Bbh 315 exam 2 Guides d'étude, Notes de cours & Résumés

Adolescence correct answer: -GRADUAL period of transition from childhood to adulthood -Process of "soft" events rather than discrete events -Difficult to characterize precise onset and offset Puberty correct answer: -Attainment of sexual maturation -Just one of many adolescent transitions (initial puberty and late puberty) -Onset of the BIOLOGICAL CHANGES associated with adolescence in humans that often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents Cr...

Gender socialization and risk taking from module 1 review (expectations) correct answer: -Literature shows nearly all socialization agents for children express different expectations for children based on sex -gendered socialization therefore affects children's behaviors Changes in prefrontal cortex prior to puberty correct answer: prefrontal cortex grows just before puberty -controls planning, working memory, organization, and modulates mood -as it matures, people reason better, develo...

Adolescence correct answer: -gradual period of transition from childhood to adulthood -"soft" events rather than discrete events -difficult to characterize precise onset & offset Puberty correct answer: -attainment of sexual maturation -one of many adolescent transitions -onset of biological changes associated with adolescence in humans often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents critical period correct answer: -someone's development in whic...

Socialization agents correct answer: Express different expectations for children based on sex, affects their behavior Risk taking correct answer: Begins early, boys take more and more serious risks than girls Adolescence correct answer: Gradual period of transition from childhood to adulthood, process of soft events Puberty correct answer: Attainment of sexual maturation, one of many adolescent transitions Critical Period correct answer: Developmental time window when rapid chan...

Adolescence correct answer: Gradual period of transition from childhood to adulthood -Process of "soft" events rather than discrete event(s) -Difficult to characterize precise onset and offset puberty correct answer: Attainment of sexual maturation -Just one of many adolescent transitions - Onset of biological changes associated with adolescence in humans often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents BIOLOGY AND BRAINS: CHILDHOOD AND ...

adolescence correct answer: transition period from childhood to adulthood process of soft rather than discrete events difficult to characterize precise onset and offset puberty correct answer: attainment of sexual maturation onset of biological changes onset of adolescence in humans often signals onset of adolescence, although timing varies among human adolescents when are most brain structures complete? correct answer: around ages 5-6 critical period correct answer: the fi...

behavior correct answer: mental health development in adolescence and young adulthood: Physical changes lead to worries about body changes, *often in comparison with others*: -Especially difficult without proper education -Separate from parents, peers become more important safety correct answer: mental health development in adolescence and young adulthood: Feelings of strength, independence, limited future orientation, and *need for peer approval* lead to risk-taking sexuality corr...