ADOLESCENTS - NU 131 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+

ADOLESCENTS - NU 131 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Graded A+ Puberty - Answers the rapid growth b/w the ages of 11 to 14 including secondary sex characteristics When puberty ends - Answers adolescence starts Major changes associated w/ puberty - Answers rapid growth, body proportion changes, and primary + secondary sex characteristics Primary sex characteristics - Answers sex glands Female primary sex characteristics - Answers ovaries produces ova Male primary characteristics - Answers testes produces sperm Secondary sex characteristics - Answers pubic/underarm hair, body odor, breast, sweat Boys 11 ~ 12 - Answers growth of testes, pennis, and pubic hair Boys 12~ 13 - Answers rapid growth spurt Boys 13 ~ 15 - Answers body and facial Boys 13 ~ 14 - Answers ejaculation Boys 14 ~ 15 - Answers deepening of voice Girls 10 ~11 - Answers rapid growth spurt, breasts and pubic hair Girls 11 ~ 14 - Answers first period Girls 12 ~ 13 - Answers underarm hair Health screenings - Answers hearing/seeing and spine problems Aldolestone - Answers begins sexual maturity and ends with physical maturity Democrat - Answers parents encourage youth to make decisions, expresses approved or disapprove beliefs Autocratic style - Answers youth is not permitted free expression of feelings or views Laissez - Answers faire - adolescent is left to decide what they want or believe is best Cognitive - Answers formal operational thinking Formal operational thinking - Answers scientific reasoning, problem solving, thinking abstract, and understanding may be consequences Eating habits are affected by - Answers time, pressures, and peer influences What would teens rather want to eat than veggies and fruit - Answers potatoes and meat 13 % of teens has - Answers eating disorders Anorexia nervosa - Answers willful starvation to lose weight ( up to 25%) Bulimia nervosa - Answers binge eating and purging food (throwing up, laxatives, exercise) Binge eating - Answers binge eating w/o purging Hours of sleep needed - Answers 8 hours Lack of sleep results in - Answers lack of performance at school If teens excessive exercise they need - Answers more calories (protein and carbs) Exercise in teens - Answers important but not all intake Common leisure - Answers part time job and shopping