Chapter 11 Flashcards
Adolescence
The transition between childhood and adulthood.
Puberty
A flood of biological events leading to an adult-sized body and sexual maturity.
Growth Spurt
The first outward sign of puberty is the rapid gain in height and weight.
Primary Sexual Characteristics
Involve the reproductive organs.
Secondary Sexual Characteristics
Are visible on the outside of the body and serve as addition signs of sexual maturity (breast, under arm hair, pubic hair).
Menarche
First menstruation
Spermarche
First ejaculation
Secular Trend
Generational change
Body Image
Conception of and attitude toward their physical appearance.
Anorexia Nervosa
A tragic eating disorder in which young people starve themselves because of a compulsive fear of getting fat.
Bulimia Nervosa
Young people engage in strict dieting and excessive exercise accompanied by binge eating, often followed by deliberate vomiting and purging with laxatives.
Formal Operational Stage
Around age 11 young people develop the capacity for abstract, systematic, scientific thinking.
Hypothetico - Deductive Reasoning
When faced with a problem, they start with a hypothesis, or prediction about variables that might affect an outcome, from which they deduce logical, testable inferences. Then they systematically isolate and combine variables to see which of these inferences are confirmed in the real world.
Propositional Thought
Adolescents’ ability to evaluate the logic of propositions (verbal statements) without referring to real-world circumstances.
Imaginary Audience
Adolescents’ belief hat they are the focus of everyone else’s attention and concern.
Personal Fable
Certain that others are observing and thinking about them, teenagers develop an inflated opinion of their own importance - feeling that they are special and unique.
