chapter 10

The Adolescent

Study Guide

Student Name  Date

Matching Questions

1. ____ asynchrony

2. ____ adolescence

3. ____ sense of identity

4. ____ preadolescence

5. ____ puberty

6. ____ menarche

7. ____ androgens

8. ____ estrogens

a. developmental stage in Erikson’s theory

b. male hormones

c. onset of menstruation

d. different body parts mature at different rates

e. to “grow up”

f. female hormones

g. marked by rapid changes in the structure and function of various parts of the body

h. reproductive organs become functional

Multiple Choice

1. The years of greatest turmoil for most families include those of:

1. preadolescence

2. early adolescence

3. middle adolescence

4. late adolescence

2. Which of the following statements is true regarding puberty?

1. Puberty begins at around 15 years of age in both boys and girls.

2. Puberty occurs about 2 years earlier in girls than in boys.

3. Puberty occurs about 2 years earlier in boys than in girls.

4. Puberty begins at around 14 years of age in boys.

3. The first sign of puberty in boys is usually:

1. enlargement of the testes

2. the beginning of nocturnal emissions

3. production of sperm

4. changes in the voice

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