Exam 8: Rites of Passage: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Gilligan's model of moral development emphasizes care.

Which adolescent is experiencing a change in his primary sex characteristics?

Moral reasoning based on instrumental orientation tends to occur at the ____ level of moral thinking.

Interpersonal norms are found at Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral reasoning.

The process of ______ during adolescence allows nerve impulses to travel more rapidly and leads to more efficient information processing.

Which is a defining characteristic of anorexia nervosa?

Karen thinks she should go out with Blane, an unattractive, social misfit, because "If I don't go out with him, people will think I'm really mean." Karen is most likely in Kohlberg's ____ level of moral reasoning.

Western Apache culture publicly celebrates menarche.

Estrogen is directly released by the

A person in the first stage of preconventional moral reasoning relies heavily on ____ when making a moral judgment.

Moral reasoning based on social contracts is best identified with Kohlberg's ____ stage of moral reasoning.

A defining characteristic of anorexia nervosa is an uncontrollable binge-purge pattern.

Overprotective parenting has been associated with the onset of anorexia but not bulimia.

George bases his moral decision on a concern for care, while his wife Jane bases hers on concern for justice. Describe how these differences would impact a decision that they might make concerning a binge-drinking episode by their daughter Judy.

In the United States, about ____ out of every 1,000 adolescents dies each year.

A key physical component of puberty is the ____ gland, which regulates pubertal changes by signaling other glands to secrete hormones.

During puberty, changes in physical maturity that are not directly linked to reproduction are referred to as ____ sex characteristics.

When discussing the Heinz dilemma, a decision based on ____ would indicate that a person is at the instrumental orientation stage of moral reasoning.

Postconventional moral thinking is characterized by judgments made according to a(n)

Jamine comes upon a fight in the street. Which would indicate that she is in Gilligan's first stage of moral reasoning?