A.   amygdala

B.   hippocampus

C.   hypothalamus

D.   prefrontal cortex

A.   All of the statements are true.

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

C.   Puberty is a single, sudden event.

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

A.   as tall or taller; less tall

B.   as tall or taller; similar in height

C.   less tall; less tall

D.   less tall; taller

A.   Top-dog phenomenon

B.   Fight-or-flight response

C.   Personal fable

D.   Imaginary audience

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Sunday

B.   Friday

C.   Wednesday

D.   Monday

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

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

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

C.   All of the statements are correct.

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

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   are more effective than sex education 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 less effective than sex educations 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.   a sense of uniqueness and invincibility in adolescence.

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

D.   adolescents’ liberal attitudes towards sex.

A.   All of the statements are true.

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

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

D.   Some cognitive abilities emerge earlier than Piaget theorized.

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Fight-or-flight response

B.   Top-dog phenomenon

C.   Personal fable

D.   Imaginary audience

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

B.   All of the statements are true.

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

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

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

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

A.   Idealization of thinness

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

C.   Low self-esteem

D.   All of the statements are true.

A.   All of the options are correct.

B.   Condoms

C.   IUD's

D.   Birth control pills

A.   more than their bodies need

B.   less than their bodies need

C.   just the right amount that their bodies need

A.   Injuries

B.   Cancer

C.   Suicide

D.   Murder

A.   estrogen; serotonin

B.   estrogen; testosterone

C.   testosterone; estrogen

D.   testosterone; cortisol

A.   All of the statements are true.

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

C.   Grades temporarily increase with each school transition.

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

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

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

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

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

A.   be depressed

B.   smoke

C.   drink alcohol

D.   None of the options are true.

A.   Developing new forms of intimacy

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

C.   All of the options are correct.

D.   Learning skills to regulate sexual behavior to avoid undesirable consequences

A.   Pika

B.   Binge-eating disorder

C.   Anorexia Nervosa

D.   Bulimia

A.   conservation

B.   abstract thinking

C.   object permanence

D.   theory of mind

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

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

C.   higher levels of parental monitoring.

D.   lower numbers of sexual partners.

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

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

D.   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).

A.   Caucasian/Non-Hispanic White

B.   Native American

C.   Latinx

D.   African American/Black

A.   Her mother

B.   Her best friend

C.   Her father

D.   None of the above.

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

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

C.   All of the statements are true.

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

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

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

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

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

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.   Achieving conservation

C.   Finding intimacy instead of isolation

D.   Achieving formal, abstract thinking

A.   tend to have high levels of aggression in early 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 experience peer rejection during middle childhood

A.   21-23 years

B.   11-13 years

C.   14-16 years

D.   17-19 years

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   All of the options are correct.

B.   poorer mental and physical health

C.   higher levels of antisocial (criminal behavior)

D.   worse economic prospects in the future

A.   one’s personality

B.   a person’s beliefs about religion

C.   All of the options are correct.

D.   a person’s vocational/career choices

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

B.   All of the statements are correct.

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

D.   Conflict tends to increase during early adolescence.

A.   All of the statements are correct.

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

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

D.   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.

A.   Boys; girls

B.   Girls; boys

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE