Psychology

Doreen Pang Mrs. Trainor AP Psychology 8 November 2016 Module 10-1 Adolescence Adolescence: The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence Due to improved nutrition ? sexual maturation occurs earlier nowadays Adolescence is often marked by mood swings Begins with puberty: period of sexual maturation, during which one first becomes capable of reproducing; 2-year period of rapid development usually beginning in girls at age 11 and in boys at age 13 Primary sex characteristics: body structures (ovaries, testes, and external genitalia) that make sexual reproduction possible Secondary sex characteristics: nonreproductive sexual characteristics ?female breasts and hips, male voice quality and body hair Landmarks of puberty: boys

Doreen Pang Mrs. Trainor AP Psychology 4 November 2016 Module 9-1 Infancy and Childhood The developing brain overproduces neurons. Pruning: Comment by Doreen Pang: You don't gain new neurons; they're all there at birth the process of weeding out unnecessary connections and strengthening the important ones. Occurs during puberty Maturation Maturation: Comment by Doreen Pang: Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience Comment by Doreen Pang: Standing before walking, babbling before talking, nouns before adj Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience. standing before walking babbling before talking using nouns before adjectives