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adolescence

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What is the gland that is responds to a signal from the hypothalamus by producing many growth and sex hormones?   Pituitary gland  
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What are the two glands that produce the stress hormones?   Adrenal glands  
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The HPA axis stands for?   Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis: a route followed by many kinds of hormones that trigger the changes of puberty and regulate stress, growth, sleep, appetite, and sexual excitement.  
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Males produce more estradiol (chief sex hormone)than females. True of False.   False- females produce more which effects the size and shape of one's body.  
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What is a secular trend?   It refers to the earlier and greater growth of children due to improved nutrition over the last 20 years.  
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What is a primary sex characteristic?   the parts of the body that are directly involved in reproduction. Including the vagina, uterus, ovaries, testes, and penis.  
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What is a secondary sex characteristic?   the physical traits that are not directly involved in reproduction - but indicate sexual maturity. (ex:man's beard and growing taller& womans breasts and wider hips)  
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What is the idea called when a new generation forgets what the previous generation learned about harmful drugs?   Generation forgetting  
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What aspects of puberty are under direct hormonal control?   Dozens of hormones affect hunger, sleep, moods, stress, sexual desires...At least 23 hormones regulate growth and maturation.  
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What psychological responses result from the physical changes of puberty?   Sudden mood changes, rapid arousal of emotions, romantic passions, and sudden anger.  
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Nature and nurture combined enable young people to become parents. True or False?   False: Sexual activity is influenced by culture and physiology.  
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What similarities occur between males and females during puberty?   Growth spurts, muscle growth, and secondary sex characteristics and maturation of parts of their brains.  
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What are 3 reasons for nutritional deficiencies in adolescence?   Poor diet decisions, distorted self perceptions, and depression.  
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Why is one's body image likely to be distorted in adolescence?   Because of egocentrisim, influence of media, and negative input from peers.  
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What is adolescent egocentrism?   adolescent thinkings' that lead young people to to focus on themselves and not others.  
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The idea that a teenager cannot be overcome or harmed by anything such as: unprotected sex, drug abuse, of highspeed driving are examples of what..?   The Invincibility fable  
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What is imaginary audience?   An adolescents belief that other people are always watching and taking notes on his/or her behaviors. Which makes teenagers very self conscious.  
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In Piaget's theory towards adolescence the idea of formal operation thought means?   That their thinking is no longer limited by personal experiences: they now can consider more logical and abstract thoughts/ ideals .  
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What is a dual process model?   The notion that two networks exist within the brain- one for emotional and one for analytical processing of stimuli.  
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An thought that arises from an emotion of hunch is considered a _______ thought.   Intuitive.  
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