Question 1

Discuss how early or late maturation affects boys and girls.

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Question 2

In 1989, the Carnegie Foundation issued an extremely negative evaluation of U.S. middle schools. They made several recommendations for how to improve schools. Imagine you are a middle school principal and can institute any changes you want. Based on these recommendations what kinds of things would you do to create a more effective schools for adolescents?

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Question 3

Discuss the importance of controlling one's attention during adolescence.

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Question 4

The belief, reflecting adolescents' egocentrism, that others are as interested in them as they themselves are, as well as attention-getting behavior-attempts to be noticed, visible, and "on stage."

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Question 5

What are the characteristics of the formal operational stage?

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Question 6

This theorist suggested that, in the later years of childhood and continuing in adolescence, individuals approach cognitive levels that may or may not be achieved, in contrast to the largely universal cognitive levels that young children attain.

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Question 7

Why is bulimia often more difficult to detect than anorexia?

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Question 8

A form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community.

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Question 9

This theorist and her colleagues have conducted extensive research into adolescent sleep patterns, and found that when given the opportunity adolescents will sleep an average of 9 hours and 25 minutes a night.

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Question 10

What role does the top-dog phenomenon play when adolescents make the transition to middle or to junior high school?

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Question 11

An eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.

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Question 12

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

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Question 13

Discuss two key components of adolescent egocentrism according to David Elkind.

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Question 14

Discuss the psychological changes that are observed in adolescents during puberty.

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Question 15

A high school principal sends home a letter to parents stating that she is instituting a service learning component and all students are required to participate. What is service learning? When is it most effective, and why would schools want to use them?

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Question 16

Explore the link between hormones and behavior in adolescence.

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Quiz 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence