Development Psych ch-9 Strassen

Menarche is:

In general, adolescent egocentrism refers to the:

The first hormones to begin the process of puberty are triggered in the child's:

Body chemicals that regulate sleep, moods, hunger, and stress are called:

Xavier, 16, invites a group of his high school friends to swim in a neighbor's pool late at night while that neighbor is away. They climb the fence and jump in, playing wildly and loudly in the water. Just a few minutes later, the police arrive. How does adolescent brain development help explain Xavier's poor decision making?

Many adolescents feel that their own thoughts and experiences are far more extraordinary than those of other people. This is part of their:

For boys, the event that most closely parallels menarche is:

Piaget called the reasoning that characterizes adolescence:

The period when children's bodies become adultlike is called:

Changes in primary sex characteristics include:

For both girls and boys, puberty typically begins as young as _____ years of age or as late as _____ years of age.

The day-night cycle that occurs approximately every 24 hours is the:

Typically, the adolescent who will probably find puberty MOST difficult is:

Marsha says, There is no way I am going to school today with this bruise on my cheek. Everybody is going to laugh at me. Marsha is demonstrating:

The term imaginary audience refers to adolescents':

_____ is the sex hormone secreted in greater amounts by males than females.

For boys, the usual sequence of physical changes in puberty is:

The sequence of puberty hormone production that originates in the brain and ends with glands located atop the kidneys is known by the acronym:

Research indicates that female children who experienced a great deal of _____ while very young also experienced early puberty.

Patty is 5 feet tall and weighs 87 pounds yet when she looks in the mirror, she sees an overweight girl. She does aerobics for two hours daily and eats very little. Patty MOST likely suffers from:

Estradiol

Testosterone

Primary Sex Characteristics

Secondary Sex Characteristics

Body image

Anorexia Nervosa

Bulimia Nervosa

Logic Shut-Down

Formal operational thought: Piaget

Hypothetical thought

Deductive reasoning

Inductive reasoning

Latisha experienced menarche when she was 8 years old. She experienced: