some quiz questions Flashcards
the physical development of puberty is influenced by:
environmental factors
physically, puberty involves:
a rapid increase in growth, development of primary sex characteristics, changes in the brain’s anatomy, and secondary sex characteristic
adolescent growth spurt:
The hormonally induced increase in the rate of growth in height and weight is referred
change in skeletal structure during puberty:
the termination in growth in height is epiphysis
what is menarche?
the average first time menstrual period between the ages of 12 and 14
puberty is part of a gradual process that begins at:
conception
Why do Steinberg and other experts consider adolescence to be an age of opportunity?
the human brain is more easily shaped during adolescence than at other life stages