Developmental Psychology Test3

Menarche

A girl’s first menstruation.

Hormones

Powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the body by the bloodstream.

Hypothalamus

A structure in the higher portion of the brain that monitor eating and sex.

Pituitary Glands

An important endocrine gland that controls growth and regulates other glands, including the gonads. It is often referred to as the "master gland" of the endocrine system.

Gonads

The sex glands - the testes in males and the ovaries in females.

Corpus Callosum

The location where nerve fibers connect the brain’s left and right hemisphere.

Limbic System

A lower, subcortical system in the brain that is the seat of emotions and experience of rewards.

Amygdala

The region of the brain that is the seat of emotions.

STI

Infections contracted primarily through sexual contact, including the oral-genital contact.

Adolescent Egocentrism

The heightened self-consciousness of adolescents.

Imaginary Audience

Involves adolescent's’e belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are; attention-getting behavior motivated by a desire to be noticed, visible, and “on stage”.

Personal Fable

The part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescents’ scent of uniqueness and invincibility (or invulnerability).

Top-dog phenomenon

The circumstance of moving from the top position in elementary school to the lowest position in middle or junior high school.

Service Learning

A form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community.