The __________ helps to initiate the growth spurt in adolescence by increasing quantities of growth hormones in the body.

One of the first signs of puberty in most girls is __________.

Shemar has always wanted to try out for the school play, but has never dared to do it. Now at age 14, he has decided to try. He is actually looking forward to the thrill of being on stage in front of a live audience. In terms of the dual systems model, Shemar is engaged in __________.

A longitudinal study of 13,000 youth in the United States (Ott et al., 2011) found that the majority of sexual-minority youth are __________.

The development of sexual relationships in teens seems to be affected by power, where __________ are the initiators and __________ are the gatekeepers.

__________ become(s) a medium of representing thought at the formal operations stage.

In adolescence, people can organize information in __________ in increasingly systematic ways.

More successful high schools allow teachers to work with __________ groups of children for __________ blocks of time during the day.

A person who enjoys using problem-solving and analytical skills would have Holland’s __________ personality.

Ria, age 14, is the mother of a baby boy. Ria’s own mother was only 13 years old when she had Ria. Their situation demonstrates __________ of teen pregnancy.

In middle adolescence, people __________.

Identity __________ is the process of integrating one’s personal characteristics with a set of values and a set of future goals.

In which of Kohlberg’s stages of moral development would an orientation to universal ethical principles be found?

How do friendships in later adolescence differ from those in early adolescence?

A __________ is larger than a clique and is made up of peers that share a general identity.