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Self-Concept Under Attack.

Hormonal Changes.

The pituitary gland increases the production of gonatropin releasing hormone (GnRH).

Primary Sexual Characteristics.

Testes and Ovaries (reproductive changes).

Secondary Sexual Characteristics.

Breasts Development, growth pf pubic, facial, and body hair (physical changes).

Girls: start around at ten or eleven years of age and complete it around at sixteen years old.

Boys: start around twelve or thirteen and finish at eighteen years old.

Maturity.

Boys.

Girls.

It starts at around 12 or 13 years of a ge and it's completed at 18 years of age.

It starts at around 10 or 11 years of age and it's completed at 16 of age.

Early Maturity: Social Pressure and High Standards.

Late Maturity: Low Standards due to their young appearances.

Early Maturity: Different interests than their peers, seeking of independence, more problems at school with grades and behavior.

Late Maturity: Few negative experiences.

Depression. Affects short-term memory and the ability to process information and emotion.

Genetics.

Familly history.

Environment.

Physical and mental abuse, unrealistic family expectations, problems with friends.

Biology.

Decrease of Serotonin.

Decrease of the activuty in the left prefrontal cortex.

Suicide: 3rd leading cause of teen death.

Eating Disorders.

Anorexia.

Self-starvation characterized by excessive weight loss.

Bulimia.

Coping mechanism. Eating large quantities of food and then expell it by inducing vomit or using a laxative.

Symptoms: weight loss, consumption of large amounts of water, always feeling cold, and developing a fine downy of hair over the entire body.

Symptoms: deterioration of tooth enamel, chronic constipation, and depression.

Complications from either disorder may include kidney failure, loss of menstruation, impaired thinking, and ultimately death.

Symptoms: fatigue, lower self-steem, and diabetes.

Obesity.

Food obsession with physical repercussions.

Sleeping Patterns.

They are altered due to the secretion of melatonin.

Cruz González Viviana.

Enseñanza del Inglés a Adolescentes.

Matrícula:1203709

23 de septiembre del 2018

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