Chapter 14

Question 1

When was adolescence recognized as a distinct stage of human development?

Answer 1

In 1904

Question 2

The primary strategies to combat STIs are:

a. prevention & education
b. none of these
c. abstinence & drug treatment
d. drug treatment & intervention

Answer 2

a. prevention & education

Question 3

what signals reproductive capability in males?

a. all of these
b. maturation of sperm
c. ejaculatory ability
d. production of sperm

Answer 3

b. maturation of sperm

Question 4

the incidence of chlamydia is especially high among teenagers

a. who are late maturers
b. who live in the U.S.
c. & college students
d. from middle & upper-middle class homes.

Answer 4

c. & college students.

Question 5

in the U.S., when has an adolescent made the transition to adulthood?

Answer 5

difficult to tell & varies by person.

Question 6

Who starts the growth spurt earlier?

Answer 6

Girls

Question 7

Puberty is controlled by a complex feedback loop involving

a. cerebral cortex, gonads, cerebellum, & angular gyrus.
b. hypothalamus, pituitary glands, gonads, hormones.
c. thalamus, hypothalamus, reticular formation
d. frontal lobe, hypothalamus, amygdala, brainstem.

Answer 7

b. hypothalamus, pituitary glands, gonads, hormones.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of asynchronous growth?

a. head reaching peak size before torso.
b. early onset of puberty
c. hands & feet reaching peak growth before arms & legs
d. shoulders & chest reaching peak growth before legs.

Answer 8

c. hands & feet reaching peak growth before arms & legs.

Question 9

A vaccine is available that can prevent most young women from being infected w/ human papilloma virus if it is administered before

Answer 9

they become sexually active.

Question 10

Sigmund Freud viewed adolescence as

a. most critical period in human development
b. time during which sexual feelings are repressed
c. period which sexual feelings are transferred or displaced onto adults or adolescents of the opposite sex
d. latency period during which peers & school become primary focus

Answer 10

c. period in which sexual feelings are transferred or displaced onto adults or adolescents of the opposite sex.

Question 11

which of the following is a primary sex characteristic?

a. prostate gland
b. seminal vesicles
c. ovaries
d. all of these

Answer 11

d. all of these

Question 12

what regulates the menstrual cycle?

Answer 12

increases & decreases in estrogen & progesterone levels.