Study_Mental and physical development

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2.1 Read this text about development in adolescence. Then complete the folowing sentences with words from the text. 

The final stage before abulthood is adolescence. This is a period of transition for teenagers and there are many crucial milestones. Socially and emotionally, teens worry that they may not be developing at the same rate as their peers. They become extremely self-conscious and may be overly sensitive about their appearance. Teens may rebel against their parents but are also more able to accept the consequences of their actions.

This is also a period of enormous physical change and adolescents experience changes in their physical developement at a rate unparalleled since infancy. These changes include significant gains in height and weight. Within a year, boys and girls can gain an average of 4.1 inches and 3.5 inches in height repectively. This growth spurt typically occurs cognitive developement, adolescents have greater reasoning skills and have developed the ability to think logically and hypothetically. They are also able to discuss more abstract concepts. They should also have developed strategies to help them study. 

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crucial (a) involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive, crutical / severe, trying / of the form of a cross; cross-shaped 

- All it needs is one more 'pipe' to select and transmit the crucial information.

- Some pilots consider the infrared marker to be crucial to the close air-support mission to support ground troops

 

milestone  (n) a stone functioning as a milepot / a significant event or stage in the life, progress, development, or the like of a person, nation etc. 

- Her getting the job of supervisor was a milestone in her career.

- In fact, with my most recent birthday, I passed the milestone of having come out of the closet over half my lifetime ago.

 

enormous (a) greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc; huge, immense / outrageous or atrocious 

- We live on enormous territory, our eyes have different shapes, we believe in different religions.

- He has not changed his view in prison despite the enormous pressure exerted on him by the regime.

 

unparalleled

infancy

repectively

spurt

congnitive

logically

hyphothetically

abstract

strategy