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what is the age of adolescence? - Answer 11-18 years
what are the hormones that occur in adolescence for boys? - Answer testosterone and androgens
what are the hormones that occur in adolescence for girls? - Answer estrogen and adrenal androgens
when do adolescent girls hit their growth spirt? - Answer 10-16 years
when do adolescent boys hit their growth spirt? - Answer 12-17 (and a half) years
what physical trend reverses in adolescence? - Answer cephalocaudal
what is primary sexual maturation? - Answer when the sexual organs mature
what is secondary sexual maturation? - Answer physical and visible changes
what are a few factors that influence timing of puberty (sexual maturation)? (3) - Answer SES, heredity
and nutrition
what is synaptic pruning? - Answer Eliminating unnecessary neurons
True or False: moodiness is because of your hormones - Answer False (frequency of negative life events)
what are trends in EARLY maturity for boys in adolescence? - Answer more depressed and stressed but
independent
what are trends in LATE maturity for boys in adolescence? - Answer they have emotional difficulties
, what are trends in EARLY maturity for girls in adolescence? - Answer depressed and anxious; more
deviant behavior
what are trends in LATE maturity for girls in adolescence? - Answer popular and attractive leaders in
school
what are factors that influence trends of timing? (2) - Answer body image, how well kids fit in
what are common health issues associated with adolescence? (3) - Answer iron, vitamin and mineral
deficiencies
what is the percent of adolescents who do not use contraceptives? - Answer 14%
what are factors that result in early parenthood? (3) - Answer low SES, antisocial behavior, alc or drug
use
what is piaget's formal operation stage? - Answer the use of hypothetico-deductive reasoning -
hypothesis problem solving
what does research tell us about piaget's formal operation stage? - Answer school age children show
beginnings of formal operational thought
true or false: formal operations may NOT be universal - Answer true
what are some consequences of piaget's formal operation stage? (3) - Answer self consciousness,
idealism conflict between parents and child, decline in self-esteem and grades
what is Erikson's conflict in adolescence? - Answer identity v role confusion
when in life does the thought of "real self" occur? - Answer adolescence