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Adolescence |
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the developmental stage that lies between childhood and adulthood |
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Puberty |
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the period during which sexual organs mature |
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Androgens |
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male hormones |
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Estrogens |
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female hormones |
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Leptin |
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a hormone that appears to play a rule in the start of puberty |
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Menarche |
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onset of menstruation |
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Secular Trend |
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a pattern of change occurring over several generations |
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Primary Sex Characteristics |
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characteristics associated with the development of the organs and structures of the body that directly relate to reproduction |
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Secondary Sex Characteristics |
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the visible signs of sexual maturity that do not directly involve the sex organs |
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Spermarche |
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a boy’s first ejaculation |
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Anorexia Nervosa |
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a severe eating disorder in which individuals refuse to eat, which denying that their behavior and appearance, which may become skeletal, are out of the ordinary |
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Bulimia |
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an eating disorder characterized by binges on large quantities of food, followed by purges of food through vomiting or the use of laxatives |
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Myelination |
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the process in which nerve cells are insulated by a covering of fat cells |
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Prefrontal Cortex |
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part of the brain that allows people to think, evaluate, and make complex judgments in a uniquely human way |
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Formal Operational Stage |
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Piaget’s stage at which people develop the ability to think abstractly |
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Propositional Thought |
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is the reasoning that uses abstract logic in the absences of concrete examples |
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Information Processing Perspective |
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the model that seeks to identify the way that individuals take in, use, and store information |
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Megacognition |
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the knowledge that people have about their own thinking processes, and their ability to monitor their cognition |
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Adolescent Egocentrism |
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a state of self-absorption in which the world is viewed from one’s own point of view |
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Imaginary Audience |
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an adolescent’s belief that his or her own behavior is a primary focus of others’ attention and concerns |
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Personal Fables |
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the view held by some adolescents that what happens to them is unique, exceptional, and shared by no one else |
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Digital Divide |
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the correlation between people with less access to computers and people who have lots of access to computer |
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Addictive Drugs |
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Drugs that produce a biological or psychological dependence in users, leading to increasingly powerful cravings for them |
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Binge Drinking |
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for males – drinking 5 or more drinks in one setting
for females – drinking 4 drinks in one setting |
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False Consensus Effect |
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assumption that everyone else is drinking heavily |
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Alcoholics |
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persons with alcohol problems who have learned to depend on alcohol and are unable to control their drinking |
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AIDS |
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acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
a disease that originates from the HIV virus |
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STI |
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acronym for Sexually Transmitted Infection
an infection that is spread through sexual contact |
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HPV |
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acronym for Human Papilloma Virus
infection that can produce genital warts, and can lead to cervical cancer |
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Trichomoniasis |
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infection in the vagina or penis caused by a parasite and can cause painful discharge |
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Chlamydia |
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a bacterial infection causing burning urination and discharge |
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Genital Herpes |
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a reoccurring virus like cold sores of the month by the genitalia area and can break open and be painful |
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Gonorrhea & Syphilis |
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are STIs that used to be deadly but now can be easily treated by antibiotics |
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