Pointers

• The primary sex characteristics are the organs necessary for reproduction.
• The secondary sex characteristics are physiological signs of sexual maturation that do not directly involve the sex organs, for example, the breasts of females and the broad shoulders of males.
• Signs of puberty: Breast tissue and pubic hair in girls and enlargement of the testes in boys
• The adolescent growth spurt—a rapid increase in height, weight, and muscle and bone growth that occurs during puberty—generally begins in girls between ages 9 1⁄2 and 14 1⁄2 (usually at about 10) and in boys, between 10 1⁄2 and 16 (usually at 12 or 13).
• The maturation of the reproductive organs brings the beginning of menstruation in girls and the production of sperm in boys
• Spermarche: first ejaculation of boys, occurs average age of 13
• Menarche: first menstruation of girs, 10 to 16 ½ age
• Developmental scientists call a pattern such as this a secular trend—a trend that spans several generation
• Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the infliction of physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse.
• According to Robert J. Sternberg’s triangular theory of love the way love develops is a story. The lovers are its authors, and the story they create reflects their personalities and their conceptions of love.
• According to Sternberg the three elements, or components, of love are intimacy, passion, and commitment.
• Intimacy, the emotional element, involves self-disclosure, which leads to connection, warmth, and trust
• Passion, the motivational element, is based on inner drives that translate physiological arousal into sexual desire
• Commitment, the cognitive element, is the decision to love and to stay with the beloved.
• nonlove - all three components are love are absent, simply casual interactions
• liking - intimacy only, there is closeness, understanding, emotional support
• infatuation - passion only, love at first sight, strong physical attraction
• empty love - commitment only, found in long-term relationship or in arranged marriage
• romantic love - intimacy and passion, drawn to each other physically and bonded emotioonally
• companionate love - intimacy and commitment, long term committed friendship made decision to stay together
• fatuous love - passion and commitment, whirlwind courtship, love does not last
• consummate love - all three components are present, easier to achieve than to hold on to it
• • Assortive mating sociologists' term for the tendency to mate with someone who has traits similar to one's own
• • Republic Act 10868
  •  “AN ACT HONORING AND GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES TO FILIPINO CENTENARIANS AND FOR OTHER PURPOS
• Primary aging is a gradual, inevitable process of bodily deterioration that begins early in life and continues through the years irrespective of what people do to stave it off.
• Secondary aging results from disease, abuse, and disuse—factors that are often within a person’s control
• Ageism: prejudice or discrimination based on age
• More men than women are married in late life
• Although a growing proportion of men are widowed, women tend to outlive their husbands and are less likely to marry again
• Selective Optimization with Compensation (Baltes & Baltes) -

  • Enhancing overall cognitive functioning by using stronger abilities to compensate for those that have weakened
• Older adults allocate these resources via a process called selective optimization with compensation(SOC). SOC involves developing abilities that allow for maximum gain, as well as developing abilities that compensate for decline and could lead to loss.
•  Selecting fewer and more meaningful activities or goals
• Optimizing, or making the most of, the resources they have to achieve their goals
• Compensating for losses by using resources in alternative ways to achieve their goals.
• Fluid intelligence is the ability to solve novel problems on the fly
• fluid intelligence - Type of intelligence, proposed by Horn and Cattell, that is applied to novel problems and is relatively independent of educational and cultural influences
• According to disengagement theory, a normal part of aging involves a gradual reduction in social involvement and greater preoccupation with the self
• Disengagement theory Theory of aging that holds that successful aging is characterized by mutual withdrawal of the older person and society.
• According to activity theory, the more active older people remain, the better they age.
• • Activity theory Theory of aging that holds that to age successfully a person must remain as active as possible.