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Adolescence- midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did Stanley Hall believe about adolescents? | That "storm and stress" to refer to the invietable conflicts within adolescence. |
| What is puberty? | It is the biological stage of development characterized by physical and cognitive changes that are accociated with reproduction. |
| What are the primary sex characteristics? | The structures that make reproduction possible, ex.) Ovaries, vagina, uterus, penis, testes. |
| What are the secondary sex characteristics? | Physical indicators of sexual maturation, such as changes to the voice and growth of bodily hair, that do not directly involve reproductive structures. |
| Puberty is controlled by what? | The feedback loop, A system in which glands regulate each other's functioning through a series of hormonal messages. |
| What is asynchronous growth? | Imbalanced growth, occurs early adolescence and causes many teens to look gawky. |
| What is Piagets stage of formal operations? | The fourth stage in Piagets cognitive developmental theory characterized by the capacity for flexible reversible operations concerning abstract ideas and concepts such as symbols, statements and theories. |
| What is kohlbergs theory? | The postconventional level, is a period where moral judgments are derived fromfrom moral principles and people look to themselves to set moral standards. |