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What is occurring in adolescents' brains when they are misinterpreting facial expressions?

A) Myelination is interfering with executive function.
B) The limbic system is active, but the prefrontal cortex is inactive.
C) Areas tied in with attention are having difficulty.
D) The occipital lobes are miscommunicating with the prefrontal cortex.

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The typical weight gain in adolescents involves ______.

A) boys gaining more muscle overall than girls
B) girls gaining muscle in their upper bodies
C) boys gaining more fat overall than girls
D) girls gaining more fat in their upper bodies

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Risky activity thought to decline in late adolescence because adolescents ______.

Amanda finds out that her city is planning on building a road through land that is rumored to have Native American burials on it. She organizes a protest and the group takes turns camping out on the land to prevent the trucks from building the road. Amanda is in which stage of Kohlberg's theory?

Middle-school classrooms are characterized by ______.

Synaptic pruning occurs at a much slower rate during adolescence as compared with childhood and adulthood.

Working memory reaches adult-like levels by about age ______.

Permissive parenting style are associated with poor academic performance.

The biological transition to adulthood is called ______.

Researchers have found that the relationship between pubertal hormones and adolescent mood is strong.

Serotonin and dopamine are neurotransmitters associated with impulsivity, novelty seeking, and reward salience.

Girls who are excluded from interaction with others, including attending school, while menstruating are experiencing which type of influence on puberty?

How do susceptibility to peer influence and future orientation influence adolescent decision making and behavior?

Nick is an adolescent boy who has been very difficult for his parents. He experiences extreme moodiness fluctuating between depression and intense feeling of anger. He is irritable and gets in fights with his parents and siblings on a daily basis. Based on information about adolescent moodiness, how old is Nick?

Adolescents can make decisions that are more reflective, confident, and successful if they ______.

Postconventional moral thinkers recognize that their self-chosen principles of fairness and justice may sometimes conflict with ______.

How do experiences outside of school influence adolescents' success in navigating school transitions?

The most mature form of moral reasoning is a justice orientation.

Which factor is thought to delay the onset of puberty?

David is very stressed over college applications. He thinks that if he fails to get into the University of Wisconsin his life is over. When his parents try to talk to him about other options, he yells at them and tells them that they just cannot understand. What aspect of adolescent thinking is David experiencing?