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Physical and cognitive development in adolescence Flashcards

1
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adolescence

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biological upheaval - transition which has a major growth spurt and an emotional psychological changes

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physical transition - 3

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gender difference
GH/TH increase
Estrogen and androgens

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gender diff

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girls quicker - appear to be bigger because you start earlier
men end up weiging more because they have more time
precursor hormones drive their bodies but they dont know why
2 year gap and age graded influence

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estrogen vs angrogen

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f vs m - we dont use it in the same way

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always outliers for

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pubertal changes

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2 broad types of pubertal changes

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overall body growth

maturation of sex characteristics

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overall body growth

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body growth - hormones spike - personal characteristics

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first visible signs of puberty

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growth spurt

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start and end of puberty body growth - and gender diff

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F - 8-18
M - 10-17.5
two year diff - reversal of height and weight and gap persists
- females more fat but composition changes - women have changes later - PA and hormones - after adolescense turn into muscles
- upper body for boys and lower for girls

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growth pattern of puberty

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reversed from cephalocaudal to proximodistal - torso grows a whole lot now the young boys spend two years more for their limbs to grow longer - internals catch up

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First sign of puberty for girls

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menarche - 10.5-16.5 (12.8)

appearance of breast buds is the first sign but this is more accurate and memorable

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12
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how do they know about the first signs of puberty

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recall/longitudinal studies

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natures delay for females

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does not move through menarche until it is ready to carry an organism to full term - physical size/maturation of organs/viable ovum

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secondary characteristics

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breasts and hair 3-4 yrs

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onset of maturation for girls depends on 2

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role of heredity - twins apart
environmental - body fat percentage - fat for estrogen after precursor hormones
delay - intense physical training or decrease intake of nutrients, stress, less body fat
initiate - obesity/increased social economic status - more body fat, ethnic - aftican vs asian

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egg number in women

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constant - germ cells decide that 4-5 weeks into gestation - oogonia

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female rats and eggs

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they continue to produce germ cells for eggs

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atresia

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destructive egg loss - entire lifespan

19
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how many eggs do we haev?

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40,000 which is more than what we need

20
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oogenesis

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beginning of an egg that happens every month

21
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if ovum is not fertilized

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disintegrates

22
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first sign of sexual maturation in males

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enlargement of tesest 9.5-13.5 (11.5) - sperm production (viable and nonviable) - not a common measurement - challenging between 1 and 2 - not common measurement

23
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spermache

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12-16 (13)

24
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natures delay for boys

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not viable sperm for a period of time

25
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production of sperm

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quicker and quicker rate of maturation - well over 100 million sperm a day

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other characteristics of male sexual maturation

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hair, voice (lvl of hormones), androgen

27
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spermiogenesis

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become sperm or spermatozoon with three regions - head (all genetic info), mid piece (metabolic info - fighting through the egg), tail (locomotion)

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similarities for male and female gamete production - 2

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meiosis - function of them may deterioate

29
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differences for male and female game production

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males produce more and it happens across their lifespan, women produce one a month

30
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formal operational stage - 3

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thought process was based on reality - what we believe is happening
most expect to move into during early adolescense - but theres too much physical going on
hypothetical - deductive reasoning - how do i ask for the car
problem solving - possibility to reality

31
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general theory

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deduce - hypothesis

32
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hypothetical deductive reasoning - pendulum problem

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what influences the speed with the pendulum swings through its arc - how high you pull it (resistance)

  • weight of the string
  • length of string
33
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concrete to formal operational

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we have to make the transition cognitively

34
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scientific reasoning

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going back to the drawing board

35
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propositional thought

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either or vs and statements

- concrete operational cannot decipher the diff, formal operational can

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abstract thought and adolescence

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ideologies - inexperiences with what it represents, ineloquent to deal with it, they do not manage abstract thoughts well - immature transition

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abstract thought results in 2

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argumentative

self-consciousness and self focussing

38
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argumentative

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mis use with authoritative and peer relationshis, formed and based on principles otherwise we run into challenges

39
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self consciousness and self focusing

3 things

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social norms resulted in distorted views
imaginary audience
personal fable
idealism and criticism

40
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imaginary audience

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on stage all the time and dont take criticism very well because they are hurtful

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personal fable - 3

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level of importance in that environemnt - move out of that to know how to work abstract thought - sense of over importance and value for themselves
- risk taking - inpenetrability

42
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idealism and criticism

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they think they see and understand other ppl - utopia - they can make their own rules and morals - strive to move to and exist
critical of their own world, somethings better somehwere else

43
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adolescence is important for 2

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gaining experience

tumultuous time period that can bring as many learning experience for both the parent and the child

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