PSY2071 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Moral Development, Binge Eating Disorder, Imaginary Audience
27 Aug 2018
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Higher levels of testosterone and higher levels of estrogens. Girls begin to get their menstruation ranging from age 11-16 (menarche) and boys begin to get their first ejaculation at around age 10-11 (spermarche). Many girls can have babies before their teenage years: male signal of fertility = sperm arche, or first ejaculation. Estrogens produce females" changing shape by causing the hips to widen and the uterus and breasts to enlarge. Testosterone causes the penis to lengthen, promotes growth of facial and body hair. In the traditional navajo kinaalda ceremony, girls in their first or second menstrual cycle performed the long distance running ritual, sprinting for miles. 7th grades: get anxious/depressed because they get bullied for looking different earlier than others. Males: boys who are smaller and lighter than their more physically mature peers tend to be viewed as less attractive, disadv.
