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17-Study Guide
Emerging Adulthood- Biosocial Development
#1-Discuss the bodily changes during emerging adulthood, and when senescence, or
aging, begins to occur.
#2-Discuss sexual activity between the ages of 18 and 25, and how long it would
take a sexually active woman in her 20s to become pregnant (without conception).
#3-Discuss sexually transmitted infections including how often they have no
symptoms and how many emerging adults have at least one sexually transmitted
infection.
#4-Discuss the relationship between sex and emotional stress.
#5-Discuss the three attitudes on the purpose of sex and how men and women differ
in these attitudes.
#6-Discuss bipolar and depression mood disorders, indicating which one of these is
the most common.
#7-Discuss the anxiety disorders, including panic attacks, post-traumatic stress
disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
#8-Discuss the symptoms of schizophrenia and when these symptoms usually begin
to show up.
#9-Discuss the effect of exercise on diabetes and high blood pressure.
#10-Discuss the concept of a weight “set point” and what factors are most apt to
determine this.
#11-Discuss the difference between drug abuse and drug addiction.