PSYC210 Week 5 Quiz Adolescent Development: Key Findings and Insights 2025

Question 1
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More adolescents die from than any other cause.

Accidents


Question 2
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Researchers find that binge-drinking in high school is associated
with all the following EXCEPT:

academic achievement



Question 3
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Puberty begins in boys with a dramatic increase in the production of:


testosterone


Question 4
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Hannah is a 17-year-old girl, currently attending high school. Her
great- grandmother (Louisa) was born in 1938. Which one is likely to
have experienced menarche early in adolescence rather than later?

Hannah



Question 5
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On average, early maturing girls experience more outcomes
while early-maturing boys experience more outcomes.

negative; positive

, Question 6
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The prescription drugs most commonly abused by adolescents
include all of the following EXCEPT:

antibiotics


Question 7
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The occurrence of first menstruation which commonly occurs in
females between the ages of 11 and 14.

Menarche



Question 8
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Suzanne lives in the United States; Michelle lives in Germany. Which
girl is likely to begin puberty first?

Suzanne



Question 9
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Males are more likely to drop out of school than females.

True


False


IQuestion 10
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The tendency of adolescents to engage in risky, impulsive behavior is
due solely to immature development of the prefrontal cortex.


False