Puberty, Adolescence, and Social Development

Flashcards for reviewing lecture notes on puberty, adolescence, and social development.

Puberty

Rapid increase in growth, development of primary and secondary sex characteristics

Adrenarche

Maturation of adrenal glands

Hypothalamus

Stops inhibiting the pituitary gland, permitting it to stimulate the release of sex hormones by the gonads.

Female sex characteristic that is last to develop

Regular ovulation

Delayed phase preference

A pattern of sleep characterized by later sleep and wake times, which usually emerges during puberty.

Bulimia

Binging and purging

Hypothetical thinking

Seeing beyond what is directly observable

Metacognition

Awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes.

Imaginary audience

Adolescents' belief that they are the focus of everyone else's attention and concern

Social brain

The ability to detect others' feelings through facial expression and body movements

Limbic System

Responsible for processing emotions, social information, and rewards

Social redefinition

The process through which an individual's position or status is redefined by society

Continuous transition

Adolescents assumes the roles and status of adulthood bit by bit

Cohort

Groups of peers who are approximately the same age

Authoritative parenting

Parenting style characterized by emotional warmth, high standards for behavior, explanation and consistent enforcement of rules, and inclusion of children in decision making

Sleeper effect

A delayed effect of parents' divorce

Shared environmental influences

Nongenetic influences that make individuals living in the same family similar to each other

Nonshared environmental influences

The nongenetic influences in individuals' lives that make them different from people they live with.

Generational dissonance

Divergence of views between adolescents and parents that is common in families of immigrant parents and American-born adolescents.