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The Family Matters program was designed to help families of adolescents to reduce the amount of:

A) domestic violence.
B) cigarette and alcohol use.
C) adolescent pregnancies.
D) juvenile delinquency.

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One strategy for reducing adolescent pregnancy is the _____ that focuses on engaging adolescents in volunteer community service and stimulates discussions that help adolescents appreciate the lessons they learn through volunteerism.

A) Health Bridge program
B) Teen Outreach program
C) Girls,Inc.,program
D) Will Power/Won't Power program

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Question 43

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A number of leading experts on adolescent sexuality conclude that abstinence-only programs:

Based on age of onset,when is anorexia nervosa most likely to begin?

When students make the transition to middle or junior high school,they experience the _____ phenomenon,moving from being the oldest,biggest,and most powerful students in the elementary school to being the youngest,smallest,and least powerful students in the middle or junior high school.

Which of the following ethnic groups had the highest teen birth rate in 2009?

National data indicates that the percentage of overweight U.S.12- to 19-year-olds increased from _____ percent in the early 1990s to nearly _____ percent in 2011-2012.

In the United States,the average age of menarche has _____ since the mid-nineteenth century.

Anorexia nervosa is a(n) :

Daughters of teenage mothers are:

George wants to ensure that his sons become competent decision makers.Which of the following is a strategy you would suggest for improving their decision making?

_____ involves being aware that options and alternatives are available and adapting to the situation.

The _____,where fibers connect the brain's left and right hemispheres,thickens in adolescence,and this improves adolescents' ability to process information.

In a study,almost 50 percent of high school dropouts cited _____ reasons for leaving school.

Cigarette smoking among U.S.adolescents:

Maggie is 14 years old and has not yet matured physically.According to recent research,which of the following will be most likely to occur by the time Maggie reaches tenth grade?

A dropout prevention program functions by "adopting" entire grades from public elementary schools,or corresponding age cohorts from public housing developments.These children are then provided with a program of academic,social,cultural,and recreational activities throughout their elementary,middle school,and high school years.Identify this program.

According to a U.S.national survey,by age 20,_____ percent of U.S.youth have engaged in sexual intercourse.

Who is the founder of the present field of cognitive development?

Adolescent _____ is the heightened self-consciousness of adolescents.