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Fifteen-year-old Tamara quietly _____ bullying on her computer and in her community. She feels anxious and nervous in school.

For many adolescents, what is the fourth stage of romantic development?

While trying to balance a scale, children in the concrete operational stage learn to use _____ strategies. During the formal operational stage, their thinking is more _____.

What is the critical factor in the success of parental monitoring of teenagers?

Although the world is ethnically diverse, teen groups are often _____. Adolescents report that their choices are _____.

Puberty is driven by the expression of hundreds of genes in the HPG axis. The process is sensitive to all of these EXCEPT:

Research consensus supports the use of _____ to support someone like Talley, a transgender adolescent, to allow them extra time to go through the transitions of puberty.

Adolescents function BEST with approximately _____ hours of sleep every night.

Given the following values, (a) (1) what parameter can be estimated? and (b) (3) what is the magnitude of the estimated parameter (please include appropriate units in your answer)? Plasma [PAH] = 0.2 mg/ml           Urine [PAH] = 60 mg/ml     Urine flow rate = 2 mls/min (a) parameter: (b) (please show your work, with appropriate units)

A 12-year-old uncircumcised boy presents with difficulty retracting his foreskin and pain during urination. On examination, there is ballooning of the foreskin when voiding and signs of urinary obstruction. What is the most appropriate next step in the management of this patient?