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| the developmental stage that comes after childhood is called |
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| on average, girls start puberty at about age 11 or 12, but can vary from as early as |
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| have difficulties in school and be involved in delinquency |
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| a boy has just entered high school but looks several years older. he is more likely to |
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| how many calories does the average teenage male require? |
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| formal operational thought |
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| Piaget suggested that what is achieved at the beginning of adolescence? |
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| when people think about the way they think, it is called |
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| many adolescents are very concerned about their appearance and go to great lengths to have their hair and clothes perfect. this is the result of the |
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| perception of school success as relatively unimportant |
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| according to anthropologist John Ogbu, members of certain minority groups have low academic achievement due to: |
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| what in cigarettes produces a pleasant emotional state that smokers seek to maintain |
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| accoridng to the world health organization, what percent of the world's population will die because of smoking? |
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| what percent of adolescents contract a sexually transmitted infection before graduating from high school? |
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| what is the most common sexually transmitted infection? |
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| the information precessing approach argues that cognitive development is |
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| average calories adolscent girls should consume per day |
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| high school seniors which have reported having had an alcoholic drink in the last year |
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| girls are often unhappy with their bodies |
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| which of the following is an accurate statement concerning physical changes in adolescence? |
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| which of the following was indicated as adolescent identification with drug culture? |
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| children actively construct and transfer information about their world |
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| an evalutation of piaget's approach indicates that he was correct in stating that |
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| which of the following countries has the highest math performance level? |
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| of college students have consumed at least one alcoholic drink during the last 30 days |
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| many cultures have rituals of entry into adolescence, such as bar mitzvah, known as |
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| secondary sex characteristics |
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| changes that occur which result in a child's body taking on visible signs of sexual maturity are: |
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| Karla has a severe problem whereby she avoids eating and denies that her behavior and resulting appearance are a problem. She is most likely diagnosed with: |
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| teenage girl eats large amounts of food and then uses laxatives to get rid of the calories. What eating disorder does she have? |
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| he may now be able to think abstractly |
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| your nephwe is now an adolescent. how is his thinking different from when he was 9 years old? |
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| a way of thinking that was prevalent during early childhood, and is once again seen in adolescence is called: |
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| sexually active adolescents often believe they will not get pregnant nor get a sexually transmitted disease, even though they do not use any protection. This dangerous thinking is the result of |
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| the period during which the sexual organs mature is called |
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| One of the leading causes of death among young people |
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| Number of people living with AIDS |
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| what sexually transmitted infection is diagnosed by small blisters which break open, heal, and then recurs after a period of time |
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| AIDS is primarily spread through |
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| prefrontal cortex is not fully developed until age |
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| occurs later in girls who are malnurished |
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| The onset of menstruation |
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| which of the following is a primary sex characteristic |
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| early maturation is both good and bad for boys and girls |
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| what is the impact of early or late maturation? |
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| trial-and-error problem solving |
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| all of the following abilities first appear with the formal operational stage EXCEPT |
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| avoiding homosexual behavior |
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| the chapter describes all of the following guidelines made by health psychologists and educators to help prevent the spread of AIDS EXCEPT |
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| Their parents are less supportive or encouraging of their academic success |
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| Which of the following is NOT a reason why students from middle- and high-SES homes show greater academic success? |
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| Most likely of all adolescents to start smoking the earliest |
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