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

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