Chapter 1: The teen years: Growth and Change
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 adolescence | the transition period in human development between childhood and adulthood. |
| puberty | the process through which your body becomes capable of reproduction. |
| hormone | a chemical that affects or controls a certain system in the body. |
| primary sex characteristics | changes involved with reproduction -the development of the reproductive (sexual) organs |
| 2nd sex characteristics | all other physical changes in the body related to puberty. |
| sense of identity | characteristics and personality traits that make you different from others |
| self -concept | the way you see yourself |
| self-esteem | the way you feel about yourself |
| individuation | the process of becoming your own person |
| socialization | learning from the examples and teachings of others which behaviors and attitudes are acceptable to family, friends, and society |
| gender | the physical aspect of being male or female |
| gender identity | includes how you feel about being a man or being a woman |
| gender role | the way you express your gender identity |
| gender role socialization | the process of learning which gender roles are available to you and to people of the opposite gender |
| gender role stereotypes | assumptions that all men are the same and all women are the same |
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