Completing direct questions of Lifespan class
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NOTETAKING FORM: Chapter 8 ADOLESCENT PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
R ead Chapter 8 in the Belsky textbook
Answer the following questions as a way of taking N otes about Chapter 8:
PUBERTY
1. In the opening vignette on page 231, what seems to be some of the pros and cons of reaching puberty early?
2. Define puberty.
3. What is the lack of “person-environment fit” that Belsky refers to in regards to puberty for many people in Western culture? How might this be different in more traditional cultures? What does “puberty rite” mean?
4. Define menarche, spermarche, and the secular trend in puberty. Identify the main contributing factor to this secular trend.
5. Describe the role of the adrenal androgens, testosterone, and estrogens in puberty for boys and girls.
6. Review Figure 8.2. Understand the factors that are involved in the timing of puberty and what the HPG Axis is.
7. Know the difference between primary and secondary sexual characteristics.
8. Define the puberty growth spurt. Describe the timing of puberty for girls compared to boys. How long does the complete process of puberty take on average? Describe your understanding of how far apart boys and girls are when it comes to the timing of puberty.
9. Identify THREE factors that contribute to the timing of puberty identified in the text (remember nurture AND nature).
10. Describe your understanding on the research about how teenage girls feel about breast development, menstruation, and how boys feel about their first ejaculation. Include how culture can impact the teens’ feelings and experiences of puberty. Also relationships with parents are related to how teens feel about these changes—is there a difference between their same sex parent versus the opposite sex parent?
11. In what ways are early-developing girls at higher risk?
12. What is your understanding of the recommendations for helping to minimize the distress of puberty for boys and girls, based on the “Interventions” section of the text on page 243? What are your thoughts on the “Lessons for Parents” recommendations, and the “Lessons for Society”?
BODY IMAGE
13. According to Susan Harter research, how does satisfaction with physical appearance influence someone’s overall sense of self-worth?
14. Define the “thin ideal.” What is a “primary culprit” of the thin ideal for both males and females, according to Belsky? Describe your understanding of how this ideal impacts minority women in Western cultures, including African American and Latino American femals.
15. What is the definition of an “eating disorder.” Define anorexia nervosa. What does it mean to have a “distorted body image?” What does someone with anorexia require when they are 2/3rds of their ideal body weight or less?
16. Define bulimia nervosa. What are some of the ways bulimia is damaging to a person? What is the prevalence of bulimia and anorexia in the US, according to the text?
17. Identify the factors that seem to contribute to eating disorders, according to research.
18. Describe your understanding of the recommendations for improving teens’ body image from the “Interventions” section of your text.
SEXUALITY
19. Describe your understanding of the physical explanation of the emergence of sexual desire in adolescents.
20. What is the average age of first intercourse in the U.S. today? What are the factors that impact an “earlier transition to intercourse,” as reported in the text? Include your understanding of how ethnicity, SES, personality, peers and media behavior can impact this behavior.
21. What is your understanding of what Belsky means when she says “a bidirectional influence” is most likely in operation when looking at what some teens are reading or watching in the media, and their sexual behaviors?
22. What percentage of male and female teens are having sex within committed relationships? Who did researchers in Ohio find teens having sex with outside of committed relationships?
23. What is the “sexual double standard?”
24. What is the “good news” in terms of sexuality trends in the US? See Figure 8.7.
