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What qualifies as early adolescence?

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12-14 yo

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What qualifies as middle adolescence?

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14-16 yo

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What qualifies as late adolescence?

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16-18 yo

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What is peak height velocity?

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the point of your fastest height growthThis occurs @ 12 yrs for females.This occurs @ 14 years for males.

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What happens to female’s body mass during puberty?

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fat accumulation
2X males
menstruation

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What happens to male’s body mass during puberty?

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muscle mass

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What are the sexual characteristics of females after puberty?

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hair
genitals
breasts
acne

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What are the sexual characteristics of males after puberty?

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hair
genitals
acne
voice change

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Why do kids get gangly preceding puberty?

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first harbinger of puberty is linear growth
muscle mass follows
for a while you look gangly

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How long does puberty last?

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4-5 years

**starts 2 years earlier for females

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When does puberty usu start for females? Males?

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Females: 9-11 years
**around 9–get breast budding & pubic hair
Males: 11-13 years
**around 11-enlargement of scrotum & testes

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T/F It is best for both males & females psychologically to be the first to go thru puberty in class.

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False. Better for males. Best for females to be somewhere in the middle.

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What happens in the adolescent brain?

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Second wave of proliferation and pruning
Peak F= 11 years
M = 12 ½ years
Pruning 15%
**white matter thickens
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Which structures are developed in an adolescent brain? What is the significance of this?

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Limbic System & Amygdala

**passionate, risk takers, explorative

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What happens to cognitive growth in early adolescence?

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Beginning of reasoning based on hypothesis or verbal propositions

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What happens to cognitive growth in middle adolescence?

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Ideological beliefs – family, religion, humanism, social, cultural; yet still egocentric (thinks mostly from their own perspective)

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What happens to cognitive growth in later adolescence?

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Improved ability to perceive outcomes of ideas, sense of time, concern for the future, hypothetical thinking, consider effects on others

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What are the psychological tasks of adolescence?

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  1. satisfactory & realistic body image.
  2. increased independence from parents & adequate capacities for self-care & regulation.
  3. appropriate control & expression of increased sexual & aggressive drives.
  4. identity consolidation (personal moral code & provisional plans for vocation & economic self-sufficiency)
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What is the definition of body image in adolescence?

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Body image is self-evaluative, and influenced by the “goodness of fit” between self-evaluation of one’s own body, one’s expectations for the physical self, and the perceived evaluations of others.

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What is the trajectory of girls & boys’ body images as they progress thru puberty?

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Girls’ body image worsens.Boy’s body image gets better.

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T/F Mothers are strong transmitters and reinforcers of social messages around body image and eating.

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True.

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What are some causes of poor body image?

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Bigger discrepancy b/w weight of average woman & models.Unattainable muscular image for guys.TV characters either super skinny or “fat”. Poor parent relationships-bad body image.

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What is the influence of pro-anorexia & pro-bulima websites?

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they make it normalized. Give these girls someone to talk about how few calories they eat.

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When is there the most conflict b/w parents & adolescents?

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early adolescence

tapers off by middle.

