PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

The first menstrual period marks a girl’s sexual maturity and is indicative of her capacity to be pregnant.

• MENARCHE

• TESTOSTERONE

• ESTRADIOL

• SEBACEOUS GLANDS

It is defined as a process in which persons reflect upon themselves, understand who they are, accept what they discover about themselves, and learn (or unlearn)new sets of values, attitudes, behavior, and thinking skills to reach their fullest potential as human beings.

• HEREDITY

• PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

• MATURATION

• ENVIRONMENT

This gland produce perspiration that results, at times, in body odor.

• APOCRINE GLANDS

• TESTOSTERONE

• ESTRADIOL

• SEBACEOUS

  GLANDS

It is an androgen that is strongly associated in the physical maturation of boys.

• TESTOSTERONE

• MENARCHE

• ESTRADIOL

• AMYGDALA

Inborn traits passed on by the generations of offsprings from both sides of the biological parents’ families.

• HEREDITY

• ENVIRONMENT

It is a primary issue during adolescence.

• REJECTION

• LOVE

• STRESS

It is the world outside of ourselves and the experiences that result from our contact and interaction with this external world.

• HEREDITY

• ENVIRONMENT

It is when boys experience nocturnal emissions or wet dreams.  This is an indication that the male reproductive organs have become mature in function and already capable for reproduction.

• AMYGDALA

• PREFRONTAL CORTEX

• REJECTION

• SPERMARCHE

PUBERTY

Ø  _____ years old for girls

Ø  11-12 years old for boys

• 12-18

• 10-12

• 10-11

• 16-18

This gland causes acne and other skin problems.

• SEBACEOUS GLANDS

• APOCRINE GLANDS