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Answer 17 questions with 2-3 paragraphs each.
To learn more about the effects of teratogens on the developing person and the internet resources available to prospective parents, pick a teratogen from among those mentioned in the text and “surf the net” to find brief answers to the following questions.
1. What teratogen did you choose? Why?
2. What are the potential short and long term effects of this teratogen on the developing person?
3. Are other risk factors associated with damages from this teratogen?
4. That is, who is most and least likely to suffer teratogenic damage?
5. Has this teratogen become more of a problem in recent years as a result of technological advances?
6. What steps could perspective parents take to minimize the effects of this teratogen?
7. State the internet address (the URL) of at least one relevant Web page.
T F 1. It is not unusual for young people to delay achievement by joining the military?
T F 2. For members of minority-ethnic groups, identity achievement may be particularly complicated.
T F 3. Generally speaking, the size of generation gap has been grossly overestimated.
T F 4. During adolescence, peers have a stronger influence than parents on a young persons development.
T F 5. Socially immature adolescents generally are the first to be attracted to members of the opposite sex.
T F 6. Thinking about committing suicide is actually quite rare among high school students.
T F 7. Worldwide, parasuicide is actually quite rare among high school students.
T F 8. African American males have the highest suicide rate in the United States.
T F 9. Arrests are more likely to occur during adolescence and young adulthood than any other period of life.
T F 10. Those who become career criminals show recognizable warning signs long before adulthood.
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DEVELOPMENTAL FACT OR MYTH
T F 1. It is not unusual for young people to delay achievement by joining the military?
T F 2. For members of minority-ethnic groups, identity achievement may be particularly complicated.
T F 3. Generally speaking, the size of generation gap has been grossly overestimated.
T F 4. During adolescence, peers have a stronger influence than parents on a young persons
development.
T F 5. Socially immature adolescents generally are the first to be attracted to members of the opposite
sex.
T F 6. Thinking about committing suicide is actually quite rare among high school students.
T F 7. Worldwide, parasuicide is actually quite rare among high school students.
T F 8. African American males have the highest suicide rate in the United States.
T F 9. Arrests are more likely to occur during adolescence and young adulthood than any other period of
life.
T F 10. Those who become career criminals show recognizable warning signs long before adulthood.
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