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18 Cards in this Set
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Adolescence |
the transitional period between childhood and adulthood |
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Prefrontal cortex (PFC) |
the part of the frontal lobe that is just behind the forehead and is responsible for executive processing |
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Puberty |
collective term for the physical changes which culminate in sexual maturity |
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Pituitary gland |
gland that triggers other glands to release hormones |
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Primary sex characteristics |
the sex organs; ovaries, uterus, and vagina in the female; testes and penis in the males |
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Secondary sex characteristics |
body parts such as breasts in females and pubic hair in both sexes |
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Menarche |
the beginning of menstrual cycles |
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Secular trend |
a change that occurs in developing nations when nutrition and health improve-for example, the decline in average age of menarche and the increase in average height for both children and adults that happened between the mid 18th and mid 19th centuries in Western countries |
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Transgendered |
a person whose psychological gender is the opposite of his or her biological sex |
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Anorexia nervosa |
an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation |
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Bulimia nervosa |
an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging |
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Formal operational stage |
the fourth of Piaget's stages, during which adolescents learn to reason logically about abstract concepts |
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Systematic problem solving |
the process of finding a solution to a problem by testing single factors |
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Hypothetico-deductive reasoning |
the ability to derive conclusions from hypothetical premises |
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Personal fable |
the belief that events of one's life are controlled by a mentally constructed autobiography |
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Imaginary audience |
an internalized set of behavioral standards usually derived from a teenager's peer group |
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Task goals |
goals based on a desire for self improvement |
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Ability goals |
goals based on a desire to be superior to others |
