PSYC 3480 Lecture 4: Chapter 4-Textbook Notes
3 Nov 2016
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Adolescence: puberty and menstruation 2) self concepts 3) education and career planning 4) interpersonal relationships. Puberty: the physical changes that lead to sexual maturity. For females the major biological milestone of puberty is menarche, the beginning of mensuration. Adolescence is the transition between childhood and adulthood. Most girls enters puberty between ages of 9 to 12. Black and latina girls in the us. reach menarche earlier than european american girls and after that are asian american girls. During puberty, experience transformation in their secondary sex characteristics, which are features of body related to reproduction but not directly involved in it. During puberty, young women accumulate body fat through the hips and thighs. The hypothalamus (cid:523)in brain(cid:524) monitors the body"s level of estrogen during the monthly cycle. When the estrogen levels are low the hypothalamus signals the pituary gland another brain structure. The pituary gland produces two important hormones: 1) follicle stimulating hormone 2) luteinizing hormone.
