Lesson 4 - 2025-01-20 - Puberty Timeline, Intersex

Question 1

Experience of EARLY pubertal timing in MALES

Answer 1

Self-Image
Independence
Muscularity
Popularity
Leadership
Experience Positive

School problems
Hostility and depression
Athleticism
Less prepared for changes
Earlier sexual activity
Drug use

Question 2

Experience of LATE pubertal timing in MALES

Answer 2

More prepared for changes
Decreased drug use
Later involvement in sexual activity

Question 3

Experience of EARLY pubertal timing in FEMALES

Answer 3

Negative experiences
Eating disorders
Early sexual activity
Depression
Self-Esteem

Verbal abuse
Increased drug use
Delinquency

Question 4

Experience of LATE pubertal timing in FEMALES

Answer 4

Later sexual activity
Taller
Thinner
Positive body image

Question 5

Theories of why pubertal timing has positive/negative effects

Answer 5

Stage Termination Hypothesis
Hormonal Exposure Hypothesis
Adult Resemblance Hypothesis
Deviance Hypothesis

Question 6

Deviance Hypothesis

Answer 6

Noticeable differences are automatically stressful, so early or late experiences are likely negative

Question 7

Stage termination hypothesis

Answer 7

Essential tasks of childhood stages are incomplete (if puberty is early) or maybe too short or extend into young adult years

Question 8

Adult resemblance hypothesis

Answer 8

Looking like an adult confers adult status, privileges, and responsibility.

Question 9

Hormonal Exposure Hypothesis

Answer 9

Stressful effects of puberty are caused by earlier or later hormonal exposure to the developing brain

Question 10

A key idea that intersex people advocate for

Answer 10

The freedom to make their own choices.