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a period of rapid physical and sexual maturation that occurs mainly during early adolescence

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puberty

2
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a girl’s first menstruation

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menarche

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powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the body by the bloodstream

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hormones

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a structure in the higher portion of the brain that monitors eating and sex

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hypothalamus

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an important endocrine gland that controls growth and regulates other glands, including the gonads

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pituitary gland

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the sex glands- the testes in males and the ovaries in females

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gonads

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the location where fibers connect the brain’s left and right hemispheres

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corpus callosum

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the region of the brain that is the seat of emotions

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amygdala

9
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Infections contracted primarily through sexual contact, including oral-genital and anal-genital contact

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sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

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an eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation

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anorexia nervosa

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an eating disorder in which the individual consistently follows a binge-and-purge pattern

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bulimia nervosa

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Piaget’s formal operational concept that adolescents have the cognitive ability to develop hypotheses, or best guesses, about ways to solve problems

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hypothetical-deductive reasoning

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the heightened self-consciousness of adolescents

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adolescent egocentrism

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involves adolescents’ belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are; attention-getting behavior motivated by a desire to be noticed, visible, and “on stage”

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imaginary audience

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the part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent’s sense of uniqueness and invincibility

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personal fable

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the circumstance of moving from the top position in elementary school to the lowest position in middle or junior high school

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top-dog phenomenon

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a form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community

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service learning