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Chapter 9- Adolescence Body and Mind

Chapter 9- Adolescence Body and Mind. Agenda for Adolescence. Define adolescence Body Brain Puberty. Adolescence . Definition: Body changes Weight Height Growth patterns Brain Growth Spurts. Puberty. Changes needed for reproductive maturity Hormones Pituitary gland.

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Chapter 9- Adolescence Body and Mind

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  1. Chapter 9- Adolescence Body and Mind

  2. Agenda for Adolescence • Define adolescence • Body • Brain • Puberty

  3. Adolescence • Definition: • Body changes • Weight • Height • Growth patterns • Brain Growth Spurts

  4. Puberty • Changes needed for reproductive maturity • Hormones • Pituitary gland

  5. Sequence of development during puberty

  6. Puberty, cont. • Sleep • Age of puberty • Age range • Precocious Puberty • Genes • Leptin • Secular trend

  7. Puberty, cont. • What does all this mean for development? • So far, what is the picture we have “painted of adolescence”? • What are some outcomes of not being “on time” for puberty onset?

  8. Onset of puberty

  9. Sexual development during adolescence • Primary and secondary sex characteristics • Sexual experiences may begin, particularly for those early developers

  10. How do adolescents treat bodies? • With all these changes, how do adolescents respond to their bodies? • Nutritional intake? • How do these changes influence body image?

  11. Cognitive Development in adolescence The brain remains in the growth process, influencing adolescent cognitive functioning • Positive outcomes of brain development

  12. Characteristics of Cognitive Development in Adolescence • Thinking About Oneself • Adolescent egocentrism • Personal fable • Invincibility fable • Imaginary audience

  13. Cognitive Development Formal Operational Thought Hypothetical thought Deductive reasoning Inductive reasoning

  14. Cognitive Development

  15. Cognitive Development Intuitive, Emotional Thought • Adolescents find it much easier and quicker to forget about logic and follow their impulses. • Dual-process model • The notion that two networks exist within the human brain, one for emotional and one for analytical processing of stimuli.

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