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Puberty |
Neuroendocrine process occurring primarily in early adolescence that provide stimulation for rapid physical changes that occur in adolescence |
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1. Increase penis+ testicle size 2. Straight pubic hair 3. Minor voice change 4. First ejaculation 5. Kinky pubic hair 6. Height/weight growth 7. Armpit hair 8. Major voice change 9. Facial hair |
Male puberty characteristics (8) |
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1. Breast enlargement or pubic hair 2. Armpit hair 3. Height growth, wide hips 4. Mernache |
Female pubertal changes (4) |
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Girls: 9 Peak: 11 1/2
Boys: 11 Peak: 13 1/2 |
Mean age for growth spurt
Girls: _____ Peak: ____
Boys: _____ Peak: ____ |
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Hormones |
Powerful chemicals made by endocrine glands carried through the body by bloodstream |
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Hypothalamus |
Structure of brain that monitors eating and sex |
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Pituitary gland |
Important endocrine gland that controls and regulates other glands (like the gonads) |
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Gonads |
Sex glands. Testes (male) ovaries (female) |
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Testosterone |
Development of genitals, height, change in voice. 8 folds in boys, 2 folds in girls |
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Estradiol |
Type of estrogen. Breast, urine and skeletal development. 8 folds in girls, 2 folds in boys |
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Corpus callosum |
Thickens in adolescence. Improves ability to process info. Doesn't finish until 18-25 years. |
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Limbic system |
Emotions and Rewards. Developed earlier than corpus callosum.
Almost completely developed by early adolescence |
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Amygdala |
Limbic structure especially involved in emotions |
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1% HIV risk 30% Genital Herpes 50% Gonarreah |
In a single act id unprotected sex with infected partner, teen girl has: ___ HIV risk ___ Genital Herpes ___ Gonarreah |
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Anorexia nervosa |
Eating disorder that involves Relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation.
1. Weigh less than 85% of what's normal 2. Intense fear of weight gain that doesn't decrease with weight loss 3. Distorted body image 4 Amenorrhea (lack of period) in teens who reached puberty |
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Bulimia nervosa |
Binging and purging Series of episodes occur at least two times a week for 3 months.
Difficulty controlling emotions.
90% of women Drug therapy, psychotherapy and cognitive therapy effective treatments |
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Formal operational stage |
More abstract thinking. No longer limited by actual concrete experiences as anchors for thought. Evident in teens verbal problem-solving activity.
Increased tendency to think about thought itself
Thoughts full of idealism
More logical thinking. Devising plans like scientist |
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Hypothetical-Deductive reasoning |
Piagets formal operation concept that teens have cognitive abilities to develop hypotheses, best guesses about ways to solve a problem |
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Imaginary audience |
Belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are. Attention-getting Behavior motivated by desire to be noticed, visible, "on stage" |
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Personal fable |
Involves adolescence sense of uniqueness and invincibility. "No one understands how I feel" |
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Mythological fable |
Illusion of invulnerability |
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Adolescence egocentrism |
Heightened self-consciousness of teens. Two key components are imaginary audience and personal fable |
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Cognitive control |
Involves controlling attention, reducing interfering thoughts, cognitive flexibility.
Effort to stick with tasks, avoid interfering thoughts or environments, doing what's most effective
Stop and think before acting
Persistence in doing something boring when it's important and when there's more fun things to do |
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Decision making |
Teenhood time for increased decision-making.
More able to generate different options, examine from a variety of perspectives.
People make better decisions when emotionally calm than when emotionally intense. Teens are more emotionally intense usually. Social context.
Willingness to participate in Risky behavior depends on how available and the peers |
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Top Dog phenomenon |
Circumstance of moving from the top position of grade school to lowest in Middle School.
Occurs in anything like this |
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Service learning |
Form of Education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community |
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Homocide |
2nd leading cause of death |
