Bodily systems
The Onset of Puberty
Hormonal changes
Sense of Self
Emotional Traits
100
The gland that produces hormones that are responsible for physical growth.
What is the thyroid gland?
100
An ethnicity of children that are said to reach sexual maturation earlier than Caucasian children.
What is African- American?
100
The age spectrum of normal physical development
What is 9-16?
100
The term referred to as the belief that everyone's attention is centered on a young adolescent when they are in the presence of others.
What is the Imaginary Audience.
100
The cause traditionally associated with adolescent moodiness.
What is hormonal fluctuations?
200
The system that becomes fully engaged and active at the onset of puberty.
What is the endocrine system?
200
Age at which most girls experience their first menstruation.
What is 12-13 years old?
200
Major physical development for female adolescents to mark the final stage of puberty.
What is menstruation?
200
The artificially elevated sense of uniqueness by an adolescent.
What is Personal fable?
200
The reason adolescents make fun of others
What is to deflect attention away from themselves?
300
The chief gland of the endocrine system.
What is the pituitary gland?
300
A major factor to consider for puberty
What is heredity?
300
Girls typically experience this 2-3 years before boys.
What is a growth spurt?
300
The assumption of "nothing bad can happen to me" by an adolescent.
What is invulnerability?
300
A sense of control and mastery. One sees that she is more likely to succeed than fail.
What is confidence?
400
The gland that that plays a key role in physical development and behavior of adolescents, especially boys.
What is the adrenal glands?
400
An environmental influence that effects the onset of puberty.
What is Nutrition?
400
A period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes.
What is puberty?
400
Erikson's 5th stage of development marked by exploration and experimentation
What is "identity vs. identity"
400
The ability to modulate and control one's own actions in age-appropriate ways.
What is self-control?
500
The part of the brain that works in conjuction with the pituitary gland to control all other endocrine organs
What is the hypothalamus?
500
First physical change of adolescent females at the onset of puberty.
What is breast development?
500
Hormone that is produced by the testes.
What is Testosterone?
500
A term for the general evaluation of one's competency and worth.
What is Self-Esteem?
500
An emotional trait of young adolescents that peaks at a point when the individual has not developed the proper coping skills to deal with it.
What is stress?
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