Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence Flashcards
Developmental transition between childhood and adulthood entailing major physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes.
a. Adolescence
b. Puberty
c. Growth
d. Development
a. Adolescence
Process by which a person attains sexual maturity and the abilityto reproduce.
a. Adolescence
b. Puberty
c. Growth
d. Development
b. Puberty
Organs directly related to reproduction, which enlarge and mature during adolescence.
a. Adolescent growth spurt
b. Menarche
c. Secondary sex characteristics
d. Primary sex characteristics
e. Spermarche
d. Primary sex characteristics
Physiological signs of sexual maturation (such as breast development and growth of body hair).
a. Adolescent growth spurt
b. Menarche
c. Secondary sex characteristics
d. Primary sex characteristics
e. Spermarche
c. Secondary sex characteristics
Sharp increase in height and weight that precedes sexual maturity.
a. Adolescent growth spurt
b. Menarche
c. Secondary sex characteristics
d. Primary sex characteristics
e. Spermarche
a. Adolescent growth spurt
Boy’s first ejaculation.
a. Adolescent growth spurt
b. Menarche
c. Secondary sex characteristics
d. Primary sex characteristics
e. Spermarche
e. Spermarche
Girl’s first menstration.
a. Adolescent growth spurt
b. Menarche
c. Secondary sex characteristics
d. Primary sex characteristics
e. Spermarche
b. Menarche
Trend that can be seen only by observing several generations, such as the trend toward earlier attainment of adult height and sexual maturity, which began a century ago in some countries.
a. Pubertal timing
b. Synaptic pruning.
c. Myelination
d. Secular trend
d. Secular trend
The process in which the brain removes neurons and synapses that it does not need.
a. Pubertal timing
b. Synaptic pruning.
c. Myelination
d. Secular trend
b. Synaptic pruning
Descriptive and evaluatiove beliefs about one’s appearance.
a. Body image
b. Body concept
c. Body description
d. Body satisfaction
a. Body image
Eating disorder characterized by self-starvation.
a. Binge eating disorder
b. Eating disorder
c. Anorexia nervosa
d. Bulimia nervosa
c. Anorexia nervosa
Eating disorder in which a person regularly eats huge quantities of food and then purges the body by laxative, fasting, or excessive exercise.
a. Binge eating disorder
b. Eating disorder
c. Anorexia nervosa
d. Bulimia nervosa
d. Bulimia nervosa
Eating disorder in which a person loses control over eating and binges huge quantities of food.
a. Binge eating disorder
b. Eating disorder
c. Anorexia nervosa
d. Bulimia nervosa
a. Binge eating disorder
Repeated, harmful use of a substance, usually alcohol or other drugs.
a. Drug use
b. Substance abuse
c. Binge drinking
d. Substance dependence
b. Substance abuse
Addiction (physical, psychological, or both) to a harmful substance.
a. Drug use
b. Substance abuse
c. Binge drinking
d. Substance dependence
d. Substance dependence
Consuming five or more drinks (for men) or four or more drinks (for women) on one occasion.
a. Drug use
b. Substance abuse
c. Binge drinking
d. Substance dependence
c. Binge drinking
Piaget’s final stage of cognitive development, characterized by the ability to think abstractly.
a. Cognitive maturation
b. Hypothetical reasoning
c. Personal fable
d. Formal operations
d. Formal operations
Ability, believed by Piaget, to accompany the stage of formal operation, to develop, consider, and test hypotheses.
a. Hypothetical-deductive reasoning
b. Hypothetical-inductive reasoning
c. Hypothetical-formal reasoning
d. Hypothetical-informal reasoning
a. Hypothetical-deductive reasoning
The tendency of adolescents to falsely believe themselves to be the focus of other’s attention.
a. Immature audience
b. Resilient audience
c. Imaginary audience
d. Present audience
c. Imaginary audience
The adolescent belief in one’s uniqueness and invulnerability; associated with risk-taking.
a. Cognitive maturation
b. Hypothetical reasoning
c. Personal fable
d. Formal operations
c. Personal fable
What is the 1st stage of Kohlber’s six stateg of moral reasoning?
a. Morality of contract, of individual rights, and of democratically accepted law
b. Social concern and conscience
c. Orientation toward punishment
d. Morality of universal ethical principles
e. Instrumental purpose and exchange
f. Maintaining mutual relations, approval of others, the golden rule
c. Orientation toward punishment and obedience
What is the 2nd stage of Kohlber’s six stateg of moral reasoning?
a. Morality of contract, of individual rights, and of democratically accepted law
b. Social concern and conscience
c. Orientation toward punishment
d. Morality of universal ethical principles
e. Instrumental purpose and exchange
f. Maintaining mutual relations, approval of others, the golden rule
e. Instrumental purpose and exchange
What is the 3rd stage of Kohlber’s six stateg of moral reasoning?
a. Morality of contract, of individual rights, and of democratically accepted law
b. Social concern and conscience
c. Orientation toward punishment
d. Morality of universal ethical principles
e. Instrumental purpose and exchange
f. Maintaining mutual relations, approval of others, the golden rule
f. Maintaining mutual relations, approval of others, the golden rule
What is the 4th stage of Kohlber’s six stateg of moral reasoning?
a. Morality of contract, of individual rights, and of democratically accepted law
b. Social concern and conscience
c. Orientation toward punishment
d. Morality of universal ethical principles
e. Instrumental purpose and exchange
f. Maintaining mutual relations, approval of others, the golden rule
b. Social concern and conscience
What is the 5th stage of Kohlber’s six stateg of moral reasoning?
a. Morality of contract, of individual rights, and of democratically accepted law
b. Social concern and conscience
c. Orientation toward punishment
d. Morality of universal ethical principles
e. Instrumental purpose and exchange
f. Maintaining mutual relations, approval of others, the golden rule
a. Morality of contract, of individual rights, and of democratically accepted law
What is the 6th stage of Kohlber’s six stateg of moral reasoning?
a. Morality of contract, of individual rights, and of democratically accepted law
b. Social concern and conscience
c. Orientation toward punishment
d. Morality of universal ethical principles
e. Instrumental purpose and exchange
f. Maintaining mutual relations, approval of others, the golden rule
d. Morality of universal ethical principles
First level of Kohlber’s theory of moral reasoning in which control is external and rules are obeyed in order to gain rewards or avoid punishment or out of self-interest.
a. Preconventional morality
b. Conventional morality (or morality of conventional role comformity)
c. Postconventional morality (or morality of autonomous moral principles
a. Preconventional morality
Second level of Kohlber’s theory of moral reasoning in which standards of authority figures are internalized.
a. Preconventional morality
b. Conventional morality (or morality of conventional role comformity)
c. Postconventional morality (or morality of autonomous moral principles
b. Conventional morality (or morality of conventional role comformity)
Third level of Kohlber’s theory of moral reasoning in which people follow internally held moral principles and can decide among conflicting moral standards.
a. Preconventional morality
b. Conventional morality (or morality of conventional role comformity)
c. Postconventional morality (or morality of autonomous moral principles
c. Postconventional morality (or morality of autonomous moral principles
Sense of one’s capability to master challenges and achieve goals.
a. Sellf-confidence
b. Self-resilience
c. Self-assurance
d. Self-efficacy
d. Self-efficacy
