PSY-PC 2550 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Binge Eating Disorder, Sex Organ, Kisspeptin
3 Jan 2017
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Key words are that they compare themselves with friends: also be able to discuss differences between boys and girls. Muscle to fat ratio for boys is 3:1 and for girls 5:4. Sex differences in physical abilities depend on how much they exercise not on genes and hormones. Boys are concerned about how muscular they are and not necessarily in comparison to their friends. Guys are fertile before they look mature while girls look mature before they actually are. Boys: from 6. 5 13. 5: end time range. Evaluate the psychological and social impact of puberty (sleep, early/late, etc. : social changes. Girls are happy about breast development and not negative towards periods anymore. Boys are less social and less talkative about changes than girls are. Girls are sadder about body changes like weight gain, higher body dissatisfaction than boys. Girls become less active than boys: relationship changes. Increase in conflict and tension between adolescent and mother.
