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Adolescence – Understanding Growth and Change

Adolescence – Understanding Growth and Change. Chapter 20, Lesson 1. Vocabulary. Adolescence – The period from childhood to adulthood. Puberty – the time when a person begins to develop certain traits of adults of his or her own gender.

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Adolescence – Understanding Growth and Change

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  1. Adolescence – Understanding Growth and Change Chapter 20, Lesson 1

  2. Vocabulary • Adolescence – The period from childhood to adulthood. • Puberty – the time when a person begins to develop certain traits of adults of his or her own gender. • Hormones – Chemical substances that are produced that in glands and help regulate many of your body’s functions.

  3. More Vocabulary • Sex characteristics – The traits related to a person’s gender. • Gametes – Reproductive cells • Cognition – The ability to reason and think out abstract solutions.

  4. Changes that take place during adolescence. • Females – breasts develop, waistline narrows, hips widen, body fat increases, menstruation starts • Males – facial hair appears, voice deepens, shoulders broaden, muscles develop, hairline begins to recede • Both – Body hair appears, permanent teeth grow in, perspiration increases • Want to achieve emotional independence.

  5. Puberty • Occurs between ages 12 and 18 • Physical changes – sex characteristics • Each individual changes at their own rate

  6. Mental Changes • Cognition increases, you become increasingly able to solve problems • Vocabulary increases • By age 6, brain is 95% of adult size

  7. Emotional Changes • Emotional roller coaster, high one day, down the next • Intense feelings can be overwhelming

  8. Social Changes • A need to make friends • Acceptance into a peer group • Strong friendships develop when people realize they have the same goals, experiences, and values

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