In Mr Novak's 7th Grade Health Class, There Is a Pair

question 86

Essay

In Mr. Novak's 7th grade health class, there is a pair of 12-year-old fraternal twins, Shawn and Serenity. Serenity has recently grown a couple inches taller than Shawn, and he is concerned that he's not growing as fast as she is. What changes should Shawn expect to go through during puberty compared with his sister? What are the changes in growth and sexual maturation that boys and girls experience during puberty and how do they differ?

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.