Test Bank For Adolescence 17th Edition John Santrock
Adolescence, 17e (Santrock) Chapter 2 Puberty, Health, and Biological Foundations
1) ________ is a period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily change.
A) Menopause
B) Puberty
C) Menarche
D) Adrenarche
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
2) Which of the following statements about puberty is false?
A) Puberty cannot be distinguished from adolescence.
B) Puberty ends before adolescence.
C) Puberty is the most important marker for the beginning of adolescence.
D) Puberty is a period of rapid physical maturation.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Analyze
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
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3) Which of the following is a determinant of puberty?
A) heredity
B) hormones
C) birth weight
D) All of these choices are correct.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
4) Stacy is 12 years old. Stacy is probably
A) arguing with her teachers about homework.
B) resisting parental rules.
C) going through puberty.
D) overweight or obese.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Apply
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
5) Puberty takes place between ages ________ for most youth.
A) 8 and 15
B) 9 and 16
C) 10 and 17
D) 11 and 18
Answer: B
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
6) Chemical substances that are secreted by the endocrine glands and carried by the bloodstream are known as
A) hormones.
B) endorphins.
C) cytokines.
D) enkephalins.
Answer: A
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
7) ________ are the main class of sex hormones in males; and ________ are the main class of female sex hormones.
A) Testosterones; estrogens
B) Androgens; estrogens
C) Estrogens; androgens
D) Androgens; progesterones
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
8) The main androgen that plays an important role in male pubertal development is
A) cortisol.
B) leptin.
C) testosterone.
D) progesterone.
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
9) The main estrogen that plays an important role in female pubertal development is
A) cortisol.
B) estradiol.
C) endorphin.
D) melatonin.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
10) Robert, age 14, is experiencing a rise in testosterone. Which of the following changes would Robert NOT expect to experience?
A) increase in height
B) voice changes
C) decrease in sexual desire
D) development of external genitals
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Apply
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
11) Sally, age 15, is experiencing a rise in estradiol. Which of the following changes would Sally expect to experience?
A) voice changes
B) uterine development
C) decrease in sexual desire
D) weight loss
Answer: B
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Apply
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.3 Describe applications of psychology
12) Which of the following structures is involved in puberty?
A) gonads
B) pineal gland
C) parathyroid gland
D) beta cells of the pancreas
Answer: A
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
13) One of the two hormones secreted by the pituitary which regulates the levels of sex hormones is FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone); the other is
A) insulin.
B) prolactin.
C) oxytocin.
D) luteinizing hormone.
Answer: D
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Remember
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
14) Which of the following hormones is NOT involved in the timing of puberty?
A) FSH
B) LH
C) BPH
D) GnRH
Answer: C
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Bloom’s: Analyze
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
15) When the temperature in a room drops too low, the thermostat senses it and the furnace turns on. Once the temperature rises to a predetermined level, the furnace turns off. This is analogous to the way sex hormone levels operate on a
A) positive feedback system.
B) negative feedback system.
C) neutral feedback system.
D) None of these choices are correct.
Answer: B
Difficulty: 3 Hard
Bloom’s: Create
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Learning Goal: Discuss the determinants, characteristics, and psychological dimensions of puberty.
APA: 1.2 Develop a working knowledge of psychology’s content domains
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