Test Four Flashcards
Puberty starts as early and as late as
8 years::14 years
Puberty sequence for girls
the beginning of breast development, the growth spurt, and menarche
Puberty sequence for boys
growth of the testes; initial pubic-hair growth; growth of the penis; spermarche.
The biological events that begin puberty involve a hormone signal from the
Hypothalamus
The growthspurt typically occurs during puberty in the following order
Height, weight, muscle
Primary sex characteristics
Body parts involved in reproduction such as uterus and testes and ovaries and penis
Secondary sex characteristics
Physical traits that are not involved in reproduction but indication sexual maturity such as beards and breast
Limbic system
Major brain region for developing emotional expression and regulation
Prefrontal cortex
Specializes in anticipation, planning, and impulse control
Personal fable
Believes that their experiences and thoughts are more unique. More Wonderful or more awful than anywhere
Invincibility fable
Believes they cannot be harmed by anything such as unprotected sex, drug abuse, high speed driving
Imaginary audience
They believe that they are centerstage, with all eyes on them, and they imagine how others might react to the appearance or behavior
Piaget called the reasoning that characterizes adolescence
Formal operational thought
Analytic thought
Thought that results from analysis such as thinking about pros and cons, risks and consequences
Intuitive thought
Begins with a belief, assumption or general rule, that is pursued because a it “feels right”