Exam 2 PSY
Who is likely to reach puberty at the earliest age
Kayyah, a 9 Y/o Aferican-American girl
To help a child rebound from the trauma of a divorce parents should
Keep consistency in the child's life
A females first menstruation is called
Menarche
Which teenage stereotype is FALSE
Most teens drink and abuse drugs
Thriving teens have all of the following qualities EXCEPT:
No interest in taking risks
In collectivist culture parents put more emphasis on ____ than parents in individualist cultures
Obedience
_____Children are frequently named the most-liked category and never appear in the disliked group. They also stand out as being really liked by everyone
Popular
Which of the following has been shown to be the MOST effective stragety for changing children's behavior?
Positive reinforcement
Which of the following is NOT a teaching tip described by the text?
Praise students for their brilliance
Adolescence became a defined life stage in the United States when
President Franklin Roosevelt encouraged universal high school attendance
both anorexia and bulimia involve which of the following
obsession with being thin
John is 7 years old and doe NOT like mew social situations every time he and his mother are in a new situation he stays next to his mother and has even hid behind her. He is demonstrating ____ tendencies
internalizing
Pick the list that includes some of the intelligence evaluated by gardener's multiple intelligence test
interpersonal, intrapersonal, and musical
Effective interventions to reduce bullying center on
making bully a socially unacceptable activity
At what age are parents FIRST apt to grant their teens more autonomy?
mid- to later adolescence
The pre-teen push to be popular has
negative emotional effect if kids succeed of fail
When she reached puberty, Dora became incredibly withdrawn and distant from her parents, but recently she has been reaching out to confide in her mom. According to the research, Dora's behavior is
normal for daughters during the mid - to late teens, but not for sons
Abstinence- focused sex education programs in the United States
are not very effective
Dr.Brainy, a neuroscience, is giving a lecture on teenage brain development. which of the following is NOT a Statement she can make
"We have pinpointed the exact brain regions that make teens behaviorally different from adults"
What is the current average age of first sexual intercourse for adolescence girls and boys in the United States
17.8 for girls and 18 for boys
Peter is at a peak age for physical aggression peter is about age
2 1/2
which of the following 14 Y/O girls is least likely to be sexually active
Bianca whose parents are very religous
Bulimia involves which of the following
Binging and purging
What is Piaget's term for a young child's tenancy to fixate on the MOST striking feature of whatever he or she sees
Centering
This aggressive behavior that is repeatedly carried out via electronic media and is potentially more harmful than traditional bullying
Cyberbullying
when asked why joge likes his friend victor he replies because we both love playing with swords these boys are probably younger children because they describe their friendship in terms of _____ qualities
External
Ms. Jones asks if her child should attend an after-school program at the local Y. Based on the text how should a school counselor response?
First find out if the program is well structured and supervised
The command center that produces the physical changes of puberty is the
HPG axis
Your niece heather hangs around with a small group of girlfriends. You see them at the mall giggling at a group of boys. According to the standard pattern, what is the next step?
Heather and her clique will meld into a large heterosexual crowd
christina is trying to potty train her 15 month old daughter but it isn't going well. Why might this be the case
Her frontal lobe is not developed
A 14 Y/O worries that everyone is watching every mistake she makes. According to Elkind, this feeling that everyone is watching her illiterates
Imaginary Audience
_____ Children land in the dislike category often and never appear in the preferred list. They also stand out amongst their classmates in a negative way
Rejected
Marsha is a single mother of three. Her youngest is 3 Y/O. Every time her youngest daughter asks to hug, kiss, or be helped marsh pushes her away. which on the following best describes masha's parenting style?
Rejecting; Neglecting
Which if the following is NOT a tip for making school more intrinsically motivating
Reward the children who do well with special prizes
Samantha can observe her own actions and abilities from an outside frame of reference and can reflect on her feelings. Samantha is showing
Self- awareness
What hormone causes the increase in adolescent boy's muscle mass
Testosterone
overies= Estrogen and Testes=
Testosterone
A teenage thinks I'm never going to have an accident if I drive drunk that only happens to other kids not me. This is a type of thinking that reflects
The personal Fable
Bowdie used to be a model child, but since he hit puberty, he's been getting into trouble and was recently suspended from school. His frantic parents ask, "is my son destined for problems as an adult?" according to the tex, what is the BEST reply?
There is a reasonable chance he'll be fine. The fact that your son is only getting into trouble at this life stage suggest this may be adolescent-limited turmoil
According to the research, witch feeling BEST describes the average teenagers general world view?
