Bell Ringer

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Bell Ringer

• What are some ways you have changed since middle
  school?

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Adolescence
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What is adolescence?

• As a table, come up with your own definition of
  adolescence.

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What is adolescence?

• The stage between childhood and adulthood
• Four developmental tasks/changes during
  adolescence
• Physical
• Intellectual
• Emotional
• Social

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Physical Changes

• Adolescence lasts from 11 to 17 years old
• Begin to get an adult figure/physique
• Girls mature 2 years before boys
• Girls stop growing at 15 years old
• Boys stop growing at 17 years old
• Some continue to grow until 20 years old

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Physical Changes

• Growth spurts
• Muscle development
• Sexual growth hormones
• Boys thick necks, broad shoulders, facial hair,
  deep voices
• Girls wider hips, enlarged breasts, shapely
  figures, reproductive systems
• Important to take care of yourself
• Nutrition, sleep, exercise, no drugs, alcohol or
  tobacco
• Coping with changes
• This is a natural part of life.
• Your friends are feeling the same way

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Intellectual Changes

• Expanded
• By age eight, 80 of adult intelligence has
  already been developed
• Reasoning/problem solving develop between 13 and
  15
• Think through consequences
• See others POV

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Emotional Changes

• Emotions are feelings about people and events in
  your life
• During adolescence, emotions may become more
  intense than ever before
• Feelings change quickly
• Negative vs. Positive feelings

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Negative vs. Positive Feelings

• Negative feelings
• Hard to control
• If not handled properly could lead to a difficult
  situation
• Venting negative emotions
• Getting feelings out into the open
• Talking
• Write a letter
• Exercising

• Positive feelings
• Make you feel good
• Based on love
• Emotional independence
• Enable you to think for yourself and make your
  own decisions

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Handling Emotions

• Take 1 to 2 minutes and think of a way you can
  communicate your emotions.
• Handling Emotions scenarios

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Social Changes

• Why do people join gangs or cliques?

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Social Changes

• Peers people your own age
• Inclusion/belonging
• Setting standards, values and morals
• Where do you learn these?
• Dating
• Roles
• Pattern of expected behavior
• What roles do you have?

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Vocabulary Terms

• Developmental tasks
• Certain skills and behavior patterns that develop
  normally within each life stage
• Hormones
• Chemicals in your body that aid I the bodys
  progression toward sexual maturation