Question 1

Adolescent girls who initiate oral-genital sex first, as opposed to vaginal sex first, are:

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A)   more likely to get pregnant.
B)   less likely to get pregnant.
C)   equally likely to get pregnant.
D)   unlikely; oral sex is not common among adolescents.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 2

Mary Carskadon and her colleagues' research on adolescent sleep patterns found that:

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A)   when given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep an average of 9 hours and 25 minutes a night.
B)   adolescents' biological clocks undergo a shift as they get older, so that older adolescents start to feel sleepy an hour earlier than younger adolescents.
C)   younger adolescents tend to be sleepier during the day than older adolescents.
D)   increased sleepiness in adolescents during the day was primarily due to academic work or social pressures.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Which of the following is one of the main characteristics that applies to people suffering from anorexia nervosa?

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A)   Precocious puberty in girls
B)   Amenorrhea in girls who have reached puberty
C)   Body weight that falls in the 98th percentile of the BMI scale
D)   Binge eating followed by purgingE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 4

Abe is giving his children some brain teaser challenges. He asked, "If a smot is bigger than a hek, a kom is bigger than duj, and a smot is bigger than a kom, then which is bigger: a hek or a duj?" His younger child wants to draw pictures of each item, but his older child can do it mentally. His younger child is _____, while his older child is _____.

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A)   passive operational; active operational
B)   concrete operational; postformal operational
C)   concrete operational; formal operational
D)   formal operational; postformal operationalE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 5

The neurotransmitter associated with risk taking and use of addictive drugs is:

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A)   testosterone.
B)   estradiol.
C)   dopamine.
D)   norepinephrine.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Exam 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

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Mary Carskadon and her colleagues' research on adolescent sleep patterns found that:

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Which of the following is one of the main characteristics that applies to people suffering from anorexia nervosa?

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Adolescent girls who initiate oral-genital sex first, as opposed to vaginal sex first, are:

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Mary Carskadon and her colleagues' research on adolescent sleep patterns found that:

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Which of the following is one of the main characteristics that applies to people suffering from anorexia nervosa?

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Adolescent girls who initiate oral-genital sex first, as opposed to vaginal sex first, are:

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