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1
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Puberty starts as early and as late as

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8 years::14 years

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Puberty sequence for girls

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the beginning of breast development, the growth spurt, and menarche

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Puberty sequence for boys

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growth of the testes; initial pubic-hair growth; growth of the penis; spermarche.

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4
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The biological events that begin puberty involve a hormone signal from the

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Hypothalamus

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5
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The growthspurt typically occurs during puberty in the following order

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Height, weight, muscle

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Primary sex characteristics

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Body parts involved in reproduction such as uterus and testes and ovaries and penis

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Secondary sex characteristics

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Physical traits that are not involved in reproduction but indication sexual maturity such as beards and breast

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8
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Limbic system

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Major brain region for developing emotional expression and regulation

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Prefrontal cortex

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Specializes in anticipation, planning, and impulse control

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10
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Personal fable

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Believes that their experiences and thoughts are more unique. More Wonderful or more awful than anywhere

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Invincibility fable

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Believes they cannot be harmed by anything such as unprotected sex, drug abuse, high speed driving

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Imaginary audience

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They believe that they are centerstage, with all eyes on them, and they imagine how others might react to the appearance or behavior

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Piaget called the reasoning that characterizes adolescence

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Formal operational thought

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Analytic thought

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Thought that results from analysis such as thinking about pros and cons, risks and consequences

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Intuitive thought

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Begins with a belief, assumption or general rule, that is pursued because a it “feels right”

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16
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Last part of the brain mature

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Prefrontal cortex

17
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identity vs role confusion

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Person tried to figure out who they are but are confused by which roles to adopt

18
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Foreclosure

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Adolescent adopts parents or societies roles and values

19
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Moratorium

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Socially acceptable say to postpone making identity achievement decisions;

20
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Example of moratorium

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Going to college

21
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Identity achievement

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A person stand who they are

22
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Role confusion

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Adolescent doesn’t know or care about identity

23
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Which relationships are you most likely to find bickering

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mothers and daughters

24
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Parental monitoring

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Parents ongoing awareness of what their child’s are doing where and with who

25
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Parental monitoring is most likely to be effective and healthy when it is

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Part of a warm supportive relationship

26
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Four aspects of family closeness

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Communication, support, connectedness, control

27
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Post formal thought

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Characterized by problem finding not just problem-solving where a person is more open to ideas and less concerned with absolute right and wrong

28
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Intimacy vs isolation (eriksons 6th stage)

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Adults seek intimacy if lacked they face potential loneliness and isolation

29
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Senescence

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Age related, physical decline

30
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Senescence affects every part of the body_____ and ____

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Visible and invisible