According to the text, physical growth during adolescence is second only to that during infancy. Describe some of the physical changes that take place during this time
What will be an ideal response?
* Boys' shoulders and girls' hips broaden.
* Boys experience large muscle growth, which gives them a strength advantage.
* Both sexes may look gangly when hands and feet grow more quickly than arms and legs.
* Lips, noses, and ears grow more rapidly than the head.
* Development of primary sex characteristics such as the ovaries, uterus, vagina and the first menstrual cycle occurs in girls; the development of testes, penis, seminal vesicles and the prostate gland occurs in boys and culminates in the ability to ejaculate.
* Development of secondary sex characteristics also includes the growth of underarm and pubic hair and skin changes.
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a. motor nerves b. glial cells c. dendrites d. sensory nerves
Bill has felt isolated and an "outsider" since coming to college for his freshman year. As a result, he decided to rush a fraternity and was very excited when he was selected to pledge. According to Maslow, Bill may be attempting to meet the need of _____
a) freedom. b) belonging. c) transcendence. d) physiology.