Secondary Sex Characteristics - ANSWERSMales: broad shoulders, facial hair.
Females: hips wider, breasts, body hair, pelvis changes.
Tanner's Assessment - ANSWERSUsed to see where adolescents are at physically.
Spermarche - ANSWERSMales 9-11. First ejaculation.
Menarche - ANSWERSGirls 8-10. First period.
How does puberty affect physical change during adolescence? - ANSWERSRapid increase in height and
weight. Lasts about two years. Common "gawkiness."
What are possible explanations for the secular trend of puberty occurring earlier? - ANSWERS-Higher
standard of living/better nutrition
-Overweight
-Home environment
-Biological condition
Positive: better nutrition
Negative: obesity epidemic
What are some psychological effects of this secular trend? - ANSWERSMore risky behavior. Mind of a 10-
year-old, body of a 15-year-old. Might make advances. Misperception of age by others.
, Why is this secular trend a concern? - ANSWERS-Teenage pregnancy
-Parents don't know how to explain to their children why they are going through puberty early
-People could make fun of them/make them feel awkward
Precocious Puberty - ANSWERSWhen a child's body starts changing into that of an adult too soon
(puberty).
Pubilect - ANSWERSAdolescent social dialect. Text speak, "like" and "ya know." Differentiate who they
can use this dialect with and who they cannot.
Immature Aspects of Thought - ANSWERS-Idealism and criticalness
-Argumentativeness
-Apparent hypocrisy (say one thing and do another)
-Imaginary Audience
-Personal Fable
Structural (Information Processing)
How is the brain changing? - ANSWERSIncreases in amount of knowledge in long-term memory and
processing capacity. Teens can hold more info.
Example: Knowing that 2+2=4 and that George Washington was the first U.S. president.
Procedural Knowledge (knowing how to...) - ANSWERSConsists of all the skills a person has acquired,
such as being able to multiply and divide and to drive a car.
Conceptual Knowledge (knowing why...) - ANSWERSAn understanding of, for example, why an algebraic
equation remains true if the same amount is added or subtracted from both sides.
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