Ch 11 questions

Which of the following statements is true of marijuana?

It helps users relax and elevates their mood.

________ is a condition involving progressive loss of bone tissue.

osteoporosis

__________ is a characteristic cluster of symptoms that results from a sudden decrease in the level of usage of a substance.

Abstinence syndrome

Which of the following is true of adolescent growth spurt?

Adolescents tend to eat enormous quantities of food to fuel their growth spurts

Which of the following is a stimulant?

Amphetamine

Which of the following is a sex hormone?

Androgen

Which of the following statements is true of gender differences in cognitive abilities?

As a group, females surpass males in verbal ability throughout their lives

Which of the following is an example of personal fable?

Darren, 15, is a chain smoker and feels invulnerable to the harmful effects of nicotine.

The stage of ______ is the top level in Jean Piaget's cognitive-developmental theory.

Formal operations

According to a study by Brandstatter & Farthofer in 2003, which of the following is common among students who work lengthy hours?

Higher rates of drug and alcohol use

Which of the following statements is true of alcohol?

It distorts perceptions

Which of the following statements is true of estrogen?

It promotes the growth of the fatty and supporting tissue in the hips and buttocks

According to Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral development, which of the following statements is true of Stage 6?

It relies on supposed universal ethical principles, such as those of human life, individual dignity, justice, and reciprocity

Which of t he following statements is true of gynecomastia?

It stems from the small amount of female sex hormones secreted by the testes.

Which of the following provides practice with spatial skills among adolescents?

Playing with toys such as blocks, Legos, and Erector sets

Ahmed is a social activist. He organized demonstrations and other forms of civil disobedience in California against fur dealers because he firmly believes that it is wrong to kill animals for their fur. According to Kohlberg, Ahmed is in ______ of postconventional level of moral development.

Stage 6

Which of the following is a difference between primary sex characteristics and secondary sex characteristics?

The primary sex characteristics are structures that make reproduction possible. while the secondary sex characteristics are not directly involved in reproduction.

In the context of puberty, which of the following statements is true of the gonads?

They respond to pituitary hormones by increasing their production of sex hormones.

Which of the following statements is true of sex hormones?

They trigger the development of primary and secondary sex characteristics

For adolescents, the transition to the new school setting is often accompanied by:

a decline in grades

Which of the following is an eating disorder characterized by recurrent cycles of binge eating and purging

bulimia nervosa

Which of the following is a difference between early-maturing girls and girls who mature later on? a. Early-maturing girls obtain higher grades in school than girls who mature later on b. Early-maturing girls are at lower risk for psychological problems than girls who mature later on. c. Early-maturing girls find that shorter boys are less reluctant to approach them than girls who mature later on. d.Early-maturing girls are at greater risk for substance abuse than girls who mature later on.

d

At age 20 or 21, men stop growing taller because testosterone causes _____, which prevents the long bones from making further gains in length.

epiphyseal closure

The transition to middle, junior high, or high school generally involves a shift from a smaller neighborhood elementary school to a school that:

has different teachers for different classes

Olivia is attending a birthday party with her friends. She is wearing a new dress that she recently bought from a boutique. She is quite self-conscious about how she's lookin in the dress and is assuming that her friends are also scrutinizing her outfit. This scenario illustrates the concept of ______

imaginary audience

Which of the following is a hallucinogenic drug?

marijuana

According to a study by Vroman in 2010, late-maturing boys are:

more dependent and insecure than early-maturing boys

In comparison with their late-maturing peers, early-maturing boys are:

more poised, relaxed, and good-natured

In girls, the pituitary gland:

signals the ovaries to boost estrogen production at puberty

Which of the following statements is true of cocaine?

spikes the blood pressure