ADOLESCENCE Exploring those awkward years WHAT IS ADOLESCENCE
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ADOLESCENCE Exploring those awkward years.
WHAT IS ADOLESCENCE? ? ? YOU HAVE 60 SECONDS - DEFINE ADOLESCENCE IN ONE SENTENCE. “the period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult”.
PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES Q - What is the name of the physiological changes that occur in both males and females? - Puberty LOOK AT THE PICTURES – MAKE A LIST OF ALL THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES FOR THIS PERSON.
HORMONES – IT ALL STARTS WITH HORMONES!! Hormones released from the Pituitary Gland (a small gland in the brain) stimulate the production of sex hormones. The male sex hormone is called Testosterone and is produced in the testicles. Females have two sex hormones (estrogen and Progesterone) both of which are produced in the ovaries.
Primary and Secondary Sex Characteristics These hormones change your body, readying your body for its primary biological function……………. reproduction. Your body changes in two ways called Primary and secondary sex characteristics.
Primary Sex Characteristics are changes that stimulate the production sex cells called GAMETES The male gamete (sex cell) is called sperm. The female sex cell is called an ova
SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS Secondary sex characteristics are physiological changes that occur during puberty. The changes will be different for men and women.
PUT THE FOLLOWING PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE CORRECT GROUP FACIAL HAIR APPEARS BREASTS DEVELOP BODY HAIR APPEARS PERMANENT TEETH GROW IN MENSTRUATION STARTS WAISTLINE NARROWS BODY FAT INCREASES VOICE DEEPENS MUSCLES DEVELOP HIPS WIDEN SHOULDERS BROADEN PERSPIRATION INCREASES HAIRLINE BEGINS TO RECEDE MALE HAIRLINE BEGINS TO RECEDE FACIAL HAIR APPEARS MUSCLES DEVELOP VOICE DEEPENS SHOULDERS BROADEN FEMALE BREASTS DEVELOP BODY FAT INCREASES HIPS WIDEN MENSTRUATION STARTS WAISTLINE NARROWS BOTH PERMANENT TEETH GROW IN PERSPIRATION INCREASES BODY HAIR APPEARS
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - Key period for growth of the Cerebrum - increased problem solving skills - decision making skills Quiz Questions! 1. The ability to think out problems is know as…………………. Cognition. 2. The Frontal Cortex is responsible for planning and strategizing. 3. The Amygdala is the part of the brain that is responsible for emotion……………you young folk have crazy amygdala’s, you’re all super sensitive. Oh and if I’ve annoyed you by writing this than you have only proven my point.