SECULAR

TRENDS IN
GROWTH AND
MATURATION
 Adolescence

The period of life

between childhood
and adulthood.
 Puberty

Physical changes that

take place in
adolescence.
 Secular Trend
The fact that puberty is
starting earlier for boys
and girls now than it was
a hundred years ago.
 Maturation
Physical- There is a growth spurt during
adolescence.
Emotional- being sensitive.
Intellectual- changes in the brain interact
with experience, knowledge, and social
demands and produce rapid cognitive growth.
Social Changes- begin to acquire changes in
the environment and willing to accept and
improve some changes.