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Chapter 2 Lecture - January 17 2024 - Part 1

This document provides an overview of Chapter 2 from the course PSYC3509: Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. It discusses 3 key topics: 1. Puberty and physical development, outlining the major physical and biological changes that occur during puberty for females and males. 2. Hormones and the endocrine system, explaining how hormones initiate and regulate puberty through the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and gonads. 3. Primary and secondary sex characteristics by age and sex, presenting charts that outline the typical progression of pubertal changes.

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Chapter 2 Lecture - January 17 2024 - Part 1

This document provides an overview of Chapter 2 from the course PSYC3509: Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood. It discusses 3 key topics: 1. Puberty and physical development, outlining the major physical and biological changes that occur during puberty for females and males. 2. Hormones and the endocrine system, explaining how hormones initiate and regulate puberty through the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and gonads. 3. Primary and secondary sex characteristics by age and sex, presenting charts that outline the typical progression of pubertal changes.

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PSYC3509: Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood

PSYC3509 Chapter 2
Puberty and Physical Development
Dr. Vivian Lee

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PSYC 3509: Adolescence

Assignment 1: For this assignment, you will be asked to


create an infographic, write a short lay summary, blogpost, or
newspaper article (max. 1 page or 3000 characters) reviewing
a recently peer-reviewed published article on a topic in
adolescent development from Chapter 1-5.
DUE: Wednesday January 31st at 2:30PM
Examples:
1. Impact of early/late puberty development in females/males?
2. Social brain development in adolescence?
3. Impact of sleep wellness in teens?
4. Information processing and attention changes in teens?

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What are the 3 key changes in puberty?
1. Rapid Physical Growth- changes in height and weight
2. Primary sex characteristics- sex organs and mechanisms
3. Secondary sex characteristics- physical changes

Initiated by endocrine & central nervous systems

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Hormones, Puberty, and Growth
MAJOR PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHANGES

Females Males
Early • Breast bud • Testicular
• Pubic hair growth
• Growth spurt • Genital growth
Middle • -Menarche
it y ! ! • Spermarche
• ni c
End growth
o • Deeper voice
c hr
spurt • Start growth
y n
As• Far deposition spurt
Late • Increase in
muscle and
body hair

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Hormones – The Endocrine System

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Hormones in Action
• Endocrine System
– Secretion of hormones through
blood
• Hypothalamus: Produces and
releases hormones
– Monitors SET POINTS
• Pituitary Gland: Produces hormones
that signal to other glands start
making your own hormones!
– Gonads Ovaries and Testes

Together form the HPG AXIS

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Hormones, Puberty, and Growth

Spermarche in Males

Menarche in Females

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Primary and Secondary Sex
Characteristics By Age and Sex

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Atypical Puberty Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN2VoHMvKNA

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Responses to Puberty
Impact of Puberty Timing

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