PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Normative Social Influence, Peer Group, Sex Organ
11 Apr 2017
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Human development (adolescence and adulthood: we tend to confuse the terms adolescence and puberty , puberty. The physiological changes involved in sexual maturation (& other body changes that occur at this time: adolescence. The physiological experiences between puberty and adulthood. Includes the first evidence of sexual maturation (primary sexual characteristics), and ends at the first sign of pubic hair: pubescent stage. Growth spurt decreases, completion of primary sexual characteristics. Between the age of 10-15 (1-2 years before boys: boys timing of puberty. Boys between the age of 11-16: puberty is triggered by hormones. Period of important neural growth: adolescence. Cultural construction duration, content, experiences vary between cultures. Period between puberty and adult status current view. Psychosocial development: adolescence is often a time of conflict and new stressors, family and peer relationships are altered, there is a need for an adolescent to see him or herself as separate from their family. Peers: peer group is important in adolescent development.
