PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Secondary Sex Characteristic, Pubic Hair, Menarche
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Primary sex characteristics: changes that allow for reproduction. First period (menstrual cycle) = menarche 11 yr. old. Secular trend: female menarche becoming earlier than 11: as young as 7, fat content vs. time. Not a time-based event, deals more with fat. First ejaculation = spermarche (12-13 yr. old) Secondary sex characteristics: changes that give physical characteristic - unrelated to reproduction. Piaget"s formal operations stage - changes in thinking: powers beyond the concrete: abstractly: think about big picture and general concepts, what is justice , thinking deepens. Idealistically: begin to think about perfect world, ideal lifestyle b: can contribute to unhappiness, logically: start to think scientifically, hypothetically, and deductively, ex: two trains leave ny and boston , ego-centrism: piaget/elkind believe still see self-centered. Imaginary audience belief everyone is watching: personal fable happens to others, but not me, things happen to other people but believe it wont happen to you. Moral development = stage process/very externalized little to do with own conscience.
