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Carstensen developed the Socioemotional Selectivity Theory (SST) to address paradoxical results from studies on aging. What are some of these paradoxes and how does SST help us make sense of them?
Family Stress
The tension and strain experienced by a family unit due to various internal or external pressures.
Hormone Production
The biological process by which endocrine glands produce substances that act as chemical messengers to regulate various functions of the body.
Puberty
The developmental phase in which a child's body transitions into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction.
Secondary Sex Characteristics
Physical traits that emerge at puberty unrelated to the reproductive organs, such as breast development in females and facial hair in males.
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