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When is the first awareness of the feeling of sexual attraction?
age 10
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When do most kids explicitly masturbate?
10% at age 780% at age 13
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When do kids engage in "heterosexual play" & "same-sex play"?
heterosexual play: 65% at age 13 | 25-30% of 13 yo same sex play.
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Which aspect of sex is the most important for girls? For boys?
Girls: relational aspect of sex Boys: more about pleasure or exploitation
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What are the 2 most common "groups" to end up in if you can't fit in anywhere else?
drug group | gang
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What is Erikson's stage during adolescence?
identity formation v. Identity diffusion
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What are the 4 identity statuses according to Marcia's taxonomy?
1. Identity-Confused: not yet experienced an identity crisis or made a role commitment. 2. Foreclosed: made unexamined commitments. just join a group. 3. Moratorium:actively struggling to define values & commitments. 4. Identity-Achieved: crisis resolved.
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What is the moral development during early adolescence?
Defers to social, family, school structure/beliefs
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What is the moral development during middle adolescence?
Re-examines known values usually by negating parents beliefs | Parents receptivity will aid the adolescent to assess reality, effectiveness and maintain self-esteem
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What is the moral development during late adolescence?
More introspective, able to consider the opinions of parents and others.
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What is the social development during early adolescence?
Same sex peer groups
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What is the social development during middle adolescence?
``` Males “catch up” to girls and interact Peer groups gain intensity (love, hate, acceptance, rejection) Appearance (fashion, hair, skin) Peer values > parent values Impulsivity peaks ```
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What is the social development during late adolescence?
Less narcissistic, thinks of other’s needs and opinions, relationships gain in meaning, witness increased ability to repress, sublimate, self-reflect etc.
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What are the leading causes of death during adolescence?
``` MVA Other causes homicide unintentional injury suicide ```
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What are the structures of the adolescent brain that are not as developed? What is the significance of this?
Hippocampus--impaired memory Cerebellum--coordinates physical & mental activities Prefrontal cortex--executive function, judgment Nucleus Accumbens--delays reward seeking Pineal Gland-regulates melatonin
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Describe continuous growth in adolescence. What % of teenagers experience this?
balance reason & emotional expression active fantasy life able to suppress aggressive & sexual impulses develops similar value systems to his parents mutual affection, trust with parents family stable **23% of teenagers
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Describe surgent growth in adolescence. What % of teenagers experience this?
cycles of progression & regression likely to react to challenges with anger less action oriented more prone to temporary depression & anxiety family w/ problems they overall adapt successfully but they are less introspective, suppressed emotions, inhibited. 35% of teenagers
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Describe tumultuous growth in adolescence. What % of teenagers experience this?
internal turmoil omnipotent or helpless fantasies difficulties with parents, at home & at school dependent on peer group for emotional support Parents: lower SES, marital discord, parental psychopathology, disharmony in family environment less happy 21% of teenagers
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What are the 5 leading causes of death in kids 10-14 yo?
``` Unintentional Injury Malignant neoplasms suicide homicide congenital anomalies ```
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What are the 5 leading causes of death in kids 15-19 yo?
``` Unintentional Injury Homicide Suicide Malignant Neoplasms Heart Disease ```
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What are the 5 leading causes of death in kids 20-24 yo?
``` Unintentional injury Suicide Homicide Malignant Neoplasms Heart Disease ```
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Teenagers who have ever smoked a cigarette? Higher in males or females? Which races highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 44.7% Males>Females Highest in White & Hispanic
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Teenagers who currently use tobacco. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 23.4% Males>Females Highest in White & Hispanic
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% of teenagers who ever drank alcohol. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 70.8% Males=Females Highest in White & Hispanic
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Binge drinking. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 21.9% Males>Females Highest in White & hispanic
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Teenagers who ever used marijuana. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 39.9% Males>Females African American Highest
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% of teenagers who had ever ridden in a car with someone who had been drinking. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 24.4% Females>Males Hispanic the highest
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% of teenagers who had ever had sexual intercourse. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 47.7% Males>Females African Americans the highest
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% of teenagers who used condom in last bout of sexual intercourse. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 60% Males>Females African Americans the most
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% of teenagers who had ever experienced dating violence. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 9.4% Male=Female African American the most
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% of teenagers who had ever been physically forced to have sexual intercourse. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 8% Females>Males African American the highest
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% teenagers who felt sad & hopeless. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 28.5% Females>Males Hispanic the highest
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% teenagers who seriously contemplated suicide. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 15.8% Female>Male Hispanic the highest
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% teenagers who attempted suicide. Higher in males or females? Which race highest? What is the overall rate?
Overall Rate: 7.8% Female>Male Hispanic the highest
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When do you NOT need a parent's consent to treat a patient?
if they have been living apart from the parent for greater than 4 mo if they are married if it is a mother who has given birth if the adolescent would be in imminent danger if not treated immediately
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Do you need parental consent to treat an STD? To give out birth control?
Treat STD: no | Give out Birth Control: Yes.

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