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20-1 vocabulary and review questions

Terms in this set (8)

Adolescence
During adolescence, a person undergoes many physical, mental, and
emotional changes
Reproductive maturity
The ability to produce children.
Secondary sex characteristics
They are physical changes that develop during puberty, but are not directly involved in reproduction.
What are three categories of physical changes that occur during adolescence?
During adolescence, the reproductive system matures, adult features appear, and height and muscle mass increase.
What is reproductive maturity? How is it related to puberty?
The ability to produce children. Puberty begins before adolescence and Puberty has to do with the sex hormones of males and females and adolescence has to do with rapid physical growth.
What are the secondary sex characteristics comma list two for males and two females.
Shoulders broaden and hair appears on the face and chest for males. For females breasts develop and hips widen.
Describe three mental changes that occur during adolescence.
Mental changes during adolescence include improved abstract thinking, reasoning skills, and impulse control.
How do teens develop emotional during adolescence? Give three examples of questions teens may ask themselves
During adolescence, individual start to Divine meaning in their lives, a set of personal values, and a sense of self. What is my place in this world? Am I a cool person? Do people like me?
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