CHAPTER 4.1 ADOLESCENCE By: Nate, Kevin, Anna, and Corey

ADOLESCENCE Adolescence is the transition period

between child and adult. The end of adolescence and the start of

adulthood is blurry Different cultures have initiation rites

marking becoming an adult such as Bar-mitzvah Bat-mitzvahBirthdays Graduations Weddings

ADOLESCENCE THEORIES G Stanley Hall’s Theory:

Thought adolescence was like a full grown animal in a cage, knowing freedom without experiencing it.

Adolescence is a transitional stage Thought adolescence was stressful and

stormy Opposition thought adolescence is not

discontinuous Margret Mead:

1935-Adolescence was not storm and stress and that problems came from industrialized society.

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT Hormones trigger internal and external changes Puberty starts

Girls: ages 8-10 Boys: ages 9-16

Everyone gets a growth spurt before puberty Peak for growth

Girls: 12 Boys: 14

Boys and girls get fatty tissue before their growth spurt. Boys loose the fatty tissue as they grow Girls grow into the fatty tissue

GIRLS DEVELOPMENT Breasts and waists fill out Grow pubic hair Ages 10-17 is when first menstrual

period happens In 12-18 months the menstrual period

becomes normal and able to conceive a child

BOYS DEVELOPMENT Age 12 get pubic hair and larger genitals Ages 12-13 have 1st ejaculation Boy’s growth spurt happens 24-27

months after girl’s growth spurt but lasts longer.

At growth spurt Broader shoulders Trunk fills out More muscle tissue Larger heart and lungs Voice deepens Grow hair on face and chest

SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT Develops attitudes about sex and

expectations for gender roles Culture patterns about sex have changed from

generation to generation Some cultures keep children in the dark about

sex until marriage Middle and upper class females are more

sexually active then they were 30 years ago Teen pregnancies have been a rising social

issue Aids is a problem in the world today even

though it is just beginning to decline in the United States