Adolescence

Question 1

Girls start to grow about… in puberty

Answer 1

8.5cm

Question 2

Boys grow start to grow about… in puberty

Answer 2

9cm

Question 3

What marks the onset of puberty

Answer 3

Height spurt

Question 4

When do girls start puberty compared to boys

Answer 4

Girls: 11
Boys: 13/14

Question 5

Boys who go through puberty early tend to have greater

Answer 5

Self assurance
Long term: increased substance use, psychological issues, more responsible and domineering, greater intimacy difficulties

Question 6

Boys who go through puberty late tend to be

Answer 6

Socially awkward, misbehave
Long term: good sense of humour, clearer insight and good intimate relationships

Question 7

Girls who go through puberty early tend to

Answer 7

Have greater independence, popular, deliquency, depression, body image issues.
Long term: difficult social relationships, lower levels of education and mental health issues

Question 8

Girls who go through puberty later tend

Answer 8

To get good marks, date later.
Long term: Higher education, good academically

Question 9

What would boys like to change the most

Answer 9

47% want to change scholastic ability or achievements

Question 10

What would girls want to change

Answer 10

39% want to change their personality

Question 11

What percentage of girls think their ideal body is thinner than their body

Answer 11

70%

Question 12

What percentage of boys think their ideal body is thinner than their body

Answer 12

30%

Question 13

Secular trend of menstruation

Answer 13

Decline linear trend:
Age of menstruation used to be 15 and 16 in 1860. Now its around 12.

Question 14

No crisis, committment

Answer 14

Foreclosure

Question 15

No crisis, no committment

Answer 15

Identity diffusion

Question 16

Crisis, commitment

Answer 16

Identity achievement

Question 17

Crisis, no commitment

Answer 17

Moritorium

Question 18

Foreclosure and identity diffusion is not

Answer 18

Thinking things through

Question 19

As people get older, they tend to go through what identity statuses

Answer 19

Identity achievement and moritorium

Question 20

What age to people tend to be identity achievement

Answer 20

24

Question 21

Why do adolescents account for 36% of accidents?

Answer 21

Sensation seeking due to the ill development of the prefrontal cortex
Nucleus accumbens develops first which is responsible for sensation-seeking
Prefrontal cortex develops last and is responsible for sensible decision-making

Question 22

Synaptic pruning

Answer 22

Pruning away connections they’re not using and strengthening the ones they are using.