01:830:333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Disordered Eating, Rise Time, Melatonin

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:333
• Professor: E.Mayhew

Document Summary

Lecture 6 - impact of biological changes: anarche- starting of puberty. Individual differences in timing of puberty (pubertal menstruation) Interaction between genes and environment: environmental influences. Group differences in timing of puberty: typically studied by comparing average age of menarche. Across countries: age at menarche lower when not malnourished (ex: africa and. United states: us/eu median age is 12-13. 5, africa median age is 14-17. Among ses groups within a country: ses- socio economic status, higher ses have menarche before lower ses, affluent (wealthy) girls reach menarche before disadvantaged girls. Psychosocial impact of pubertal events: most adolescents react positively to pubertal changes. Especially secondary sex characteristics: reactions to menarche are varied. But less negative than in the past. How much did you know about period before getting it: less kno(cid:449)n a(cid:271)out (cid:271)oys" rea(cid:272)tions to first eja(cid:272)ulations, psychsocial impact of early or late maturation.