Upbeat and happy about the future
centering refers to a child's tenancy to focus on the MOST striking_____ feature of a substance and ____ its dimensions
Visual; Disregard
Ning has a new pimple on her chin this morning. She is mortified and tells her mother that she must transfer to another school because everyone will make fun of her. David Elkind label ning's reaction as showing
adolescent egocentrism
_____ is a broad lable reffering to acts designed to cause harm
aggression
Christina, an early maturing girl will be MOST likely to experience
an interest in older friends
Debbie weighs about 82 percent of her ideal body weight, yet she sees herself as obese and has severely restricted her diet, frequently skipping meals. Debbie suffers from:
anorexia nervosa
when a mother asks you when her son may experience his first sexual feelings, you should answer
around age 10 before the physical signs of puberty occurs
Pick the female teen who seems MOST likely to develop an eating disorder
caroline who has high self effiancy
Samantha and her five best female buddies are
clique
John has reached formal operations. John's unique new talent is that he now can
debate the pluses of positions even if he is opposed to those ideas
Imagine you are designing a model sex education program. According to the textbook author, you should focus on
discuss how to have loving relationships
At what age can parents expect children to become more secretive and distant?
early adolescence
when is an eating disorder MOST likely to develop
early to middle childhood
according to research, when the "bad guys" crowd gets together they
egg each-other on to commit antisocial acts
Mr.SUn goes to bed because I do. This 3 year old's statment shows signs of
egocentrism
The capacity to manage one's feelings is called
emotion regulation
There has been a rise in teenage crimes in your town, and you are at a community meeting to explore solutions. Given what you know about the teenage mind, which intervention(s) should you definitely support?
encourage the local high school to expand its menu of arts classes
what causes adolescent girls breasts to grow and hips to widen?
estrogen
studying only in order to raise one's GPA is an example of
extrinsic motivation
compared to boys, preschool girls are usually superior at
fine motor skills
You are taking this test, and it's so, so easy to look at the next person's answers, but you decide, "No." What would be your reasoning if you are at Kohlberg's conventional stage of moral development?
going aginst the rules is wrong
Long term research on adolescents with eating disorders show that MOST will
grow out of the disorder
pick the primary sex characteristics
growth of penis
Undernourished children tend to
have physical and social skills
Robin, a teacher, is about to transfer from fourth grade to the local high school, and she is excited by all the things that her older students will be able to do. Based on what you have learned about Piaget's formal operational stage, pick out which new capacity Robin may find among her students
he high schoolers will be able to debate different ideas even if they don't personally agree with them
Three year old Micah thinks his father turned into a monster when he put his clown mask. Micah's inabillity to grasp that a person's core self stays the same despite changes in appearance shows he is too young to understand
identity constancy
Testosteron is produced
in both boys and girls
Judith Harris proposed that the main force shaping children's behavior is thier____ rather than their parents
peers
Feliciano decides not to rob a backpack from an open locker at school because he is afraid of getting caught. Feliciano is operating at Kohlberg's _____ level of moral reasoning.
preconventional
Aliyah thinks that her sister is a princess when she wears a tiara in her hair and a servant when she wears old clothes. aliyah is in the _______ stage and is probably ______
preoperational ; in preschool
the internal and external changes related to physically becoming an adult are called
puberty
being obese or having a high BMI predicts
reaching puberty at a younger age for girls
A core change unique to formal operations is that teens can
reason abstractly about hypothetical possibilities
According to David Elkind, teenagers question society's rules and become involved in idealistic causes because they can
reason abstractly and so they realize that adult rules are often arbitrary and wrong
Pick the word that BEST characterizes boy's reaction to spermache
secrative
The decline in the average age of reaching puberty in the developed world is called the
secular trend puberty
_____ is crutual code that gives men greater sexual freedom than women
sexual double standard
which is the correct order that heterosexual young people follow in getting to a romantic relationship
single-sex clique; crowds; mixed-sex cliques
High school made adolescence a defined life stage because teens now
spent their days together as a separate group
The male sign of fertility-an event in boys comparable to menache in girls is called
spermache
The cerebral cortex takes until________ to physiologically mature
the 20s
Pick the first sign of puberty in girls
the growth spurt
what hormonal chain reaction triggers the onset of puberty
the hypothalamic hormone cause the pituitary to secrete hormones causing the ovaries and testes to develop and secrete hormones
Taylor is three years old and has a cat named Rudy, In the car. Taylor's mother says, "look there is a cat." Taylor replies, "thats not cat, that not Rudy!" Taylors sematic mistake is called an
underextension
Although research and theories about adolescence may offer differing views, adolescents are:
upbeat and happy about their lives but also experience emotional extremes
Rashid is 14 years old. Based on the research he is Most at risk of getting into trouble when he is
with a group of friends
Pamela is a 14 Y/o girl, statistically her first sexual experience will Most likely occur
within a steady relationship