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Week 8 Flashcards

1
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when does puberty begin

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10-11

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2
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when does puberty end

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17 or as late as 25

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3
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genes

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parents ages at puberty predicts their child’s

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4
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gender (girl)

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  • girls growth spurt precedes menarche
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5
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gender (boy)

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boys growth spurt follows spermarche

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6
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body fat

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  • speeds girls age of puberty but may slow boys
  • malnutrition slows puberty
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7
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stress

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speeds puberty

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8
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early puberty

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  • has adverse health effects
  • adolescents want to be on their friends schedule
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9
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physical growth in adolescence

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  • 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
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10
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good nutrition

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  • is needed
  • peer influence & fast food encourage poor nutrition
  • HS obesity rate
  • eating disorders rise
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11
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health

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  • tonsils and adenoids shrink
  • colds & asthma lower
  • larynx grows
  • oily skin, acne, coarse hair growth
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12
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prefrontal cortex in adolescence

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(center of cognition) matures gradually

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13
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limbic system in adolescence

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(center of emotion) matures fast flooded by hormones

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14
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the result of brain growth in adolescence

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adolescents emote, act & react before they think

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15
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executive function in adolescence

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risk of self destructive or dangerous behaviors

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16
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sexual behavior in adolescence

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

17
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sleep in adolescence

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  • 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
18
Q

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

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after 8:30am

19
Q

adolescent egocentrism

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

20
Q

imaginary audience

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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.

21
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personal fable

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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

22
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invincibility fable

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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

23
Q

middle school

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  • created for 6th-8th graders
  • as average age of puberty declines in the US
24
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high school

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  • emphasize formal, abstract, analytical thinking
  • prepares every student for college
25
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what are the 3 eating disorders

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  • anorexia Nervosa
  • bulimia Nervosa
  • binge eating disorder
26
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anorexia nervosa

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  • 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
27
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bulimia nervosa

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  • 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
28
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binge eating disorder

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  • 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)

Health 230 - Wks 4-8 (4 decks)

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