D.   Fight-or-flight response

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

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

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

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

A.   Idealization of thinness

B.   Low self-esteem

C.   All of the statements are true.

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

A.   IUD's

B.   All of the options are correct.

C.   Condoms

D.   Birth control pills

A.   less than their bodies need

B.   just the right amount that their bodies need

C.   more than their bodies need

A.   Cancer

B.   Suicide

C.   Murder

D.   Injuries

A.   estrogen; testosterone

B.   estrogen; serotonin

C.   testosterone; cortisol

D.   testosterone; estrogen

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

B.   Grades temporarily increase with each school transition.

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

D.   All of the statements are true.

A.   higher levels of academic achievement.

B.   lower levels of suicidal ideation

C.   lower levels of anxiety and depression

D.   feeling more tired, cranky, and irritable.

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.   drink alcohol

B.   None of the options are true.

C.   smoke

D.   be depressed

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.   Binge-eating disorder

B.   Anorexia Nervosa

C.   Pika

D.   Bulimia

A.   abstract thinking

B.   theory of mind

C.   conservation

D.   object permanence

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

B.   higher levels of parental monitoring.

C.   lower numbers of sexual partners.

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

A.   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).

B.   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).

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

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

A.   African American/Black

B.   Latinx

C.   Native American

D.   Caucasian/Non-Hispanic White

A.   Her mother

B.   Her best friend

C.   Her father

D.   None of the above.

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

B.   All of the statements are true.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   solicitation (e.g., asking questions)

B.   snooping

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

B.   Finding intimacy instead of isolation

C.   Achieving conservation

D.   Achieving formal, abstract thinking

A.   tend to experience peer rejection during middle childhood

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

C.   All of the statements are correct.

D.   tend to have high levels of aggression in early childhood

A.   17-19 years

B.   21-23 years

C.   11-13 years

D.   14-16 years

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   poorer mental and physical health

B.   All of the options are correct.

C.   worse economic prospects in the future

D.   higher levels of antisocial (criminal behavior)

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 statements are correct.

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

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

D.   Conflict tends to increase during early adolescence.

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.   Girls; boys

B.   Boys; girls

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE