Adolescent Health and Development
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Developmental Tasks of Adolescence - Correct answers✔✔Physical development (puberty)
Cognitive development
Social transitions
Autonomy
Identity
Adolescent development - Correct answers✔✔Increased sensation seeking and impulsive
behavior
-dopamine effect?
Decision making based on more immediate rewards and losses
These tendencies make teens more likely to engage in risky behavior, however it is a normal and
crucial part of development
Early adolescence (12-14) - Correct answers✔✔Puberty and concerns about body image
Insecurity / conformity to peer norms
Ambivalent about autonomy
Concrete thinking
Middle adolescence (15-16) - Correct answers✔✔High school entry is the major transition
Puberty is nearly complete
Shift from family focus to peer focus
, Establishment of emotional separation from parents
Greatest cognitive development occurs
Increasing autonomy
Increasing sexual experimentation
Late adolescence (17-19) - Correct answers✔✔School leaving is the major transition
More sophisticated cognitive skills
Future orientation
"Confident" autonomy
Committed partner relationships
Consolidation of stable values
Establishment of a personal sense of identity
Puberty - Correct answers✔✔Measured by Sexual Maturity Ratings (Tanner)
Significant variations in the onset, timing, tempo, and magnitude of pubertal changes
Progression of SMR II-V usually takes 2-4 yrs
Physical maturation does not always correlate with cognitive or emotional maturity
Normal puberty: females - Correct answers✔✔Mean onset 11.2 yrs of age
First sign usually breast buds
Thelarche, pubarche, menarche
Mean onset of menarche is 12.5 yrs
Menarche preceded by increased linear growth
Pubertal development: females - Correct answers✔✔1. Prepubertal
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Developmental Tasks of Adolescence - Correct answers✔✔Physical development (puberty)
Cognitive development
Social transitions
Autonomy
Identity
Adolescent development - Correct answers✔✔Increased sensation seeking and impulsive
behavior
-dopamine effect?
Decision making based on more immediate rewards and losses
These tendencies make teens more likely to engage in risky behavior, however it is a normal and
crucial part of development
Early adolescence (12-14) - Correct answers✔✔Puberty and concerns about body image
Insecurity / conformity to peer norms
Ambivalent about autonomy
Concrete thinking
Middle adolescence (15-16) - Correct answers✔✔High school entry is the major transition
Puberty is nearly complete
Shift from family focus to peer focus
, Establishment of emotional separation from parents
Greatest cognitive development occurs
Increasing autonomy
Increasing sexual experimentation
Late adolescence (17-19) - Correct answers✔✔School leaving is the major transition
More sophisticated cognitive skills
Future orientation
"Confident" autonomy
Committed partner relationships
Consolidation of stable values
Establishment of a personal sense of identity
Puberty - Correct answers✔✔Measured by Sexual Maturity Ratings (Tanner)
Significant variations in the onset, timing, tempo, and magnitude of pubertal changes
Progression of SMR II-V usually takes 2-4 yrs
Physical maturation does not always correlate with cognitive or emotional maturity
Normal puberty: females - Correct answers✔✔Mean onset 11.2 yrs of age
First sign usually breast buds
Thelarche, pubarche, menarche
Mean onset of menarche is 12.5 yrs
Menarche preceded by increased linear growth
Pubertal development: females - Correct answers✔✔1. Prepubertal
