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Adolescence: A Time of Change

Adolescence: A Time of Change. Students will be able to list 3 physical changes that occur during adolescence. Students will be able to describe 3 mental changes that adolescents experience. Students will be able to explain the emotional changes of adolescence. Indian Hills Middle School.

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Adolescence: A Time of Change

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  1. Adolescence: A Time of Change Students will be able to list 3 physical changes that occur during adolescence. Students will be able to describe 3 mental changes that adolescents experience. Students will be able to explain the emotional changes of adolescence. Indian Hills Middle School

  2. The period from about age 12-19 during which a child gradually changes into an adult. Adolescence: A Time of Change

  3. During adolescence the body goes through many physical, mental, and emotional changes. The reproductive system matures, adult features appear, and height and muscle mass increase. Changes in Your Body:

  4. Begins before you reach adolescence and ends during mid-adolescence, 9-16 years of age. • This is a period of time in a persons life when they become sexually mature and able to reproduce. Reproductive System • Puberty refers specifically to the changes that happen to your reproductive system. • The pituitary gland in the brain signals changes in the ovaries for girl’s and the testes in boys. Puberty: • The ovaries begin to produce estrogen & progesterone for the girls and the testes produce testosterone for the boys.

  5. Reproductive Maturity • The release of sex hormones causes girls to begin to ovulate and menstruate, and boys to begin to produce sperm. • Ovulation in girls and sperm production in boys signal reproductive maturity. • Each has the ability to reproduce children.

  6. Appearance The sex hormones also cause the development of secondary sex characteristics.

  7. Secondary Sex Characteristics • In Both Girls and Boys • Voice deepens • Muscle strength increases • Body hair appears • Skin releases more oils • Perspiration increases • In Boys Only • Shoulders broaden • Hair appears on face and chest • In Girls Only • Breasts develop • Hips widen • Body fat increases

  8. Senior Prom 8th Grade Dance Height & Muscle Mass Around the time that puberty starts, the pituitary gland also increases its production of growth hormone. • Girls tend to get their growth spurt earlier than the boys. • Boys start their growth spurt later and they grow for a longer period of time.

  9. Growing Pains & Engergy Demands Rapid growth creates aches and cramps and at times you feel awkward and clumsy. You should challenge your body with a variety of physical activities. The rapid growth increases your appetite. Choose nutritious foods to avoid excess weight gain.

  10. Do you consider yourself an early bloomer, late bloomer or somewhere in between? Boys: Onset of Sperm Production Girls: Onset of Menstruation Early Bloomers and Late Bloomers Adolescents who develop at an early age & those who develop at a late age.

  11. Hormones control most of the outward physical changes of adolescence, but changes in the way you think and feel have more to do with changes occurring in your brain. Between the years of 10 and 13 a dramatic wave of growth and development takes place. The brain will actually “prune back” the brain cells and connections that you do not use. Mental Changes Improved Mental Changes: Abstract Thinking Reasoning Skills Impulse Control

  12. Reasoning Skills: Is your ability to solve problems, make wise choices and make decisions based on added information. Abstract Thinking: Is your ability to think at a higher level and process ideas that involve complex ideas. Example: You understand your own hunger pains, but now you begin to think about the worlds problems of hunger. Mental Changes Teens have a tendency to react impulsively, doing things on a dare that may be dangerous to their health. As teens age, reasoning skills begin to put the brake on impulsive actions. Impulse Control:

  13. Frontal Cortex: thinking region of the brain; planning, judgment & memory Cable of nerves that connects the two halves of the cerebrum. It aids creativity and problem-solving. It grows and changes rapidly. Corpus Callosum Amygdala: “Emotional Center” More active in young adults. Cerebellum: responsible for physical movement, grows and changes dramatically. The Adolescent Brain

  14. Search for Meaning: Choosing a way of life that is right for you. Search for Values: Establishing beliefs that are important to you. Emotional Changes Search for Self: This is a search for your identity; hair style, clothes, behaviors, seeking approval from others. During adolescence, individuals start to define meaning in their lives, a set of personal values, and a sense of self.

  15. What are three categories of physical changes that occur during adolescence? What is reproductive maturity? How is it related to puberty? What are secondary sex characteristics? List 2 for males and 2 for females. Describe 3 mental changes that occur during adolescence? How do teens develop emotionally during adolescence? Healthy Review & Questions

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