Adolescence

Which term best describes adolscence?

• endpoint

• Transition

• Beginning

• Maturity

How does puberty differ between boys and girls?

• Girls grow pubic hair during puberty, boys don't

• Girls grow tall during puberty, boys don't

• Girls begin puberty slightly later than boys

• Boys begin puberty slightly later than girls

How does the brain change during adolescence?

• It grows bigger in size

• It develops more nerve endings

• It develops better impulse control, judgement, and reasoning

• It develops new glands

Which action is most typical of an adolscent boy?

• Spending lots of time with his parents

• obeying every request from his teachers

• spending most of his time with his friends

• allowing his mother to pick out his clothes

Adolescence occurs AROUND the ages of...

• 8-13

• 10-19

• 13-17

• 18-25

Puberty is

• specific developmental changes that lead to the ability to reproduce

• specific moral changes that make immature children able to reproduce

• growth spurt during the late adolescence that makes rites of passage available

• category of adolescent identity status that involves conforming to expectations.

These people share attitudes and a group identity, but its members do not spend much time together

• Clique

• Gang

• Posse

• Crowd

______ is the stage in life when humans change from children to adults.

• Puberty

• Adolescence

• Asynchrony

• Teens

BOTH boys and girls get- choose 3

• bigger

• smaller

• underarm hair and pubic hair

• acne (pimples, zits)

• menstrual cycle

What is Puberty

• Where you grow a mustache

• The physical changes that happen during adolescence

• Where you start liking alcohol

• The emotional changes that happen during adolesence