A.   hippocampus

B.   amygdala

C.   hypothalamus

D.   prefrontal cortex

A.   Puberty is a single, sudden event.

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

C.   All of the statements are true.

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

A.   less tall; taller

B.   as tall or taller; similar in height

C.   less tall; less tall

D.   as tall or taller; less tall

A.   Fight-or-flight response

B.   Personal fable

C.   Imaginary audience

D.   Top-dog phenomenon

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   Sunday

B.   Monday

C.   Friday

D.   Wednesday

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

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

B.   school times started earlier (e.g., before 8 a.m.)

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

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

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

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 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.   adolescents’ liberal attitudes towards sex.

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

C.   a sense of uniqueness and invincibility in adolescence.

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

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.   TRUE

B.   FALSE

A.   Personal fable

B.   Fight-or-flight response

C.   Top-dog phenomenon

D.   Imaginary audience

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

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

C.   All of the statements are true.

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

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

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

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

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.   Idealization of thinness

C.   Low self-esteem

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

A.   All of the options are correct.

B.   IUD's

C.   Birth control pills

D.   Condoms

A.   less than their bodies need

B.   more than their bodies need

C.   just the right amount that their bodies need

A.   Suicide

B.   Injuries

C.   Cancer

D.   Murder

A.   testosterone; estrogen

B.   estrogen; serotonin

C.   testosterone; cortisol

D.   estrogen; testosterone

A.   Grades temporarily increase with each school transition.

B.   Boys tend to have lower self-esteem than girls at 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.   feeling more tired, cranky, and irritable.

C.   lower levels of suicidal ideation

D.   lower levels of anxiety and depression

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

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

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

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

A.   None of the options are true.

B.   drink alcohol

C.   smoke

D.   be depressed

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

B.   All of the options are correct.

C.   Developing new forms of intimacy

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

A.   Bulimia

B.   Anorexia Nervosa

C.   Binge-eating disorder

D.   Pika

A.   theory of mind

B.   conservation

C.   object permanence

D.   abstract thinking

A.   higher levels of parental monitoring.

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

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

D.   lower numbers of sexual partners.

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

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 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.   African American/Black

B.   Native American

C.   Latinx

D.   Caucasian/Non-Hispanic White

A.   Her mother

B.   Her father

C.   Her best friend

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 than males to both attempt suicide and actually kill themselves.

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

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

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

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.   Achieving formal, abstract thinking

B.   Achieving conservation

C.   Finding intimacy instead of isolation

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

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

B.   tend to experience peer rejection during middle childhood

C.   All of the statements are correct.

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

A.   11-13 years

B.   17-19 years

C.   14-16 years

D.   21-23 years

A.   FALSE

B.   TRUE

A.   worse economic prospects in the future

B.   poorer mental and physical health

C.   All of the options are correct.

D.   higher levels of antisocial (criminal behavior)

A.   a person’s beliefs about religion

B.   a person’s vocational/career choices

C.   one’s personality

D.   All of the options are correct.

A.   Conflict tends to increase during early adolescence.

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

C.   All of the statements are correct.

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

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

B.   All of the statements are correct.

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

A.   Boys; girls

B.   Girls; boys

A.   TRUE

B.   FALSE