Adolescence Physical Development and Health - Final

Question 1

An eating disorder, occurring most often in young women, in which individuals eat very little but believe that they are fat

Answer 1

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 2

True or False:

Many people with anorexia eat less than 800 calories a day and only three or four different foods

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False:

Anorexia occurs four times more often in females than in males and is more common in girls from middle-class and upwardly mobile families

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Victims of anorexia tend to have certain psychological characteristics including:

Answer 4

shyness, social anxiety, perfectionism

loss of a family member early in life

depression

Question 5

True or False:

Anorexia will not pose serious health hazards which does not lead to poor growth, delayed sexual development, osteoporosis, and infertility

Answer 5

False

Anorexia will pose serious health hazards which does lead to poor growth, delayed sexual development, osteoporosis, and infertility

Question 6

Eating disorder characterized by secret eating binges and purges, often begins later in adolescence

Answer 6

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 7

True or False:

People with bulimia have been known to eat over 7 pounds of food in a single binge

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or False:

Individuals with Bulimia often have family members who are obese and suffer from depression

Answer 8

True

Question 9

True or False:

Most people assume that adolescence is a healthy and carefree time of life, when in reality adolescents are more likely to die than are children

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True or False

Most deaths during adolescence, stem from events that are preventable –accidents, homicides and suicides

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or False:

Research shows that teenagers are more likely than older drivers to speed, run red lights, make illegal turns, etc.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True or False:

The United States does not have the highest homicide rate in the industrialized world

Answer 12

False

The United States does have the highest homicide rate in the industrialized world

Question 13

The act of taking one’s own life and is a major cause of death among adolescents

Answer 13

Suicide

Question 14

True or False:

Adolescent boys commit suicide more often than girls, but girls attempt suicide about twice as often as boys do

Answer 14

True

Question 15

The following are prominent risk factors for attempting suicide during adolescence:

A.) psychiatric problem

B.) belonging to a family that has a history of suicide

C.) high levels of stress

D.) family problems

E.) all of the above

Answer 15

E - all of the above

Question 16

True or False:

Adolescents’ emerging sexuality puts them at particular risk for a wide variety of STDs

Answer 16

True

Question 17

True or False:

Homosexuals, drug users, homeless or runaway adolescents are at higher risk for testing positive for HIV

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False:

Adolescent girls’ immature reproductive systems may not produce progesterone consistently, preventing from creating the mucus which usually serves as a barrier and are susceptible to all types of infections

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False:

Recent evidence indicates that over 60% of sexually active adolescents used a condom during their last intercourse

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or False:

Of approximately 11 million teenage girls who are sexually active, 1 million become pregnant each year

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or False:

Between 25 and 50 percent of the teenagers who became pregnant have a repeat pregnancy within 24 months

Answer 21

True

Question 22

What are the primary goals for a comprehensive sex educatioin program?

Answer 22

assist young people in developing a positive view of sexuality

provide them with information about taking care of their sexual health

acquire the skills needed to make satisfying and healthy sexual decisions