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You are asked to evaluate the reasons why many adolescent boys are being rebellious, talking back to teachers, and fighting. Based on your knowledge of biology, you suggest |
| | A) | that boys will be boys |
| | B) | that the cause might be low levels of testosterone and high levels of androstenedione |
| | C) | that the cause might be low levels of androstenedione and high levels of testosterone |
| | D) | the pituitary gland has not caught up with the boys' psychological changes |
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Jennifer's home is stressful and unpredictable, and no father is present. She had her first child at 13, her second at 15, and her third at 17. Belsky would argue that |
| | A) | this happened because of a lack of parental supervision |
| | B) | she had no prospect for a job and was poor so decided to have children |
| | C) | she adjusted her reproductive strategies to take into account her precarious situation and began having children early in order to ensure the next generation |
| | D) | her lack of self-actualized identity formation caused her to confuse sex for love and therefore to have children early |
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You enter your daughter's room and find a pamphlet with the title "STDs and You." You might think |
| | A) | it is about a rock band that she likes |
| | B) | she is part of a new religious cult |
| | C) | she is having sex or thinking about it |
| | D) | it is a new television channel |
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You are asked to draw a graph of all teenage birth rates over the past 30 years. You graph will |
| | A) | show a moderate increase |
| | B) | show a moderate decrease |
| | C) | show no change |
| | D) | show no discernible pattern |
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Your son is disturbed because his nose seems to have grown too large and his feet and hands seem out of proportion to his legs and arms. Your best advice to him would be which of the following? |
| | A) | Don't worry; your body dimensions aren't awkward; you're just being self-conscious and egocentric. |
| | B) | Don't worry; early maturers like you tend to be more awkward and gangly than late maturers. |
| | C) | Don't be alarmed; everyone in our family had big feet when they were younger, and we'll just have bigger feet when we're older. |
| | D) | Don't worry; in kids your age the head, hands, and feet complete their growth before the legs, arms, and trunk. |
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Your 11 year old daughter is concerned because many of her friends have started menstruating, and she hasn't. Your best response to her would be which of the following? |
| | A) | Don't be concerned; you've already started to grow much taller and heavier, and you'll soon be a young woman. |
| | B) | The average girl doesn't have her period until age 13, therefore most of the girls in her class have probably not started yet. |
| | C) | Be happy you haven't started because menstruating only produces discomfort. |
| | D) | Be glad you're not menstruating because you're too young to be a woman. |
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Your 15 year old daughter is an athlete, exercises strenuously every day, and eats a very lean diet to prepare for competition. She has not started menstruating. She is anxious about this, but your best advice to her would be which of the following? |
| | A) | Let's get you to the doctor immediately; there's a possibility that something is wrong. |
| | B) | Don't worry about it; it is common for menstruation to begin later in female athletes, but I'll take you for a checkup to be safe. |
| | C) | Don't worry about it; just start eating more foods with fat. |
| | D) | It doesn't matter because there'll be plenty of time for that in the future. |
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Stout physique in girls is linked to |
| | A) | anorexia nervosa |
| | B) | athletic behavior |
| | C) | early menarche |
| | D) | feelings of adequacy |
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As an adult, Jason has been an attention seeker, defies authority, has lost several jobs, and, in general, asserts unconventional adult behavior. We can infer from this description that Jason |
| | A) | was a late maturer and hasn't made a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood |
| | B) | was an early maturer and hasn't made a successful transition from adolescence to adulthood |
| | C) | is more likely to have a tall, large physique |
| | D) | is more likely to have a small physique |
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Your adolescent seems to have an obsession with her weight. She has reacted to her small weight gain by going on crash diets and still thinks she is overweight. Which of the following would be the most reasonable, considering that she is 5'3" and 115 pounds? |
| | A) | You should be somewhat concerned because your daughter may be at risk for developing anorexia nervosa. |
