Kendall Fretwell Assignment 3
Changes in sexual maturity that occur during puberty are referred to as Secondary sex characteristics.
The first ejaculation in boys is called Spermarche.
Girls who are sexually active are also more likely to have experienced early Menstruation.
Approximately one-third of teen pregnancies in the U. S. end in abortion.
Many researchers feel that recognition of one’s feelings of same-sex attraction begins as early as self-recognition.
Mary is a biological female who identifies psychologically and emotionally as male. Mary is Transgender.
The incidence of illicit drug use among teens was higher in the 1990s than in the 1970s.
Sylvia, although extremely thin, looks in the mirror and sees excessive body fat. She exercises obsessively and eats very little. Sylvia might be diagnosed as having Anorexia nervosa.
Piaget’s concept of Self-Expression enables teens to understand metaphors and symbols.
Goals that are based on a desire for self-improvement are referred to as mastery goals.
Jason works out regularly at the gym. He is one of the best players on his soccer team. Jason’s goal to be the best on his team is an example. Task/ego involvement goal.
The last of Freud’s stages of psychosexual development is the Genital stage.
Erikson used the term gender-role identity to refer to the period when an adolescent is troubled by a lack of identity.
An individual whose gender-role identity is androgynous would perceive herself or himself as having both feminine and masculine traits.
Sometimes Kohlberg’s stage of social system and conscience is known as the Law and Order stage.
Antisocial Behavior is defined as antisocial behavior which includes law-breaking.
A combination of cliques forms a tribe.
Homosexual teens become aware of their same-sex attractions at about the age of 9. Heterosexual teens become aware of their opposite-sex attractions at about the age of 11.
Response inhibition depends on the ability of the limbic system of the brain to regulate the limbic system.
Changes in the heart and lungs that take place in young adulthood are likely not to be noticeable except during.
Regarding immune function: immature T cells are made in the bone marrow and they mature in the thymus.
In the Alameda study on health and aging, only marital status and monthly personal income were found to be unrelated to mortality.
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
In order to be diagnosed with a personality disorder, a young adult has to have been exhibiting the behavior since development.
Lorie is in her late twenties. She has been unable to hold a job for more than 3 months at a time and she quickly gets bored with her relationships. Her mood tends to be unstable and she is short-tempered. Lorie may suffer from Cyclothymia.
Post-operational Development thought is associated with the fifth stage of cognitive development.
The most common modification in academic settings for students with disabilities is extra time for taking tests.
College women in the U. S. and Europe use a 60% number of study skills than men.
African American students who attend historically Black institutions show more gains in both education and skills competence than those who attend predominantly white colleges.
intimacy versus isolation argued that the central crisis of early adulthood dealt with issues of isolation and intimacy?
Jack has settled into his new life as a retiree. He has friends and activities and feels a happy sense of stability in his new life. Jack is in Levinson’s Culmination phase.
One factor that correlates with marital success is each partner’s attachment to his or her personality.
Close friendships rely on mutual trust and personal friendship.
Work-family conflict more strongly influences career decisions.
One strategy for coping with conflicts between work and family life is to redefine family time.
Young drivers exhibit more lapses in attention and driving errors than middle-aged drivers.
Fifty-year-old Mr. Evans has started experienced difficulty achieving and maintaining an erection. These changes might indicate that Mr. Jones is experiencing Erectile dysfunction.
The last phase of menopause is called the Postmenopausal phase.
Bernice is 45. At least once a week, she wakes up in the middle of the night wringing wet with sweat. She is having hot flashes, a form of early menopause.
The loss of bone mass is called osteoporosis and begins at around age 30.
Paul’s family is getting tired of having to repeat everything they say to him because he has difficulty hearing. He goes to an audiologist and finds that he has hearing loss, so the audiologist recommends a hearing aid.
Heart disease is the most common cause of death for adults in the U. S.
The personality characteristic which seems to be the biggest contributor to cardiovascular disease is stress.
High cholesterol diets seem to increase the risk of some forms of cancer while high vegetable diets seem to decrease the risk of other forms of cancer.
Among women, death from breast cancer is considerably more likely than death from heart disease.
Overall physical health and cognitive performance in middle adulthood are most closely linked to Physical and Cognitive Development.
Episodic memory is the recollection of specific events; Semantic memory is the recollection of general knowledge and facts.
List the three phases of menopause in order. Identify what happens to hormone levels in each phase.
Perimenopause. It is the result of changing levels of ovarian hormones in your body. Estrogen levels decline, but they do so unevenly. Sometimes they can even be higher than when you were younger.
