PSYCH 3AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Endocrine System, Feedback, Pituitary Gland

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 3AB3
• Professor: Louis A Schmidt

Document Summary

Increased hormones initiate puberty and promote the development of secondary sex characteristics. Sexual development during adolescence: reproductive organs mature, ovaries (girls) produce egg cells or ova, testes (boys) produce sperm cells, genitals become more adult-like, secondary characteristics breasts, pubic hair development, tanner stages describe course of pubertal development. Menarche and the secular trend: menarche: girl"s first menstrual period, early and late menarche by province (figure 2. 5) How girls respond to puberty: girls and boys respond differently, leaving childhood brings pride and stress, some girls not prepared for menarche, early-maturing girls more anxious and depressed, early-maturing girls draw attention from older boys. How boys respond to puberty: early-maturing boys more popular with peers, early-maturing boys more hostile, depressed, and delinquent. How parents respond to puberty: parents must adapt to adolescent changes, teens demand fewer restrictions, parent-child conflict eases across adolescence, distancing hypothesis less parent-child intimacy.