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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.

In typical relationships, one would expect the MOST bickering between _____.

Cathy and Gary have reached the end of their rope. Their son Trent who just graduated from high school has shown no interest in College and no interest to get out and try new things, date, or find a career. Trent argues that there is no point and plays video games and hangs out with his friends from High School. What is Trent an example of?

Kate has been looking for a significant other for some time and would go to many social events to meet guys. However, after joining dating sites she has become more selective of the guys she sees online even to point where she will not pursue a conversation for superficial reasons. What is this an example of?

The characteristics of postformal thought (practical, flexible, dialectical) are evident as the brain matures.