PD MODULE 2: DEVELOPING THE WHOLE PERSON

PUBERTY

SUDDEN DRAMATIC CHANGES IN AN ADOLESCENTS BODY. IT REFERS TO THE STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERIZED BY MATURATION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

CHANGES ARE PART OF A LONG, COMPLEX PROCESS OF MATURATION THAT BEGINS EVEN BEFORE BIRTH, AND THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL RAMIFICATIONS MAY CONTINUE INTO ADULTHOOD

BODY FAT

VERY ACTIVE HORMONAL GLAND, AND FAT CELLS CONVERT OTHER HORMONES INTO ESTROGEN

ESTROGEN

HORMONES THAT PLAY VARIOUS ROLES IN THE BODY. IT HELPS DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN BOTH THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM AND FEMALE CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH AS BREASTS AND PUBIC HAIR

PRIMARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS

PRESENT AT BIRTH AND COMPRISE THE EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL GENITALIA. ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCREATION

SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS

PHYSICAL TRAITS THAT DEVELOP DURING PUBERTY AND DISTINGUISH MALES AND FEMALES

VAS DEFERENS

CARRIES SPERM FROM THE TESTES TO THE URETHRA DURING EJACULATION

TESTES

PRODUCES SPERM AND TESTOSTERONE — SEX HORMONE THAT AFFECTS THE WAY BODIES DEVELOP

PENIS

ELIMINATION OF URINE FROM THE BODY AND DELIVERY OF SPERM

PROSTATE

PRODUCES A FLUID THAT MIXES WITH SPERM TO FORM SEMEN, NOURISHING AND PROTECTING SPERM

URETHRA

PASSAGEWAY FOR BOTH URINE AND SEMEN WHEN EXITING THE BODY

OVIDUCT (FALLOPIAN TUBE)

PASSAGEWAY FOR EGGS FROM THE OVARIES TO THE UTERUS AND PROVIDES SITE OF FERTILIZATION BY THE SPERM

UTERUS

WHERE A FERTILIZED EGG IMPLANTS AND GROWS INTO A FETUS DURING PREGNANCY

OVARY

PRODUCES EGGS AND DEMALE SEX HORMONES LIKE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE

VAGINA

RECEIVES THE PENIS, ALLOWS THE MENSTRUAL BLOOD TO EXIT THE BODY, AND LETS THE BABY PASS THROUGH DURING CHILDBIRTH

CERVIX

ALLOWS MENSTRUAL BLOOD TO FLOW FROM THE UTERUS AND SERVES AS A PATHWAY FOR SPERM TO ENTER THE UTERUS

THELARCHE

BEGINNING OF BREAST DEVELOPMENT AT 9 OR 10 YEARS OLD. IT STARTS WITH A FIRM, ROUND TENDER LUMP (BREAST BUD) UNDER THE NIPPLE

PUBARCHE

SIX MONTHS AFTER THELARCHE. IT IS THE GROWTH OF PUBIC HAIR

MENARCHE

ONSET OF MENSES (FIRST MENSTRUATION) AND ARRIVES ON AVERAGE 12.5 YEARS OLD. IT FOLLOWS THELARCHE ON AVERAGE BY 2.5 YEARS

SPERMARCHE

BOY’S FIRST EJACULATION, OR SPERMARCHE (SEMENARCHE). IT OCCURS BETWEEN 13 AND 14

PEAK HEIGHT VELOCITY

PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THERE’S THE FASTEST RATE IN GROWTH

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

THINK ABSTRACTLY, REASON LOGICALLY, THINK HYPOTHETICAL POSSIBILITIES, AND IMPOSSIBILITIES ABOUT LIFE. IT IS CRUCIAL WITH HOW THEY PERCEIVE THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD. IT INCLUDES HOW THEY FORM RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER PEOPLE

SELF-CENTERED

ADOLESCENT STILL REMAIN _______

IMPULSIVE DECISIONS

MAKE ______ IN ORDER TO SEEK INSTANT GRATIFICATION

SOMEONE SPECIAL

PERCEIVE THEMSELVES AS _______ THAT NO ONE CAN HARM THEM

ALWAYS ON THEM

THEY THINK THAT PEOPLE’S EYES ARE _______ ; THAT THEY ARE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION

COGNITIVE BIAS

SYSTEMATIC PATTERN OF DEVIATION FROM NORM OR RATIONALITY IN JUDGEMENT. IT IS AN ERROR IN THINKING THAT LEADS YOU TO MISINTERPRET INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

SPOTLIGHT EFFECT

BELIEF THAT OTHERS ARE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO OUR APPEARANCE AND BEHAVIOR THAN THEY USUALLY ARE

ILLUSION OF TRANSPARENCY

ILLUSION THAT OUT CONCEALED EMOTIONS LEAK OUT AND CAN BE EASILY READ BY OTHERS. IT IS THE TENDENCY FOR PEOPLE TO OVERESTIMATE HOW WELL THEY UNDERSTAND OTHER’S PERSONAL MENTAL STATES

SOCIAL COMPARISON

EVALUATING ONE’S ABILITIES AND OPINIONS BY COMPARING ONESELF WITH OTHERS

MINDFULNESS

PRACTICE OF FOCUSING YOUR AWARENESS ON THE PRESENT MOMENT WITHOUT JUDGEMENT

SELF-CONCEPT

WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELVES

SELF-ESTEEM

A PERSON’S OVERALL SELF-EVALUATION OR SENSE OF SELF GROWTH

SELF-EFFICACY

BELIEVE IN YOUR OWN COMPETENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS

NEIL FLEMING

DESIGNED THE VARK MODEL IN 1987

VISUAL LEARNERS

PREFERS TO SEE INFO AND TO VISUALIZE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN IDEAS

AUDITORY LEARNERS

HEAR INFO RATHER THAN READING IT OR SEEING IT

READING / WRITING LEARNERS

INTERACTING WITH TEXT IS MORE POWERFUL TO THEM

KINESTHETIC LEARNERS

HANDS ON, EXPERIMENTAL LEARNERS; THEY LEARN BEST BY DOING

PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

PERIOD WHEREIN CONFUSION STARTS TO ARISE IN CHOOSING WHAT TO BELIEVE AND WHAT TO ACCEPT

ERIK ERIKSON

ACCORDING TO HIM, THE MAIN TASK OF ADOLESCENT IS TO SOLVE THE CRISIS OF IDENTITY VERSUS THE ROLE OF CONFUSION

IDENTITY CONFUSION

FAILURE TO ESTABLISH A WELL DEVELOPED SENSE OF IDENTITY CAN RESULT IN _______

IDENTITY CONFUSION

DOES NOT HAVE A CLEAR SENSE OF WHO THEY ARE OF THEIR ROLE IN SOCIETY. IT IS VITAL TO A PERSON’S UNDERSTANDING OF SELF AND PARTICIPATION IN THEIR SOCIAL SYSTEMS

FIDELITY

FAITHFULNESS TO YOURSELF, IDEAS, AND BELIEFS

GINGERBREAD PERSON

EXPLORES HOW OUR GENDER INFLUENCES

VALUES INTEGRATION

INTERACTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SPIRITUAL, AND SENSUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN HOLISTIC FORMATION OF ADOLESCENTS

OWN IDENTITY

THE BEST BRAND YOU CAN WEAR IS YOUR _______