Adolescence and Change BY: YOUNAN 8C

8 Stages of Growth  Growth can be measured.  There are 8 stages of growth.  The first stage is conception which is when sexual activity happens to produce an organism.  Next in stage 2 comes pregnancy, when the women is pregnant with the baby.  Then in stage 3 infancy comes when the baby is born.  After infancy in stage 4 comes childhood is when the child is 3 to 8 years old.  Stage 5 comes adolescence when the child is 12 to 18 years old and developing into an adult.  Stage 6 is adult hood when the person is a fully grown adult.  Middle age in stage 7 is when the person is between the ages of 45 to 65.  Lastly comes old age when the person is well over 65 years old.  Then after all of that come death which is not a stage of the 8 stages of growth because it is when the person finally stops growing and developing.

4 Types of Development Physical: Learning to deal with changes to your body such as size and shape.  Facial hair- Learn to shave  Acne- Wash, cleanse, diet, cream- contact a doctor before using a cream Social: How to act responsibly in our society.  Learn to talk with respect  Learn to greet people, manner, behave. Mental: Learning to deal with your feelings  Be able to know why your having certain feelings  To know how to understand your feeling Intellectual: Learning to use your mind to reason  Learn how to solve problems with your mind  Learn to understand your problems

Conception  It is producing a new child with two organisms. When a sperm fertilises an ovum.  Example: A new life

Puberty Females  Females -Hormones-2 -Oestrogen -Progesterone  Oestrogen affects: Ovaries The hips widen so the female can give birth naturally Breast develop to feed the child when born Mind Pubic hair

Menstruation and Menstrual Cycle  Menstruation: Menstruation is a women's monthly bleeding. The blood flows through the uterus and out of the vagina.  Menstrual cycle: The process of ovulation and menstruation  Ovulation : Is when the egg (ovum) is released from the ovary  Oviduct : A tube to the uterus  Progesterone: Helps in thickening the wall of uterus lining.  The baby is being fed through the blood streams. The blood holds nutrients and oxygen for the baby Ovulation: Menstruation:

Puberty for Boys  Testosterone – chemicals go to the testicle.  Ball sack is called scrotum – it holds the testicles. - The sack carries the sperm - When a boy grows older the sack becomes bigger and te testicles lower.(They drop) - Semen is the liquid that feeds the sperm (all sugar) - Lazy sperm receives no food

Self – Esteem  What is self-esteem?  Your self-esteem is the way that you as a person see yourself either in a great or bad way depending on your current mood and surroundings. 2. What makes a person have high self-esteem?  A person positive interactions with other people and with the world is what causes a person to have high self-esteem. 3. What makes a person have low self-esteem?  If you are unhappy of yourself as a person you will tend to have a low self-esteem. It is caused by thinking your unloved and disrespected or you might just think that no one can understand you the way you expected them to. 4. Who influences your self-esteem and how? Give 2 examples  Friend and family can influence your self-esteem because they are most likely the ones that can put you in a good mood and cheer you up. If you have a family that cares for you and friends that respect you it makes you feel great about yourself. 5. How does media have an impact on your self-esteem? Give 2 examples  Media can impact your self-esteem in both ways positive and negative. If you see an article photo, video that puts a smile on your face your high self- esteem will rise but if you come up a photo that you might be jealous of or might be affected by your low self-esteem can takeover. 6. Why is it important to strive to have a high self-esteem?  It is important to have a high self-esteem because it will allow you to mix and interact socially with more confidence and achieve better academic results. 7. Mention 8 ways you can improve your self-esteem  Being around your family that cares for you.  Have friends that respect you  Do thing that you enjoy doing  Don’t strive for perfection  Positive self-talk  Exercise  Don't beat yourself up when you make a mistake  Don’t compare yourself with others  8. Why is adolescence a time when your feelings about yourself and others be a little confusing?  Adolesce is a time where our feelings are confusing because we are in the process of forming our identity and our personality. 9. How does a feeling of belonging help adolescents?  A feeling of belonging helps adolescents because we are much less likely to take risks with our health and wellbeing for example, taking drugs. 10. Why did 40% of students feel that they did not have anyone who knew them well?  They were all still in the process of figuring out their personality and feelings.