EPSY 306 — QUIZ 1 STUDY GUIDE UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. Ontogeny
Answer:
The development of an individual organism across its lifespan.
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2. Phylogeny
Answer:
The evolutionary development and history of a species across generations.
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3. Father of Science on Adolescence
Answer:
G. Stanley Hall.
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4. Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny
Answer:
Hall's belief that individual development reflects the evolutionary history of the species.
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5. Storm and Stress
Answer:
Hall's view of adolescence as a biologically driven period of turbulence and conflict.
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6. Margaret Mead's View on Adolescence
Answer:
Adolescence is strongly influenced by culture and society, making turbulence non-inevitable.
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7. Social Construction of Adolescence
Answer:
The idea that adolescence is defined by social, cultural, and economic structures.
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8. Inventionist View of Adolescence
Answer:
Argues that industrialization and mandatory schooling created adolescence as a distinct stage.
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9. Plato's View on Adolescence
Answer:
Reasoning begins during adolescence, making it ideal for studying math and science.
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10. Aristotle's View on Adolescence
Answer:
Adolescence brings self-determination and the belief that one knows everything.
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11. Adrenarche
Answer:
First phase of sexual maturation activating the HPA axis and adrenal androgen production.
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12. HPA Axis
Answer:
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis, activated during adrenarche.
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13. Gonadarche
Answer:
Second phase of sexual maturation activating the HPG axis for primary/secondary characteristic maturation.
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14. HPG Axis
Answer:
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal axis, activated during gonadarche.
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15. Thelarche
Answer:
The beginning of breast development; an early sign of gonadarche in females.
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16. Menarche
Answer:
A female's first menstrual cycle.
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17. Spermarche
Answer:
A male's first ejaculation of semen.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Ontogeny
Answer:
The development of an individual organism across its lifespan.
Question:
2. Phylogeny
Answer:
The evolutionary development and history of a species across generations.
Question:
3. Father of Science on Adolescence
Answer:
G. Stanley Hall.
Question:
4. Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny
Answer:
Hall's belief that individual development reflects the evolutionary history of the species.
Question:
5. Storm and Stress
Answer:
Hall's view of adolescence as a biologically driven period of turbulence and conflict.
Question:
6. Margaret Mead's View on Adolescence
Answer:
Adolescence is strongly influenced by culture and society, making turbulence non-inevitable.
Question:
7. Social Construction of Adolescence
Answer:
The idea that adolescence is defined by social, cultural, and economic structures.
Question:
8. Inventionist View of Adolescence
Answer:
Argues that industrialization and mandatory schooling created adolescence as a distinct stage.
, Question:
9. Plato's View on Adolescence
Answer:
Reasoning begins during adolescence, making it ideal for studying math and science.
Question:
10. Aristotle's View on Adolescence
Answer:
Adolescence brings self-determination and the belief that one knows everything.
Question:
11. Adrenarche
Answer:
First phase of sexual maturation activating the HPA axis and adrenal androgen production.
Question:
12. HPA Axis
Answer:
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis, activated during adrenarche.
Question:
13. Gonadarche
Answer:
Second phase of sexual maturation activating the HPG axis for primary/secondary characteristic maturation.
Question:
14. HPG Axis
Answer:
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal axis, activated during gonadarche.
Question:
15. Thelarche
Answer:
The beginning of breast development; an early sign of gonadarche in females.
Question:
16. Menarche
Answer:
A female's first menstrual cycle.
Question:
17. Spermarche
Answer:
A male's first ejaculation of semen.
