Puberty and

adolescence
Alyzza Kara Pantejo - Acabal
 0 introduction
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The difference between puberty and adolescence

Primary and secondary sex

characters
TABLE OF 2
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The sexual and other physiological changes during puberty

CONTENT Characteristics of puberty

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What to expect during this stage

S Stages of puberty
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Prepubescent, pubescent, and postpubescent

Interesting facts
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Research findings on puberty

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INTRODUCTI
What is
puberty
Puberty is described as a time in life
when the body matures sexually and
the reproductive organs become
functional.
This means they become capable of
making babies.

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Puberty vs
adolescence
Puberty refers to the bodily changes,
while adolescence is the period of
psychological and social transition between
childhood and adulthood.

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How does this
happen
Long before any outward changes happen, special
hormones begin to be reproduced inside the bodies
of both girls and boys.

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 These
hormones
affect many
different
things
Including sexual
development and growth

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 Gonadotropin-releasing hormones
Released by the hypothalamus to send signals to the
anterior pituitary gland to secrete two gonadotropins LH
and FSH

The Luteinizing Hormones

Hormone that triggers ovulation and is responsible for the

hormones
secretion of progesterone in girls and testosterone in boys.

Follicle Stimulating Hormones

Hormone that helps control the menstrual cycle and develop
egg follicles for ovulation. It is responsible for the secretion
of estrogen in females and spermatogenesis in males.

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sex
Primary sex
characteristics
Changes of the sexual organs themselves

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 Estrogen
Testosterone hormon progesteron
es e

gamete
s
testes ovaries
The gonads
Primary sex organs
The male and female gonads are responsible for producing gametes (sex cells) which then produces the hormones
that the body requires for reproduction.

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 Secondary
sex organs
Physical changes that appear during puberty brought by the production of male and
female hormones in the body that is not necessarily required for reproduction

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 Facial pimple
hair s Wideni
Adams ng of
apple height hips
Deeper Developm
voice Hair ent of
Broader growth breasts
muscles
Body
odor Labia minora
Penis and become larger
testicles will and change color
grow
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Characteristics of
puberty is an overlapping
period
Puberty must be regarded as an overlapping period because it
encompasses the closing years of childhood and the beginning years of
adolescence. Before they are sexually mature, children are known as
pubescents or pubescent children. After they become sexually mature,
they are known as adolescents or young adolescents.

Puberty is a relatively short period, lasting from two to four years. Children
who pass through puberty in two years or less are regarded as rapid
maturers while those who require three or four years to complete the
transformation into adults are regarded as slow maturers.

Puberty is a short period

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 Puberty is divided into
stages

Criteria of sexual maturity appear

Secondary sex characteristics begin
to appear but reproductive organs are
not yet fully developed.
the menarche in girls and the first
nocturnal emissions in boys.
Secondary sex characteristics
continue to develop and cells are
produced in the sex organs.
Secondary sex characteristics
become fully developed and sex
organs begin to function in a mature
manner.

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 Puberty is a time of rapid growth
and change
prenat Pubert chang
al y es
Baby growth Puberty growth behavioral
spurt
The first half of the first year of life.
spurt
Lasts for a year or two before a children
changes
The rapid changes that take place during
become sexually mature and continues puberty lead to confusion, to feelings of
for six months to a year afterward. inadequacy and insecurity, and in many
cases to unfavorable behavior.

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Puberty is a
negative phase
According to Charlotte Buhler, negative attitudes of pubescent children are
characteristic mainly of the early part of puberty.

There is also evidence that the behavior characteristic of the negative phase
is more pronounced in girls than in boys.

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Puberty
occurs at a
variable
age
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Interesting
 Today girls face puberty earlier. In the
1900s girls began puberty when they
were 15, in the 1990s girls began puberty
when they were 12 today girls begin
puberty at age 10.
Early
puberty in
girls
Studies of young girls indicate that those
who develop early are more likely to be
depressed, aggressive, socially
withdrawn, and moody.

Studies of teens indicate that girls who

developed early are more likely to be
sexually active, have more problems in
school, and are more likely to smoke and
use alcohol and drugs

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 A study from Denmark found that the
mean age of testicular enlargement in
boys declined from age 11.92 years to
11.66 years between 1991-1993 and
2006-2008, suggesting that more boys
may be starting puberty before age 9
years.
Early
puberty in
boys
Some boys become more aggressive than their
peers and develop a sex drive...Boys often have a
hard time paying attention in school and getting
along with other children their age. They may feel
more comfortable around older children, but are not
mature enough emotionally to be accepted by them.
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