Life Span Development
Gisele is pregnant. The parts of Gisele's body that are directly involved in reproduction are called the _____ sex characteristics.
3
The uneven maturation of different brain areas means that emotional control is NOT fully developed until:
Adulthood
_____ levels increase during puberty, causing adolescents to become angry or upset more quicker.
Cortisol
Tamera, a teenager, has noticed that her hips are growing wider, but this is not from overeating. This is an example of a(n) _____ sex characteristic.
Secondary
Kyleigh is 16-year-old female. Which of the following statements is accurate regarding Kyleigh's body fat?
The average 16-year-old girl has twice the percentage of body fat as a 16-year-old boy.
Why are adolescents less susceptible to respiratory ailments?
The lymphoid system (tonsils and adenoids) decreases in size.
All these are symptoms of bulimia nervosa EXCEPT:
a BMI of 18 or lower.
The relatively sudden and rapid physical growth that occurs during puberty is referred to as:
a growth spurt.
The chance of recovery from eating disorders is better when diagnosis and treatment occur during _____ and if hospitalization is _____.
adolescence; brief
Ricardo is a 13-year-old male going through puberty, which can:
affect his stress, appetite, and sleep.
Reliable longitudinal research on the brain from childhood into adolescence showed:
an increase in gray matter.
What disorder is characterized by voluntary starvation?
anorexia nervosa
Early-maturing boys:
are more likely to be aggressive and to abuse alcohol.
What percentage of young women and teens in the United States is clinically bulimic?
between 1 and 3 percent
Callinda is 15. She does not exercise excessively and is of normal body weight. However, Callinda sometimes binges on large amounts of food and then vomits to rid herself of the additional calories. Callinda MOST likely suffers from:
bulimia nervosa.
What is the most frequently reported sexually transmitted infection?
chlamydia
A _____ is a day-night cycle of biological activity that occurs approximately every 24 hours.
circadian rhythm
The STI called _____ may result in a newborn with lifelong disabilities and a shortened lifespan.
congenital syphilis
The overall rate of teen births and teen abortions is:
declining for both.
Shane, a fifth-grader, drinks his parents' liquor when they are not home and yells at family members when he does not get his way. He has already experienced some of the physical changes of puberty, such as th
early maturation.
An individual with binge eating disorder:
eats an excessive amount of food in a single sitting.
Hormones heavily impact the usual sequence of brain maturation and, consequently, the development of the limbic system is activated earlier than the prefrontal cortex during adolescence. The limbic system is responsible for the following:
emotional arousal from the amygdala.
Jeremy and his teenage buddies Larry and Ted toilet-papered and "egged" several houses in a nearby neighborhood around midnight. These antisocial activities were MOST likely due to adolescent:
eveningness
Nico is naturally more alert in the evening than in the morning, a genetic trait called:
eveningness
Teenage girls are more susceptible to sexually transmitted infections than mature women are because:
fully developed women have some natural biological defenses against STIs
Worldwide, sexually active teenagers have higher rates of the most common sexually transmitted infections. Of the following sexually transmitted infections, which is a sexually active teenager most likely to have?
genital herpes
An advertisement for a bodybuilding supplement claims that it stimulates the production of testosterone by the: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.
gonads.
About _____ of adult bone mass is acquired between the ages of 10 and 20.
half.
In the sequence called the HPG axis, the H stands for the _____, whereas the P represents the _____ gland.
hypothalamus; pituitary
Puberty begins with hormonal signals from the _____ and the _____ in the brain.
hypothalamus; pituitary gland
Kindell is 13 years old and in the middle of his adolescent growth spurt. He is undertaking an intense program of athletic and weight training at his school. To minimize Kindell's chance of injury, Kindell's coach designs a program based on Kindell's size (or estimated size):
last year.
Leila is a healthy and well-nourished girl who will turn 13 in 4 months. Leila, like the typical girl her age, recently experienced:
menarche.
For boys, late pubertal development correlates with:
more anxious, depressed, and afraid of sex.
Among adolescent girls, a researcher should expect to find a(n) _____ correlation between time spent using social media each week and scores on a body satisfaction index on which higher scores indicate greater body satisfaction.
negative
During puberty, the growth spurt proceeds in a fashion _____ the proximodistal sequence. Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button. similar to
opposite to
The _____ in the brain is/are responsible for planning ahead and emotional regulation in the brain.
prefrontal cortex
Margie is planning her daughter's 16th birthday party and trying not to cry, thinking how her daughter seems to be growing up too fast. She is using a part of her brain called the:
prefrontal cortex.
Younger pregnant teenagers often postpone:
prenatal care.
Gisele is pregnant. The parts of Gisele's body that are directly involved in reproduction are called the _____ sex characteristics.
primary
Maturation of the testes is a _____ sex characteristic.
primary
What are examples of the difference between primary and secondary sex characteristics?
primary sex characteristics are directly involved in reproduction whereas secondary sex characteristics signify that the body is capable of reproduction.
Puberty involves the development of ______ sex characteristics, such as sex organs, and ______ sex characteristics, such as changes in height, weight, and body shape
primary; secondary
Chad noticed that his testes had grown. This is the first visible sign of _____ in boys.
puberty
Compared to 100 years ago, adolescent sexual activity, especially if it results in birth, is more hazardous because:
sexually transmitted infections are more common and dangerous.
Puberty may begin at any point within a _____-year period, between ages _____.
six; 8 and 14
Curtis is 17 years old. If Curtis is like many adolescents, his brain is naturally:
sleepy in the morning and alert at night
Which complication is associated with teen pregnancy?
spontaneous abortion
At adolescence, a boy's gonads increase the production of:
testosterone.
The overall rate of adolescent pregnancy in the United States is:
the highest of any developed nation.
Smitty is a fully-formed adolescent boy. The _____ was/were the last part(s) of Smitty's body to develop.
torso
The brain of every living creature responds to the environment with:
variation depending on the time of the year.
