Psych 321 Chap3

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Susan has yet to experience her first menstruation. According to some research, what percentage of fat does her body require for menstruation to occur and continue?
17 percent
Girls experience the growth spurt about
    2 years before boys do.
    At what age do boys generally surpass girls in both height and weight?
    1. 14
    Which of the following statements about the pubertal growth spurt is not true?
    Girls generally end up with longer legs than boys after the growth spurt.
    Michael experiences appearance of minor facial hair, followed by a growth spurt and then an increase in genital size. This order of pubertal development
    Is unusual for the typical male adolescent.
    Which of the following male pubertal characteristics usually develops first?
    Increase in penis and testicle size
    Rana has just begun puberty and notices slight breast development and some pubic hair. She then grows underarm hair and next begins her growth spurt. This order of pubertal development
    While pubertal development usually occurs earlier in African-American girls than white girls, the order is typical of all girls, regardless of race.
    Which statement concerning body image is not true?
    Increases in muscle may relate to girls' body images during puberty.
    Akiko just experienced her first menstruation. According to Brooks-Gunn's research, Akiko is most likely to tell
    Her mother.
    Longitudinal studies comparing early-maturing and late-maturing boys on perceptions of self have found that
    At age 30, late-maturing males had a stronger sense of identity than did early-maturing males.
    Simmons and Blyth found that, in the 10th grade, late-maturing girls were more satisfied than early-maturing girls with their body image. Why might this be?
    They are likely to resemble the American ideal of a tall, thin body.
    Which of the following is not a view proposed by evolutionary developmental psychologists?
    Evolution has given humans the capacity to produce cultures and change environments
    Which of the following statements about identical twins is FALSE?
    If they are more similar to each other on a given trait than fraternal twins are, then this demonstrates that heredity is the cause of that trait.
    Behavior geneticists believe that two siblings in a family may be very different because of
    Nonshared environmental influences.