WVU Psych 241: Exam 4 2025/2026
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Adolescence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the passage from childhood to adulthood. It
is a period of "storm and stress"
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History of Adolescence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- G. Stanley Hall "father of
adolescence"
Puberty - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- the process that leads to sexual maturity or
fertility
Changes in hormones and sex glands for boys: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the testes
start producing testosterone
,Changes in hormones and sex glands for girls: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
ovaries start producing estrogen
Describe the sequence and typical ages of physical changes with puberty -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Boys start growing around age 12, they have an extra 2
years of prepubertal growth, so they eventually become taller than girls
- Girls starting growing around 10
What is a secular trend and what is the secular trend found with puberty? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- the timing of puberty and it is happening in younger ages
What are the pubertal timing effects for boys? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Early
(before 9): they have pyschosocial effects and they tend to be more athletic
and competent and perceive themselves in a more positive way.
- Late (after 14): psychosocial effects
What are the pubertal timing effects for girls? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Early
Maturation (before 8): psychosocial effects, tend to weigh more and shorter
after puberty. They are typically more dissatisfied with themselves
What factors influence height and weight changes in adolescence and early
adulthood? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔
, How do sleep needs change in adolescence? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- they
typically go to bed later and wake up later
- they get less than 8 hours of sleep but need more
Describe nutritional needs and eating habits of teens? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
need greater nutritional needs during their growth spurt
- most lack fruits and vegetables, calcium and iron
How do exercise behaviors change during the teen years? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔- activity decreases
- screen time increases, which is linked to obesity (as well as low SES)
What changes occur in the amygdala and pre-frontal cortex? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔the amygdala is exaggerated with activity and there are lower functional
connections between it and the prefrontal cortex
how might the changes in the brain influence behavior? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔an adolescents brain does not lead them to accurately assess
situations due to the low connections between amygdala and prefrontal
cortex
what age has the best brain strength and endurance? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔
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Exam Questions and Answers | 100%
Solved
Adolescence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the passage from childhood to adulthood. It
is a period of "storm and stress"
- 14-24
History of Adolescence - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- G. Stanley Hall "father of
adolescence"
Puberty - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- the process that leads to sexual maturity or
fertility
Changes in hormones and sex glands for boys: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the testes
start producing testosterone
,Changes in hormones and sex glands for girls: - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the
ovaries start producing estrogen
Describe the sequence and typical ages of physical changes with puberty -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Boys start growing around age 12, they have an extra 2
years of prepubertal growth, so they eventually become taller than girls
- Girls starting growing around 10
What is a secular trend and what is the secular trend found with puberty? -
🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- the timing of puberty and it is happening in younger ages
What are the pubertal timing effects for boys? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- Early
(before 9): they have pyschosocial effects and they tend to be more athletic
and competent and perceive themselves in a more positive way.
- Late (after 14): psychosocial effects
What are the pubertal timing effects for girls? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Early
Maturation (before 8): psychosocial effects, tend to weigh more and shorter
after puberty. They are typically more dissatisfied with themselves
What factors influence height and weight changes in adolescence and early
adulthood? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔
, How do sleep needs change in adolescence? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- they
typically go to bed later and wake up later
- they get less than 8 hours of sleep but need more
Describe nutritional needs and eating habits of teens? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-
need greater nutritional needs during their growth spurt
- most lack fruits and vegetables, calcium and iron
How do exercise behaviors change during the teen years? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔- activity decreases
- screen time increases, which is linked to obesity (as well as low SES)
What changes occur in the amygdala and pre-frontal cortex? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔the amygdala is exaggerated with activity and there are lower functional
connections between it and the prefrontal cortex
how might the changes in the brain influence behavior? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔an adolescents brain does not lead them to accurately assess
situations due to the low connections between amygdala and prefrontal
cortex
what age has the best brain strength and endurance? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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