Psych Cha 1&2 test

formal operators

According to Piaget, the period of cognitive development that is based on theoretical, abstract principles of logic is called:

conserving mental resources

All of the following are aspects of metacognition, except:

car accidents and other unintentional injuries

Almost half of all teenage deaths in the United States are a result of:

understand sarcasm

Multidimensional thinking helps adolescents:

myelination

One aspect of brain maturation that is associated with increases in the speed of neural impulses and improvements in information transmission is:

working memory

The ability to remember (or hold and use something within the contents of consciousness) for a brief of time reflects the activity of _______.

bulimia

Theresa has been down to go on eating binges and then purge immediately afterward. Theresa is probably suffering from:

fewer problem behaviors

Which of the following characteristics is NOT associated with being an early-maturing boy?

stressful life events

Which of the following plays the greatest role in the development of depression?

flexible, speculative, abstract

Which of the following terms applies more to adolescent thought than to childhood thought?

feminine

at about eight weeks after conception, the male human brain and genitalia are exposed to androgens. Prior to eight weeks the male human brained genitalia are ______

decreased responsiveness to stress

changes in the limbic system during adolescence may cause all of the following, except:

imagination

increased _________ is NOT one of the five chief charges in cognition during adolescence

puberty

of all developments that take place during the second decade of life, the only one that is truly inevitable is:

secular trend

over the past century, the onset of puberty has been coming at an earlier age. This has been referred to as the:

endocrine

professor radon is studying the _____ system, which produces, circulates and regulates levels of hormones in the body

imaginary audience

teenagers may become self-conscious because they believe that people are talking about them. Which characteristics are they exhibiting?

generally begins two years earlier for girls than boys

the adolescent growth spurt:

menarche

the average girl in the United States reaches ______, the time of her first menstrual period, sometime between the ages of 12.5 and 13 years.

adrenarche

the stimulation by maturation of adrenal glands is called

an individual becomes capable of sexual reproduction

the term puberty refers to the period during which:

peer pressure

which of the following factors have not been found to influence the onset of maturation?

thyroid hormones

which of the following is not part of the HPG feedback loop in the endocrine system?

the direct relation between adolescents moodiness and hormonal changes of puberty is extremely strong

which of the following statements about the impact of hormones on behavior is false?

the body begins to produce several hormones that have not been present in the body up until this time

which of the following statements about the production of hormones at puberty is false?

genetic make up

which of the following was not offered by the textbook as an explanation for the sex differences in the impact of early and late maturation?

Callie, an early-maturing, affluent White girl who compares herself to her friends

who is at greatest risk of developing body dissatisfaction?