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period of rapid physical maturation occurring primarily in early adolescence that involves hormonal and bodily changes
puberty
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the growth spurt occurs approximated ___ years earlier in ____ than for ____
2; girls than for boys
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girls first menstruation
menarche
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associated in boys with the development of genitals, an increase in height, and a change in voice.
testosterone
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associated with breast, uterine, and skeletal development
estradiol (type of estrogen)
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in the US, children mature up to a ___ earlier then children in euro countries
year
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very early onset and rapid progression of puberty. earlier then 8 years in girls and 9 in boys
precocious puberty
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an adolescents ____ identity involves activities, interests, styles of behavior, and an indication of sexual orientation
sexual
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by age 20, ___ percent of US youth have engaged in sexual intercourse
77%
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alcohol use, early menarche, and poor parent child communication were linked to early ___ ____ behavior in girl
sexually intimate
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the percentage of sexually active young adolescents is ____ in _____ income areas of inner cities
higher in lower
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US adolescents use condoms less then euro kids, thus....
the pregnancy rate is higher
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daughters of teenage mother are ___ percent more likely to become teenage mothers themselves
66
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adolescent mothers are more likely to come from ___ ses backgrounds
low
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given the opportunity, adolescents will sleep an average of _____ a night
9 hours and 25 minutes
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most adolescents get ____ sleep then they need
less
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adolescents biological clock undergoes a shift when they get older, _____ their period of sleepiness by about __ hour.
delaying, 1
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a delay in the nightly release of ____, which is produced in the brains ___ gland seems to underlie the shift in sleep
melatonin, pineal
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the three leading causes of death in adolescence are
- -accidents
- -homicide
- -suicide
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half of all deaths in adolescents are caused by _____ injuries
unintentional
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substance and drug abuse has been on the ____
decline
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when it comes to binge drinking, ____ are more likely then ___ to do it.
males; females
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a recent trend has been using _____, or in other words narcotics
pain killers
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parental monitoring is linked with ____ incidence of problem behavior by adolescents, which includes substance abuse
lower
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having friends who do not do drugs is related to a lower level of substance use
what a concept
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formal operational thought is ____. adolescents no longer are limited to _____ experiences as anchors for thought
abstract, concrete
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the increased tendency to think about thought itself is an indication of
the abstract quality of formal operational stage
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the heightened self consciousness of adolescents
adolescent egocentrism
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involved adolescents belief that others are interested in them as they themselves are, as well as attention getting behavior motivated by a desire to be notices, visible, and "on stage"
imaginary audience
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the part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescents sense of uniqueness and invincibility
personal fable
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adolescents often show a sense of _____ or _____
invincibility or invulnerability.
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