Chapter 9 Flashcards

1
Q

Years of rapid physical growth and sexual maturation that end childhood, producing a person of adult size, shape, and sexuality.

A

Puberty

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2
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Stacy has received her first menstrual period, which signals that she has begun ovulation. This is called __.

A

Menarche

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3
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Peter has ejaculated for the first time, which signals sperm production. This is called ___.

A

Spermarche

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4
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Body chemicals that regulate hunger, sleep, moods, stress, sexual desire, immunity, reproduction, and many other bodily reactions, including puberty.

A

Hormones

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5
Q

A relationship with hypothalamus to produce hormones

A

Biology

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6
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A sequence of hormone production that originates in the hypothalamus, moves to the pituitary. and then to the adrenal glands. Releases the increases of sex hormones.

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HPA (Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal) axis

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7
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A sequence of hormone production that originates in the hypothalamus, moves to the pituitary and then to the gonads to produce estrogen and testosterone to push for puberty.

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HPG (Hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad) axis

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8
Q

When hormone reach a certain level what happens?

A

It stops

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9
Q

Vagina, uterus, ovaries, testicles, and penis are called ___.

A

Primary Sex Characteristics

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10
Q

Breast and Beard are examples of ___.

A

Secondary Sex Characteristics

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11
Q

Power of menstrual blood has positive and negative ___.

A

Consequences

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12
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In this place, menarche is celebrated, subsequent menstruation women are restricted.

A

Asante tribe in Ghana

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13
Q

For the Orthodox Jews a ritual bath one week after menstruation. This is called ___.

A

Mikveh

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14
Q

This puberty rituals produces strength, courage, and endurance in who?

A

Males

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15
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In this place, a boy climbs on the back of a sponsor and runs through a gauntlet of older men who beat him on the back.

A

Sambia of New Gambia

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16
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In Amhara Ethiopia they do ___ ___ when they reach puberty.

A

Whipping contest

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17
Q

Some African and Asian countries do a public ____ when a child reaches puberty.

A

Circumcision

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18
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These girls tend to have lower lower self esteem, more depression, and poorer body image.

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Early maturing girls

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19
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These boys are more aggressive, lawbreaking, and alcohol-abusing.

A

Early maturing boys

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20
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These boys tend to be more anxious, depressed, and afraid of sex.

A

Slow developing boys

21
Q

An uneven jump in the size of almost every body part.

A

Growth Spurt

22
Q

Girls diet partly because boys tend to prefer dating ___ girls

A

Thin

23
Q

Boys want to look taller and stronger, a concern that increases from ages 12 to 17, partly because girls value well- developed muscles in ___.

A

Male

24
Q

In adolescence the brain is still ___.

A

Growing

25
Q

The pre-frontal cortex is still growing which is why teen are not good ___ ___.

A

Decision Makers

26
Q

A person’s idea of how his or her body looks.

A

Body Image

27
Q

An eating disorder characterized by self-starvation. Affected individuals voluntarily under eat and often overexercise, depriving their vital organs of nutrition.

A

Anorexia Nervosa

28
Q

An eating disorder characterized by binge eating and subsequent purging, usually by induced vomiting and/or use of laxatives.

A

Bulimia Nervosa

29
Q

A characteristic of adolescent thinking that leads young people (ages 10 to 13) to focus on themselves to the exclusion of others.

A

Adolescent egocentrism

30
Q

Some 12 year old plan to star in the NBA, or become billionaires, or cute cancer is known as ___.

A

Personal Fable

31
Q

Bianca is always driving fast and does not believe that she will get into an accident. This is an example of ___.

A

Invincibility Fable

32
Q

Paul believes he is at the center of the stage, with all eyes on him, and he imagines how others might react to their appearance and behavior.

A

Imaginary Audience

33
Q

Assumptions that have no necessary relation to reality is found in ___.

A

Formal Operational Thought

34
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Piaget last stage of cognitive development.

A

Formal Operational Thought

35
Q

Adolescence have a more systematic thought in this stage.

A

Formal Operational Thought

36
Q

Adolescence are able to think about abstract ideas in this stage.

A

Formal Operational Thought

37
Q

If all mammals can walk, and whales are mammals, can whales walk? This type of thinking is known as ___.

A

Hypothetical Thought

38
Q

Reasoning that includes propositions and possibilities that may not reflect reality is called.

A

Hypothetical Thought

39
Q

This type of thinking develops coming up with a hypothesis and testing.

A

Scientific thinking

40
Q

If you hit a glass with a hammer, the glass will break, Joey hit the glass with a hammer, the glass broke.

A

Deductive Reasoning

41
Q

Sarah has been lying to a lot of people lately, Joseph drew the conclusion that Sarah is not to be trusted.

A

Inductive Reasoning

42
Q

The notion that two networks exist within the human brain, one for emotional and one for analytical processing of stimuli.

A

Dual Process Model

43
Q

Lauren picked answer A because it felt right. This kind of thinking is called ___.

A

Intuitive thought

44
Q

Jacob has to sit down and think about all of the possible options of each school before he picks one. This known as __.

A

Analytic Thought

45
Q

Susie spreads rumors about Jessica on Facebook. This is an example of __.

A

Cyberbulling

46
Q

Piaget ____ what older people can do.

A

Overestimated

47
Q

All experiences and draw conclusions from it.

A

Inductive

48
Q

I have a general principal and apply that

A

Deductive