Exam 14: Adolescence: Biosocial Development

Sharon is concerned about deficiencies in her daughter Alana's diet. If Alana is a typical teen, Sharon should feed her _____.

Adolescents are more likely than adults to choose to stay up all night, go through a day without eating, exercise in pain, or text while driving because of an immature _____.

In the twenty-first century, early puberty positively correlates with _____.

Puberty begins with a hormonal signal from the hypothalamus to the _____.

One cause of nutritional deficiencies during adolescence is drinking too much milk.

Garry is taking a weight-lifting class in high school. The weights he lifts should _____.

Teenagers have _____ rate of gonorrhea, genital herpes, and chlamydia when compared to sexually active people of other age groups.

Which North American individual would be at the greatest risk for calcium deficiency?

Adolescents are less susceptible to respiratory ailments because of a decrease in the size of the lymphoid system and the increased growth of the _____.

Differentiate between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Name three symptoms that must be present for a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa and three symptoms that must be present for a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa.

The day-night cycle that occurs approximately every 24 hours is the _____.

Menarche usually occurs after a girl weighs 100 pounds.

For boys, the usual sequence of physical changes in puberty is _____.

While visiting an exhibit on seventeenth-century life, Hannah noticed that the adult clothing and shoes seemed to be quite small. The curator explained that current generations are taller than past generations due to _____.

Body chemicals that regulate sleep, moods, hunger, and stress are called _____.

Eunice couldn't wait to get on her boyfriend's motorcycle, knowing that they would blast 80 miles per hour down the expressway. As a 15-year-old, her limbic system was more developed than her _____, so she sought the thrill without thinking of the possible consequences.

The double standard refers to the _____.

The first ejaculation of seminal fluid is called _____.

Late-maturing girls tend to have a worse body image than their early-maturing peers do.

Which of the following accurately describes development of the prefrontal cortex in adolescence?