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Question 41

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In the formal operational stage,adolescents begin to think more as a scientist thinks,devising plans to solve problems and systematically testing solutions.This type of problem solving requires _____.

A) trial-and-error reasoning
B) hypothetical-deductive reasoning
C) concrete operational reasoning
D) preconventional reasoning

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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A national study of U.S.adolescents revealed that physical activity:

A) increased until 13 years of age but then declined through 18 years of age.
B) in childhood and early adolescence would persist through to adulthood.
C) increased until 13 years of age and then remained stable throughout adulthood.
D) decreased until 13 years of age and then stabilized to last through 18 years of age.

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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Identify the theorist who suggested that adolescent egocentrism is characterized by "the imaginary audience" and the "personal fable."

About _____ percent of individuals with bulimia nervosa eventually recover from their disorders.

A girl's first menstruation is called _____.

When students make the transition to middle or junior high school,they experience the _____ phenomenon,moving from being the oldest,biggest,and most powerful students in the elementary school to being the youngest,smallest,and least powerful students in the middle or junior high school.

Service learning is often more effective when two conditions are met: (1) giving students some degree of choice in the service activities in which they participate,and (2) _____.

Adolescent use of alcohol has recently shown a(n) :

One strategy for reducing adolescent pregnancy is the _____ program that focuses on engaging adolescents in volunteer community service and stimulates discussions that help adolescents appreciate the lessons they learn through volunteerism.

In the last half of the twentieth century and the first several years of the twenty-first century,U.S.high school dropout rates:

Bill wants to know how he can prevent drug abuse by his adolescent son.You would suggest that Bill:

Explore the link between hormones and behavior in adolescence.

According to a U.S.national survey,by age 20,_____ percent of U.S.youth have engaged in sexual intercourse.

Which of the following describes the findings of the U.S.survey conducted by the National Sleep Foundation?

Jordan is very afraid of gaining weight but she cannot control her eating habits.She has been making up for her eating binges by vomiting immediately after a meal or by purging with laxatives.This pattern of behavior has been occurring thrice a week for the past four months.Jordan is most likely suffering from:

When Daniel Offer and his colleagues studied the self-images of adolescents in the United States,Australia,Bangladesh,Hungary,Israel,Italy,Japan,Taiwan,Turkey,and West Germany,at least _____ percent of the adolescents displayed a healthy self-image.

Maggie is 14 years old and has not yet matured physically.According to recent research,which of the following will be most likely to occur by the time Maggie reaches tenth grade?

In about _____ percent of motor vehicle fatalities involving adolescents,the driver was found to have a blood alcohol level of .10 percent.

In a single act of unprotected sex with an infected partner,a teenage girl has a _____ percent risk of contracting gonorrhea.

In the United States,the average age of menarche has _____ since the mid-nineteenth century.