Chapter 11

Question 0

Puberty

Answer 0

Process that leads to sexual maturity or fertility
Girls: between ages 8-10
Boys: between ages 9-11

Question 1

Causes of death in adolescents

Answer 1

Vehicular accidents
Fire arms
Suicide

Question 2

Adolescent brain development

Answer 2

Growth spurt: chiefly in frontal love
Reasoning ,judgment and impulse control

Gray matter growth:
Continued myelination
Facilities maturation of cognitive abilities

Question 3

Body image/eating disorders

Answer 3

(Anorexia,bulimia)

How one believes one looks
Concern most intense during adolescence

Pattern is more intense with females and there body weight

Black girls are more comfortable with their body image than white girls

Question 4

Adolescent drug use

Answer 4

Substance use : harmful use of alcohol or other drugs

Dependance or addiction
Can be psychological and very dangerous

Question 5

Adolescent school achievement

Answer 5

3.8% of high school students dropped out during 2004 -2005 school year

Students at risk for :

Low SES
Males
Hispanics

Question 6

Piaget’s formal operational stage of cog development examples of hypothetical thinking

Answer 6

A capacity for abstract thought 
A more flexible way to manipulate information 
Usually develops around age 11
Also has emotional implications 
"I hate exploitation"

Hypothetical deductive reasoning

Problem solving skills