| | B) | Ignore the problem because her dieting is a self-conscious effort to deal with her newfound sexuality. |
| | C) | You should advise your daughter to exercise more to burn off excessive calories. |
| | D) | You should advise your daughter that it's healthy to put on a few pounds at this stage of her life; she has a great personality anyway. |
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Bill was always a heavy child and weighed 280 pounds at his high school graduation. With the assistance of a trained professional, Bill engaged in a vigorous diet and exercise regimen that resulted in a 100-pound weight reduction over a year. Even though he continued his workout regimen faithfully, he could never reduce his weight below 180 pounds. According to Bennett and Gurin, |
| | A) | Joe had no more excess body fat to lose |
| | B) | Joe must have become less stringent with his program |
| | C) | some of Joe's fat cells had become metabolically "permanent" |
| | D) | Joe had reached the metabolic regulator, or "set point" in his natural body weight |
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Mr. and Mrs. Jones are amazed at how their 14-year-old daughter has suddenly emerged with definitive opinions about the activities at her school. She speaks to them of the pros and cons of the school district's stand on student discipline, prayer in the schools, dress code, and drug use. From reading this chapter, you can see that young Miss Jones |
| | A) | is asserting her individual identity |
| | B) | is echoing her peer comments from school |
| | C) | has begun to think in logical and abstract terms |
| | D) | has begun to seek adult parallelism from her parents |
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Your adolescent daughter frequently becomes moody, requests to be left alone, and then seems to bounce back from a low mood within a relatively short period of time. Should you be concerned about her mood swings? |
| | A) | Yes, these are warning signs that she is experiencing PMS. |
| | B) | Yes, these mood swings are early warning signs of manic depression. |
| | C) | No, she just needs to keep her mind and hands more active by doing more household chores. |
| | D) | No, these mood swings are a normal part of adolescent life. |
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A boy is presented with the following problem: "All ants that can fly are as big as zebras. This ant can fly. Is this ant as big as a zebra?" He responds by saying, "Yeah, sure." We can conclude from Piaget's findings that this boy is |
| | A) | in the period of concrete operations |
| | B) | not paying attention enough to analyze the problem |
| | C) | in the period of formal operations |
| | D) | understanding the question but doesn't like to respond with a ridiculous answer |
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Your teenage son stands in his closet entrance for a half hour imagining how his friends will admire him if he wears the right name-brand shirt to the school dance. Psychologists would explain this behavior as indicative of |
| | A) | personal fable |
| | B) | imaginary audience |
| | C) | stage of self-centered preoccupation |
| | D) | phenomenon called adolescent attention-seeking |
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Your brother and his teenage daughter are continually getting into disagreements about how his generation has made such a mess of the world. She says that her generation is going to clean up the environment, feed the homeless, and pay back the federal deficit. Your brother doesn't understand |
| | A) | that she |
| | B) | is learning in school that those people who grew up in the sixties and early seventies dropped out of society, and that's why it's in such a mess |
| | C) | is naturally concerned with moral values and principles as a part of adolescent idealism |
| | D) | is naturally going to oppose her parents because adolescents shouldn't trust anyone over 30 years of age |
| | E) | is trying to manipulate him to get what she wants |
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Two students meet at the International Math and Science Achievement Contest. Student A scores a top score in both math and physics. Student B scores about 150 points lower on both tests and attributes this to her part-time employment and the fact that she only has one hour of math per week in school. Student A is most likely from ________ and student B is most likely from ________. |
| | A) | the United States; Brazil |
| | B) | Sweden; the United States |
| | C) | Japan; France |
| | D) | Norway; Sweden |
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You read a paper on punishment by a student which contains the following: "He was a bad guy and deserved to be punished. The king was right to throw him in the shark pool to show the other people he was not a weak king." The author of this paper is probably |
| | A) | 8 years old |
| | B) | 15 years old |
| | C) | 20 years old |
| | D) | 32 years old |
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