06/10/15 - 06/11/15

Question 1

What is Adolscnemse

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A transitional period.

Question 2

About 1/4 of youths

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at risk for persistent psychological problems during adolescence.

Question 3

Beginning of Adolescence

Answer 3

Demarcated by puberty, the process of Sexual Maturation.

Question 4

Current cultural shift:

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Delaying marriage, exclusive sexual relationships, procreation.

Question 5

No specific year adolescence starts. TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

Evolutionary Subconscious Drive

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To promulgate your genes and ensure the …… of your offspring.

Question 7

Give youth time to

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Acquire new skills
Continue brain growth
Develop abstract reasoning
Learn to navigate relationships
Develop independence

Question 8

H-P system secretes sex specific hormones:

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: estrogen for females, testosterone for males.

Question 9

Onset happening earlier in developed countries because of

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Better diets
Better healthcare
Epigenetics?

Question 10

Only 1 in 50,000 people never experience puberty (IHH). TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Puberty actually begins before secondary sex characteristics show up. TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 11

TRUE

*BEFORE EXTERNAL BODY CHANGES

Question 12

Girls experience:

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menstruation, breast growth,

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Boy:

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genital growth, muscle mass increase, deepening of voice, facial hair, first ejaculation.

Question 14

Differences or Male and Female Puberty:

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Males have a steady linear increase in pubertal development on average.

Girls are typically mostly, if not fully, developed by the 9th grade.

Question 15

Early matures (relative to peers) less likely to develop

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Adequate coping skills

Less experience to navigate complex relationships, more likely to have older peers

Question 16

Early puberty is also associated with reductions in

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synaptic growth and lateralization.

Question 17

Girls appear to be more affected by early puberty than boys.TRUE or FALSE

Answer 17

TRUE

Question 18

Accentuation

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Means innate traits are amplified during periods of transition

Question 19

Transition

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ambiguous social situation yet to be experienced.

Question 20

Accentuation reduces

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likelihood that what happens during a transition will reduce pre existing problem behavior (ex: foster care).

Question 21

Effect of Hormones

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Hormones lead to a certain amount of Unstable behaviors in pubescent youth.

Question 22

Girls experience

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and interpret stress readily

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boys

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seek risk and thrills.

Question 24

Transition of puberty highly variable. Depends on:

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What you already bring to the table biologically & the timing of your onset.

Question 25

Adolescent coping often foreshadows quality and behavior of adult life. True or False

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True

Question 26

Life-course approach:

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“knifed off” opportunities. Poor transition, poor academic/drop out, no college, poor job, poor social relationships, etc. cumulative disadvantage .

Question 27

3-10%

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of youth experience Severe Pathology and social failure during adolescence.

Question 28

Experience, behavior , language, cognition all exert influence

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on course of adolescence.

Question 29

Remember!

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Puberty entails more environments and mostly unrestricted ones

Question 30

Adolescence:

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chance to apply social competence to new territory (ex: dating)

Question 31

Research shows t” hat youth who show “Planned competence”

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lead to a path of social capital.

Question 32

Maturation happens well into the 20s for certain brain areas . TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 32

TRUE

Question 33

Grey matter density mostly maxed out by puberty.

TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 33

TRUE

Question 34

Process of neural pruning and myelination occurring constantly.
TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

Females have what percent more neurons in the grey areas of the brain.

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11%

Question 36

Adolescent Mood Swings

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Executive functions not mastered yet.

Decision making more subject to immediate context (fleeting influence)

Explains biological underpinnings of the effectiveness of “peer pressure”

Question 37

Adolescent Decision Making is Less efficient when:

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Hot emotional states

A decision needs to be Immediate

Behavioral restraint is necessary for good outcomes

Cost/benefit estimation favors long-term negative consequences

In the presence of friends