EDS200H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Imaginary Audience, Binge Eating, Circadian Rhythm
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Biological, genetic, environmental and social factors influence adolescent development. Puberty: a period of rapid skeletal and sexual maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that occur primarily in early and adolescence. Male pubertal characteristics typically develop in order: increases in penis size/testicular size, pubic hair, minor voice change, first ejaculation, growth in height and weight, voice change, grow in of facial hair. Females: breasts enlarge or pubic hair develops first, then armpits, growth in height and hips widen. Hormones: powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the body by the blood stream. Gonads: sex glands testes in males, ovaries in females. Gonadotropins: hormones that simulate the testes or ovaries. Hypothalamus: a structure in the higher portion of the brain that monitors eating, drinking, and sex. Testosterone is a hormone associated in boys with the development of genitals, increase in height and change of voice. Estradiol is a hormone associated in girls with breasts, uterine and skeletal development.
