University:
SUNY Oswego
Course:
HDV 323 | Adolescent Development
Academic year:

2023
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207

Pages:

3
Author:

Maci Barber

Notes Audio CD notes -- Greg Lester PhD ● Research that changes in human brain & teenage behavior ● Time of gradual emancipation and search for identity ● Psychological tasks at each age of adolescents ● Extreme degree of change in teenager’s brains ● Stats: changes in life are unmatched by any other period of life ○ Within 5 years the average teenager gains 50 lbs 12 inches ○ Girls- begins 101/2 years -- reach 117 lbs and 17% body fat ■ Triggers hormones= body fat ○ Boys being 11.5 yrs go into adolescence a year later than girls -- triggered later ○ Girls level of fertility age 19-- First birth of women is avg. 19 yrs. ● 80% of teenagers make it through adolescence without serious problems-- still not easy or smooth time for them ● If they have 1 main adult in their life they have less likely of a chance for experiencing problems ● Kids that feel connected to their school / activities, they are less likely to face problems -good for their development, bio & mental ● Off schedule maturing: brain developmental pattern is not generally in the time we expect ○ Late off schedule-- probs. w anxiety & low self esteem ○ Early off schedule: trouble with drugs, alcohol, early sexual behavior ● 50-100% milean sheething grows double during adolescence -- makes them impulsive ● Lowest serotonin in teenagers -- irritable, easily annoyed, and inert Thursday ● Process of puberty, hormones, etc. QUIZ #4 answers 1. Hormones 2. Hypothalamus 3. Estrogen 4. Testosterone 5. Inhibin 6. All of the above 7. Car accidents 8. Melatonin ● ● ● ● female sex hormones Male sex hormones Sex hormone regulation ○ Negative feedback loops: in males GnRH decreases when testosterone levels are high ○ An additional substance, inhibin, produced in testes, regulates FHS levels in a negative feedback loop ■ In females, estrogen is produced Watch big mouth Thurs. NOTES Quiz answers 1. Love for partner 2. Today’s adolescents are less likely than the ones of 1990 to have sex with the age of 13/14 3. Polygamy 4. 9% of teens report being hit or hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend 5. Condoms #1 use of contraception 6. New cases of stds in use ages 15-24: 50% 7. HPV 8. Breath Chapter 11 Sexual Behaviors ● Changing attitudes and behavior ○ Premarital sexual behavior stats ● Masturbation seen as taboo, not talked about in society ○ Double standard in society ● Sex and its meaning ● Sexual pluralism: abstinence until marriage, sex with affection & commitment w &w/out responsibility. ● Ulterior motives: to punish, win or return favors, ● Contraceptives ● STDs: HPV most common std, chlamydia following ● Aids: incubation up to 10 years, no cure notes QUIZ ANSWERS 1. Five yearold Jack wants to be a fireman because they were great uniforms. He is in Ginzberg’s ______ stage a. Fantasy 2. Circumscription and compromise 3. Emotional differences 4. Self-efficacy 5. All the above 6. All the above Career Choices Theories: Ginzberg, Gottfredson, Holland ● Stage 1: fantasy, 11yrs. ○ Imagine workers they want to be without regard to needs, abilities, training, employment, etc. ●

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