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Kenzie, Marla, and Ivy are playing dress-up. They are all princesses and have built a castle out of cardboard boxes and colored paper. What type of play are the three girls engaging in?

The desire to pursue a goal that comes from within a person is called _____.

Secondary sex characteristics are traits that: 

Today, a couple’s first shared household is more likely to involve cohabitation, not marriage.

The term for a pause in identity formation, when alternatives are explored before final choices are made, is know as: 

Hanna and Jessica have been friends for years. Both have average body types/weights. Hanna starts losing a lot of weight and just doesn’t have the energy to keep playing sports. Jessica notices that Hanna never eats and excercises vigorously almost every day. When confronted about it, Hanna tells Jessica that she wouldn’t understand because she doesn’t know what it is like to be fat like her. What could Hanna have?

_____ emerging adults believe that premarital sex is acceptable.

Typically, puberty starts between the ages of ______ years, and usually lasts through about ______ years old. 

Risk-taking during emerging adulthood _____ society.

If parents discuss sex and sexuality with their teens, they are more likely to have an earlier sexual debut.