8.04 Adolescence Flashcards
sex organs
primary sex characteristics
secondary sex characteristics body hair, breasts, deepening of the male’s voice
secondary sex characteristics
master gland that stimulates puberty
pituitary glands
increases growth rate before and during puberty
thyroid gland
rapid period of growth that precede puberty by about two years
growth spurt
who studied human sexual behavior?
alfred kinsey
kinsey’s argument
one’s orientation is not absolutely heterosexual or homosexual, but that each person falls somewhere on a continuum, with some being close to an extreme, but with others falling closer to the middle
kinsey’s rating scale
used a scale from 0, meaning exclusively heterosexual, to 6, meaning exclusively homosexual
adolescents are at the appropriate age to move into Piaget’s stage of ______ operations, when abstract thinking becomes possible
formal
adolescents do lots of _____ or turning inward
introspection
an egocentric state where an adolescent believes that other people are enthusiastically listening to or watching them. leads to self consciousness about appearance and behavior
imaginary audience
suggested that there are three levels of moral development, or knowledge of right and wrong behavior
kohlberg
morality is based on consequences; rewarded actions are right, punished actions are wrong
preconventional morality (young children)
morality is based on social norms
conventional morality (older children, adolescents, adults)
morality is determined by the experiences and judgments of the person, regardless of society’s rules
postconventional
