Emerging Adulthood

Question 1

Puberty

Answer 1

A period of rapid skeletal and sexual maturation that occurs mainly in early adolescence

Question 2

Androgens

Answer 2

The class of sex hormones that predominate in males produced by the testes in males and by the adrenal glands in both males and females

Question 3

Estrogens

Answer 3

The class of sex hormones that predominate in females, produced mainly by the ovaries

Question 4

Emerging Adulthood

Answer 4

The transitional period from adolescence to adulthood, spanning approximately 18 to 25 years of age

Question 5

Sex

Answer 5

The properties of a person that determine his or her classification as male or female

Question 6

Sex Chromosomes

Answer 6

In humans, the pair of genes that differs between the sexes and determines a person’s sex as male or female

Question 7

Gonads

Answer 7

Glands that produce sex hormones and generate ova (eggs) in females and sperm in males; collectively called gametes, the ova and sperm are the cells that eventually will be used in reproduction

Question 8

Secondary Sex Characteristics

Answer 8

Traits that differ between the two sexes but are not part of the reproductive system; they include breasts in females and facial hair in males

Question 9

Relational Aggression

Answer 9

Behavior that is meant to harm the social standing of another person

Question 10

Human Sexual Response Pattern

Answer 10

Masters and Johnson’s model of human sexual response, consisting of four phases: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution