SAT scores have not risen during the past few decades, but overall grades in school have; the most likely explanation for this is __________.        

Sid is asked why he didn’t invite Nancy to the party on Saturday night. “I was going to,” Sid explained, “but I thought that she’d know that I wanted to ask her, and then she’d know that I like her but I don’t really like her that much, so instead of asking her I didn’t ask her so that she wouldn’t know that I didn’t know what she wasn’t thinking.” Sid’s addled adolescent explanation is an example of __________.                 

Lethabo, age 16, recently started giving away important possessions, stopped eating regularly, and demonstrated lethargy. Lethabo is most likely exhibiting the warning signs of __________.    

 What is one significant reason for the advances in fine motor skills shown by children 6 to 8 years old?              

Audrey, age 15, is neither liked nor disliked by others at her school. Rather, Audrey gets no attention from her classmates at all, and she feels as though she might as well be invisible. Audrey would be considered __________.              

Which term describes intelligence that reflects the ability to solve and reason about novel problems?                  

 Which outcome is a downside to early maturation in a boy?               

According to Jean Piaget, the developmental stage during which people acquire the ability to think abstractly is called the __________.              

Reggie has noticed conspicuous examples of drunkenness around campus—at fraternity parties, social gatherings, and other events. Based on this, he assumes that the majority of students drink heavily, and therefore so should he. Reggie has fallen prey to__________.        

Adolescents who engage in risky behaviors, such as not using condoms when engaging in sexual activity or driving while intoxicated, are exhibiting especially dangerous aspects of __________.