During puberty, the ______________ system, which has mostly been dormant since birth, becomes active.
What is endocrine?
100
These are intense periods of rapid physical growth during adolescence.
What are growth spurts?
100
The idea proposed by David Elkind (1976) that adolescents think everyone is as interested in them as they are in themselves is known as ____________ ____________.
What is adolescent egocentrism?
100
Young adolescents may be seen as this because of their tendency to act before thinking about the consequences.
What is impulsive?
100
Above anything else, adolescents want adults who will _______________ to their complaints and concerns.
What is listen?
200
These glands are responsible for making adrenaline, which gives the body energy and strength, especially in emergencies.
What are the adrenal glands?
200
Times of rapid growth during adolescence, can lead to a temporary decrease of _____________ which may make handwriting more laborious.
What is fine motor control?
200
The adolescent idea that no one else could POSSIBLY EVER have gone through ANYTHING like what they are going through right now, or that nothing will happen to them.
What is a personal fable?
200
Due to feelings of modesty about their changing bodies, and a need for time to process event and relationships, many teens have need more of this.
What is privacy?
200
The early or late onset of this has important psychological impacts on young adolescents.
What is puberty?
300
Hormones from this gland are mainly responsible for skeletal and muscular growth.
What is thyroid?
300
During times of rapid growth in adolescence, the growth of this system may outpace the growth of the muscular system, which sometimes leaves adolescents more prone to injury.
What is skeletal?
300
This is the adolescent belief that everyone's attention is always centered on them when they are around other people.
What is imaginary audience?
300
Because adolescence is a time for experimentation, and teens often change affiliations with friends and interests, they are often seen as this.
What is fickle?
300
Events that may seem trivial to an adult can often be traumatic for teens. It is important to treat adolescent feelings with respect and take their concerns ________________.
What is seriously?
400
These glands are stimulated by the pituitary to develop the sexual traits of males and females.
What are the gonads?
400
During this process, the last three vertebrae fuse together to create the tailbone, which may make it difficult for adolescents to sit in place for long periods of time.
What is ossification?
400
Self-esteem is important to an individual's well-being. It is constructed around these three aspects.
What are competency, confidence, and efficacy (belief in ability to succeed)?
400
When young adolescents have extreme emotional highs and lows in a short period of time it is called this.
What is moodiness?
400
It is important for adults in and adolescents life to be a _________ _________ for what a self-confident, healthy, and well-adjusted adult is like.
What is a role model?
500
This "master" gland that works with the hypothalamus to control the other glands involved in the system.
What is the pituitary?
500
Is it estimated that 88 percent of girls and 83 percent of boys reach puberty by this age.
What is 14 years old?
500
The four stages of of identity formation described by Marcia.
What are identify diffusion, identity foreclosure, identity moratorium, and identify achievement?
500
Accoding to Goleman (1995), __________________ _______________, not IQ-based intelligence was more important in predicting and gaining success as an adult.
What is emotional intelligence?
500
Due to hormonal and physical changes, preoccupation with appearance, and social pressures to look a certain way, this can be a major concern for adolescents.