Correct Answers.
imaginary audience - Answer adolescents' belief that they are the focus of everyone else's
attention and concern.
-Adolescent perceptions that others are focusing a lot of critical attention on them.
personal fable - Answer type of thought common to adolescents in which young people
believe themselves to be unique and protected from harm
social referencing group - Answer - Groups that help define the adolescent
- Importance to pick group carefully
- these groups can dictate attitudes, styles, popularity markers (Popular vs. unpopular)
social comparison - Answer evaluating yourself and your situation relative to others
-helps child validate their feelings or make excuses for behaviors
rites of passage - Answer - An incident which creates tremendous growth signifying a
transition from adolescence to adulthood.
- Social rituals that mark the transition between developmental stages, especially between
childhood and adulthood.
tanner scale - Answer Male:
•Tanner I -> prepubertal
•Tanner II -> Enlargement of testicles
•Tanner III -> enlargement of testicles, enlargement of penis, downy pubic hair at base of penis.
•Tanner IV -> Adult sized genitals, coarse pubic hair around base of penis
•Tanner V -> Adult. Pubic hair covers entire pubic area.
Female
(Breasts)
, •Tanner V -> Adult breasts
(Pubic Hair)
•Tanner I -absent pubic hair
•Tannner II-scarce, straight ph
•Tanner III-sparce, dark, curly
•Tanner IV-abundant, curly
•Tanner V-expands to greater surface area.
puberty - Answer *Primary sexual characteristics*
-Begins with hormone production
-Pituitary: signals adrenal gland > produces androgen
-Hypothalamus: Estrogen and progesterone in females
-Androgens: testosterone in males
*Secondary sexual characteristics*
- puberty is marked by adrenarche, menarche, spermarche, and enlargement of sexual organs
•Tanner Scale III-IV
•Deep voice and beard by the end of puberty
adrenarche - Answer - early changes in sexual maturation
- 7 to 9 yrs
- development of pubic hair, body odor, skin oiliness, and acne.
menarche - Answer - mark of puberty in females
- the first occurrence of menstruation
spermarche - Answer - mark of puberty in males
- beginning of development of sperm in boys testicles at puberty
identity vs identity confusion - Answer the period during which teenagers seek to determine