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| Growth Hormone and Thryoxine increase around age ____ - _____ |
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| Growth Spirt: Boys vs Girls |
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Boys: starts at age 12.5
Grils: starts at age 10 |
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| Proportions: Boys vs Girls |
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Boys: Shoulders broaden, Longer Legs
Girls: Hips Broaden |
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| Muscle-fat makeup: boys vs girls |
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Boys: Gain more muscle, aerobic efficiency
Girls: Gain more fat |
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| Maturation of the reproductive organs: boys vs girls |
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Boys: Spermarche
Girls: menarche |
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| Secondary sexual characteristics |
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Definition
| Visible parts of the body that signal sexual maturity |
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| Difference in timing of puberty (7) |
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Definition
| Heredity, Nutrition, geographical location, SES, Ethnic group, Family experiences, Secular trend |
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| Sleep Habits in Adolescence |
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Definition
Still need almost as much sleep, but go to bed later.
Lack of sleep imparis regulation of attention and emotion. |
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| Rise in conflict during adolescence |
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Definition
| Psychological distancing different views of teen readiness for responsibility. most conflict is mild |
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| Consequences of Early Maturing: Girls |
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Definition
| Unpopular, withdrawn, low confidence, more deviant behavior, negative body image, more long-term problems |
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| Consequences of early maturing: Boys |
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Definition
| Popular, confident, independent, positive body image |
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| Consequences of late maturing: girls |
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Definition
| Popular, sociable, lively. School leaders. Positive body image |
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| Consequences of Late maturing: boys |
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Definition
| unpopular, anzious, talkative, attention-seeking. Negative body image |
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| Nutrition in Adolescence (4) |
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Definition
| Calori needs incrase, poor food choices common, iron-vitamin deficienceis, eating with family can help. |
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Definition
| Starve out of fear of getting fat |
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| Stric diet and exercise, binge and purge |
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| Talking to Adolescents about sex (5) |
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Definition
| Foster open communciation, use correct terms, listen-discuss-collaborate, think before talking, keep conversations going |
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Term
| ___% American and ___% Canadian do not use contraceptives |
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Definition
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| Reasons for not using contraceptives (4) |
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Definition
| Concern about image, adolescent risk taking, social environment, forced intercourse |
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Term
| Perosnal characteristics of sezually active adolescents (3) |
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Definition
| Early puberty, tendency to violate norms, little religious involvement |
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| Family characteristics of sezually active adolescents (2) |
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Definition
Step, single-parent, or large family
Weak parental monitoring, parental child communication |
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| Peer Charcteristics of sexually active adolescents |
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Definition
| Sexually active friends of siblings |
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Term
| Educational characteristics of sexually active adolescents (2) |
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Definition
| Poor school performance, low educational goals |
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Term
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Definition
| AIDS, chlamydia, cytomegalovirus, gential warts, Gonorrhea, herpes simplex 2, syphilis |
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| Risks for teen mothers (5) |
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Definition
| Less educational achievement, more time as single parents, economic problems, pregnancy and birth complications, lack of parenting skills |
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Term
| Intervention with Teenage parents (7) |
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Definition
| Health care, help staying in school, job & life-management training, parenting instruction, child care, adult mentors, father support |
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Term
| Adolescent substance abusers are ____ likely to be affected by genetic and environmental factors |
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Definition
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Term
| Hypothetico-deductive reasoning (2) |
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Definition
Deducing hypotheses from a general theory
Pendulum problem |
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Definition
| Evaluating the logic of verbal propositions |
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Term
| Information processcing improvements in adolescence (8) |
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Definition
| Attention, inhibition, memory strategies, knowledge, metacognition, cognitive self-regulation, processing capacity, speed of thinking |
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Term
| Consequences of Abstract Thought: Self Consciousness & Self-Focusing (3) |
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Definition
| Imaginary audience, sensitivity to criticism, personal fable |
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Term
| Consequences of Abstrac thought: planning and Decision Making (2) |
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Definition
| Inexperience, overwhelming options |
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| Consequences of Abstract Thought (3) |
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Definition
Self Consciousness and Self Focusing
Idealsim and Criticism
Planning and Decision Making |
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Term
| Sex dufferences in mental abilities: Verbal (Performance, biological, enviornmental) |
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Definition
Girls do better from early ages, throughout school
Girls: advantage in left hemisphere of brain
Parents talk more to girls, oanguage arts considered "feminine" |
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| Sex difference in mental abilities: Math (Performance, biological, environmental) |
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Definition
Boys beter at abstract reasonging, gap larger at higher levels although shrinking
Boys: better numerical memory, spatial reasoning
Mathematics considered "masculine", parents see boy as better at math |
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Term
| Supporting Academic Achievement: Child-rearing practices (3) |
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Definition
| Authoritative, joint decision making, parent-school partnerships |
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Term
| Supporting academic achievement: School characteristics (3) |
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Definition
| Classroom learning experiences, teaching, tracking. |
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Term
| Supporting academic achievement: Peer influences |
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Definition
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Term
| Supporting academic achievement: emplopyment schedule |
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Definition
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| Dropout prevention strategies (5) |
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Definition
| High-quality vocational training, remedial instruction, personalized couseling, address factors in students' lives outside school, extracurricular activities. |
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