Unit 1 Learning aim A Adolescence

Question 1

What age is adolescence?

Answer 1

-9 to 18 years

Question 2

what is puberty?

Answer 2

-a period of rapid growth during which young people reach sexual maturity and become biologically able to reproduce, secondary sexual characteristics develop

Question 3

what are physical changes a result of?

Answer 3

• hormone activity
• hormones are chemical substances produced in the body which control or regulate body organs
• boys: testes produce testosterone
• girls: ovaries produce oestrogen and progesterone

Question 4

what is testosterone responsible for?

Answer 4

-produced by the testes and is responsible for a boys voice deepening, stimulates production of sperm, marking the onset of fertility

Question 5

where does body hair grow in males?

Answer 5

• underarm hair
• pubic hair
• chest hair
• facial hair

Question 6

secondary sexual organs in males

Answer 6

-penis and accessory glands grow and start to secrete (giving rise to ‘wet dreams’)

Question 7

secondary sexual organs in females

Answer 7

• uterus, vagina and associated glands enlarge

- menstruation is established

Question 8

skeleton changes in males

Answer 8

• growth spurt in height and weight
• shoulders widen
• grow taller at a faster rate than before (triggered by testosterone)

Question 9

skeleton changes in women

Answer 9

-hips widen causing body shape to alter

Question 10

voice changes in males

Answer 10

-rapid growth of larynx causes voice to change and become deeper in pitch

Question 11

breasts

Answer 11

• start to enlarge becoming glandular after ovulation has started
• fat deposits under the skin and around the breasts leads to a curvaceous shape

Question 12

intellectual changes in adolescence

Answer 12

• ability to think in concrete ways is extended
• level of complexity of a persons thinking is significantly greater
• able to think about objects and situations they have not directly experienced themselves or that are hypothetical
• for example, contemplating the future or using foresight to predict consequences of their actions

Question 13

abstract thinking in adolescence

Answer 13

• ability to think using concepts and ideas
• 7 year old child may be able to calculate the time by pushing the fingers of a clock round its face, whereas teenagers can do this calculation in their head

Question 14

impact of secondary socialisation in adolescence

Answer 14

• develop morals and ideas about what is right and wrong

- question the world around them

Question 15

piaget concrete operational stage

Answer 15

• aged 8 to 11
• solve puzzles providing they can see examples of the problem
• may have problems explaining what they mean as heir language skills have not developed

Question 16

piagets formal operational stage

Answer 16

• formulate theories and develop hypotheses
• can use imagination to go beyond boundaries of everyday life, every idea they have is checked then resolved until a conclusion is reached