Deck 8: Puberty

Question 1

In a 1930s study, Nicholas Michelson attributed the difference in the average age of menarche between black and white girls to _____ differences.

A) genetic
B) spiritual
C) cultural
D) socioeconomic

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Findings in NHANES III and other studies highlighted a potential need to consider setting the normal age for breast and pubic hair development at _____ years of age or earlier.

A) 6
B) 8
C) 10
D) 12

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Adult pubic hair appears in which Tanner stage?

A) stage 2
B) stage 3
C) stage 4
D) stage 5

Answer 3

C

Question 4

High levels of dioxin have been associated with _____ in girls.

A) early breast development
B) delayed breast development
C) early pubic hair development
D) delayed pubic hair development

Question 5

Recent findings from the Nurses' Health Study showed an association between early age at menarche and _____.

A) infertility
B) melanoma
C) type 1 diabetes
D) type 2 diabetes

Question 6

It is believed that body size could be linked to puberty through which protein?

A) leptin
B) cadherin
C) nebulin
D) ferritin

Question 7

The average age of menarche increased between the 1800s and 1960.

Question 8

The 1997 PROS study reported a substantially later age for stage 2 (B2) breast development in black girls compared to white girls.

Question 9

Pubic hair development almost always precedes breast development.

Question 10

Heavier girls are more likely to reach menarche earlier.

Question 11

Girls who reach menarche earlier tend to be of shorter stature compared to girls who reach menarche later.

Question 12

What environmental factors are believed to influence puberty?

Question 13

Explain why Zacharias and Wurtman felt that it is nearly impossible to determine the effects of race on sexual development.

Question 14

Explain how a pregnant woman's smoking may affect the age at which her unborn daughter reaches menarche.

Question 15

Explain how the father's absence from the home may influence age at menarche.