PSYC 3480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Menstruation, Puberty, Xyy Syndrome

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3480
• Professor: Noreen Stuckless

Document Summary

Factors that shape typing ( how they change) Siblings: only now are they starting to realize the influence the sibling has. Media: younger children have a different type of media coverage ( not so much sexual in nature, but they see lots of aggression) not only what they see but also what is implied from it. There are other things other than aggression, how men and women are treated differently. ( media is a powerful reaction) Peers ( helps lots of children develop what they should do- especially during adolescence) Adolescence: family-peers-school-media- physical changes ( another factor that is very important)- emotional changes ( another factor)- social changes ( another)- educational changes. Now you are a women it"s a huge deal: menstruation: extremely important. ( now you can have children), another importance of menstruation one of the signs of anorexia is that (cid:455)our period stops.