Ages and Stages
The ages at which adolescence occurs in humans.
What is 10-20 years old?
This stage of development occurs in all species and spans 10 years in humans.
What is adolescence?
True or False: Puberty is its own distinct period of rapid physical and internal change that occurs during adolescence.
What is true?
True or False: The brain structures develop and mature at the same rate.
What is false?
True or False: The more you know about your brain's changes, the better you will be prepared to handle challenges as an adolescent.
What is true?
This gender usually experiences puberty first before the other gender.
Who are girls?
This stage of development is triggered by the release of the growth hormone (GnRH).
What is puberty?
Teenagers are compelled by their limbic systems to explore and form ______ ______ of their communities.
What are mental maps?
This part of the brain controls your breathing and heart rate.
What is the hindbrain?
As adolescents, you can have an impact on who you become by taking this.
What is taking an interest in your brain?
People may start puberty as early as this age.
What is 8 years old?
Girls' behavior tends to change from ________ to ________ before boys'.
What are 1) friendliness and 2) romance?
Adolescence in humans marks the transformation from a ______ to an ______.
What are 1) child and 2) adult?
Your brain's size changes in these 2 ways during adolescence.
What is 1) larger and 2) heavier?
Scientists have found that pursuing these can help to steady you when you feel overwhelmed.
What are important passions?
This brain structure in the back of the brain is more mature at birth than the forebrain.
What is the hindbrain?
This part of the brain, which is closer to your forehead, does not fully develop until you are an adult.
What is the forebrain?
Teenagers enter a period of intense _______ and _______.
What are 1) friendships and 2) relationships?
The forebrain is in charge of these two key functions.
What are 1) complex decision-making and 2) skills?
Your brain development is most impacted by this set of experiences.
What are personal/individual experiences?
These two gender-specific hormones are released when stimulated by the growth hormone GnRH (Must name both).
What are 1) testosterone and 2) estrogen?
Identify at least 4 things that change in humans during adolescence.
What are 1) brain, 2) body, 3) emotions, and 4) interests? (Other possible answers: relationships, thoughts, feelings)
During childhood and adolescence, your brain changes in these 3 key ways.
What are 1) size, 2) structure, and 3) ability?
Your brain development is most impacted by time, specifically these two things.
What are 1) stages of adolescence and 2) brain development?