Chapter Objectives

Understand the nature of adolescence including how adolescents view themselves and how others view them.

Describe the physical, hormonal, and psychological changes that take place during puberty.

Discuss how the timing of pubertal changes impacts females and males.

Elaborate on adolescent sexuality, including development of a sexual identity, progression of sexual behaviors, contraceptive use, and STDs.

Examine adolescent pregnancy, including statistics, consequences, and ways to reduce rates.

Discuss substance abuse among adolescents, being certain to identify which drugs are on the rise and which are declining in use.

Address the rates and effects of alcohol and nicotine use among teens.

Identify the role development, parents, and peers play in the decision to partake in alcohol, drug, and nicotine use.

Differentiate between anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.

Describe adolescent health and the leading causes of death in adolescence.

Discuss Piaget's stage of formal operational thought.

Define adolescent egocentrism and distinguish between Elkind's two types of social thinking.

Elaborate on how decision making and critical thinking change during adolescence.

Examine the transition from elementary school to junior high school, including the criteria of an effective school.

Address the rate, causes, and effects of high school dropouts.

Discuss how schools in the United States differ from schools in other countries.

Discuss programs and services designed to teach moral education.

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