14 Questions
What is the age range defined for adolescence?
10-25
What marks the onset of puberty in girls?
Menarche
What influences an individual's pubertal timing?
Parental harshness and father absence
Which factor is associated with earlier pubertal maturation in boys?
Overweight
What impact do pubertal hormones have on responses to stress?
Alter responses to stress
What are the changes in grey matter associated with during adolescence?
Decrease in volume
Which brain region is associated with inhibition of emotion in decisions and self control?
Ventromedial PFC
What is the age range where supervised time is correlated with academic performance?
8 to 14
What is associated with a drop in age of coming out from 20 to 14?
Social support
Which concept refers to critical reflection, motivation, and action in response to injustice?
Critical consciousness
"ERI" in the context of identity development stands for:
"Ethnic Racial Identity"
"Intersectionality" refers to investigations of:
Intersecting axes of oppression shaping development
What marks the shift from focus on self and one’s confidence/ability to focus on romantic relationship in Brown's Four-Phase model?
Affection
What is associated with the emergence of awareness of sexuality?
Increased social support
Test your knowledge about adolescent development, including puberty, neurobiological and psychological development, and societal factors influencing adolescence. This quiz covers the critical period of development, the definition of adolescence, and the differences in timing for different socio-economic groups.
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