PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Pubic Hair, Imaginary Audience
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Puberty changes due to increased estrogen and testosterone. Primary sex characteristics: changes that allow reproduction. Secondary sex characteristics: changes that give physical characteristics unrelated to reproduction. The secular trend: menarche becoming earlier than 11, as young as 7. Changes in thinking: powers beyond the concrete. Abstractly: think about big picture and general concepts; what is justice? . Idealistically: begin to think about perfect world, ideal lifestyle (can lead to unhappiness). Logically: start to think scientifically, hypothetically, and deductively. Personal fable: happens to others, but not me. Moves from very external (1) to very internal (6) if one makes it. Universal ethical principles: what"s right for culture. Social norms: do what"s right for conscience. Law and order: do what"s right for principles. Good boy/girl: do what"s right for praise. Mutual benefit: do what"s right for treats. Obedience: do what"s right because of fear. Drug use in childhood: self report suggests it is decreasing, yet first use between 13-16.
