Week 8

Question 1

when does puberty begin

Answer 1

10-11

Question 2

when does puberty end

Answer 2

17 or as late as 25

Question 3

genes

Answer 3

parents ages at puberty predicts their child’s

Question 4

gender (girl)

Answer 4

• girls growth spurt precedes menarche

Question 5

gender (boy)

Answer 5

boys growth spurt follows spermarche

Question 6

body fat

Answer 6

• speeds girls age of puberty but may slow boys
• malnutrition slows puberty

Question 7

stress

Answer 7

speeds puberty

Question 8

early puberty

Answer 8

• has adverse health effects
• adolescents want to be on their friends schedule

Question 9

physical growth in adolescence

Answer 9

• growth spurt from extremities to core (adult size feet = an early alert)
• high appetite & weight gain
• girls have 2x as much body fat as boys
• height spurt & muscles growth come after weight spurt
• heart size doubles; lung size trips; RBCs raise

Question 10

good nutrition

Answer 10

• is needed
• peer influence & fast food encourage poor nutrition
• HS obesity rate
• eating disorders rise

Question 11

health

Answer 11

• tonsils and adenoids shrink
• colds & asthma lower
• larynx grows
• oily skin, acne, coarse hair growth

Question 12

prefrontal cortex in adolescence

Answer 12

(center of cognition) matures gradually

Question 13

limbic system in adolescence

Answer 13

(center of emotion) matures fast flooded by hormones

Question 14

the result of brain growth in adolescence

Answer 14

adolescents emote, act & react before they think

Question 15

executive function in adolescence

Answer 15

risk of self destructive or dangerous behaviors

Question 16

sexual behavior in adolescence

Answer 16

influenced by hormones, brain development, peer influence, cultural norms
- STIs common

Question 17

sleep in adolescence

Answer 17

• puberty affects circadian rhythm
• sunlight wakes us up, but night energizes many teens (screens, texts, social media)
• most school days start early ( teens doze off in class

Question 18

what does the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends high school school time

Answer 18

after 8:30am

Question 19

adolescent egocentrism

Answer 19

A characteristic of adolescent thinking that leads young people (ages 10 to 13) to focus on themselves to the exclusion of others

Question 20

imaginary audience

Answer 20

The other people who, in an adolescent’s egocentric belief, are watching and taking note of their appearance, ideas, and behavior. This belief makes many teenagers very self-conscious.

Question 21

personal fable

Answer 21

An aspect of adolescent egocentrism characterized by an adolescent’s belief that their thoughts, feelings, and experiences are unique or are more wonderful or more awful than anyone else’s

Question 22

invincibility fable

Answer 22

An adolescent’s egocentric conviction that they cannot be overcome or even harmed by anything that might defeat a normal mortal, such as unprotected sex, drug abuse, or high-speed driving

Question 23

middle school

Answer 23

• created for 6th-8th graders
• as average age of puberty declines in the US

Question 24

high school

Answer 24

• emphasize formal, abstract, analytical thinking
• prepares every student for college

Question 25

what are the 3 eating disorders

Answer 25

- anorexia Nervosa - bulimia Nervosa - binge eating disorder

Question 26

anorexia nervosa

Answer 26

- prevalent in 0.4% of young females (less for males) - persistent energy intake restriction, leading to weight under minimally expected - intense fear of weight gain, or behavior that interferes with needed weight gain - disturbed perception of weight or shape - often with depressive signs and symptoms, OCD - risk of sever malnutrition, organ failure, death - suicide risk

Question 27

bulimia nervosa

Answer 27

- prevalent in 1-5% of young females (less in males) - binge eating episodes with sense of lack of control - recurrent inappropriate compensatory behaviors (purging, laxative misuse, excessive exercising) - symptoms occurring on average, at least 1xweek for 3 months - self image unduly influenced by weight and shape - suicide risk

Question 28

binge eating disorder

Answer 28

- prevalent in 1.6% of adult females, 0.8% of adult males - compulsive eating - impaired self control, eating until stuffed, eating alone - post binge: embarrassment, disgust, guilt - associated with overweight and obesity (but most people with obesity are not binge eaters)