Adolescence

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  • Growth Spurt

    Growth Spurts
    Growth spurts start for girls when they ar 10 and for boys when they turn 12. Boys usually grow 4.1 inches a year while girls grow 3.5 inches a year.

  • Identity vs. Identity Confusion Stage

    Identity-EriksonThis stage starts in adolescence and is the stage when teens start to give themselves an identity and try on different personalities. This is when they discover their strengths and weaknesses.

  • Puberty

    Hitting pubertyPuberty is a time where adolescents start to produce sex hormones. For guys it starts later at the age of 13 and for girls it starts around 11 to 12. In some cases girls can hit puberty as early as 7 or as late as 16

  • Peer Pressure

    Peer pressureAdolescence brings on the stage of peer pressure where teens are influenced by their friends to do things. For example, teens are often pressured by they're friends to drink or have sex.

  • Formal Operational Stage

    foral operational stageThis stage starts at age 12 and is when teens have the ability to have abstract thoughts.