Unit 6

Question 1

Pituitary glands

Answer 1

signals glands to produce sex hormones

Question 2

Sex hormones

Answer 2

Males- Andregens females- estrogen and also leptin

Question 3

Menarche

Answer 3

healthier girls start period sooner

Question 4

Secular trend

Answer 4

long term development for change

Question 5

primary sex characteristic

Answer 5

Hormones and uterus

Question 6

secondary sex characteristic

Answer 6

breasts and pubic hair

Question 7

Early puberty

Answer 7

good for boys bad for girls

Question 8

Obesisity

Answer 8

1 in 20, 80 percent chance of being obese as adult

Question 9

Anorexia

Answer 9

10 percent boys, 15-20 percent starve themeselves

Question 10

Bulimia

Answer 10

binges and purges, biological and environmental

Question 11

Prefrontal cortex

Answer 11

isnt done growing until 20, impulse control, risk/reward

Question 12

drugs

Answer 12

biological and pyschological dependence, no problem solving

Question 13

Piaget stage

Answer 13

formal operational, thinking abstactly, propositional thought

Question 14

metacognition

Answer 14

the knowledge of ones own thinking

Question 15

imaginary audience

Answer 15

thinking that everyone is watching you

Question 16

test scores still low

Answer 16

more lienent grading, bad tests

Question 17

self concept

Answer 17

views of self are more organized, in terms of traits and aspects

Question 18

Eriksons stage

Answer 18

Identity vs Identity

Question 19

Marcias approach

Answer 19

Identity in 2 terms: crisis(choosing) and commitment(investment)

Question 20

James fowler religion

Answer 20

childhood, asolescence, young adult, conjunctive

Question 21

generation gap

Answer 21

seperate beliefs of generations (myth)

Question 22

Digital divide

Answer 22

gap between those w internet and those without

Question 23

how we pick friends

Answer 23

activities, cliques, shared intrests

Question 24

false consesusing

Answer 24

my behavior is fine but yours isnt