Chapter 9

Question 1

Body growth that occurs at different rates.

Answer 1

Asynchrony

Question 2

Piaget’s fourth stage of cognitive development in which adolescents think in more abstract terms.

Answer 2

Formal Opperations

Question 3

Thinking patterns related to cognitive function that often occurs during adolescence when they distort and inflate the opinion of themselves and their own importance.

Answer 3

Personal Fable

Question 4

Small organ at the base of the brain that releases hormones that regulate growth and reproduction.

Answer 4

Pituitary Gland

Question 5

Self-induced method of expelling food from the system with means such as vomiting or using laxatives.

Answer 5

Purging

Question 6

Eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.

Answer 6

Anorexia Nervosa

Question 7

Adolescents’ belief that everyone is watching them.

Answer 7

Imaginary Audience

Question 8

Consuming a large volume of food in a large amount of time.

Answer 8

Bingeing

Question 9

Period of development marked by growth spurts and sexual maturation.

Answer 9

Puberty

Question 10

Misuse of drugs to a toxic, dangerous level.

Answer 10

Substance Abuse

Question 11

Calories gained through foods consumed equal calories burned through everyday movements and physical activities.

Answer 11

Energy Balance

Question 12

Incapable of being defeated, conquered, or having anything bad happen to oneself.

Answer 12

Invincible

Question 13

Part of the brain that regulates emotions and impulse control.

Answer 13

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 14

Erikson’s stage when adolescents experiment with different roles and integrate opinions of others to formulate a sense of self.

Answer 14

Identity Versus Identity Confusion

Question 15

Part of the brain responsible for emotional reactions such as anger.

Answer 15

Amygdala

Question 16

Harassment of others through a digital medium, includes cruel and hurtful messages.

Answer 16

Cyberbullying

Question 17

Choosing not to engage in sexual activity.

Answer 17

Abstinence

Question 18

Figure of speech used to connect two seemingly unlike objects or ideas that have something in common.

Answer 18

Metaphors

Question 19

Figure of speech used as an expression that has cultural meaning, but does not necessarily make sense.

Answer 19

Idiom

Question 20

Influence a group of people has on an individual in the same age group.

Answer 20

Peer Pressure

Question 21

An eating disorder that uses a bingeing and purging pattern.

Answer 21

Bulimia Nervosa

Question 22

Eating disorder that involves eating large amounts of food without taking any actions to reduce the amount of food intake.

Answer 22

Binge-Eating Disorder