is the period of transition between childhood and adulthood. It includes some. big changes to the body, and to the way a young person relates to the world (Allen & Waterman, 2019).

refers to the body, this marvelous container and complex, finely tuned, machine with which we interface with our environment and fellow beings. The ___________ is the concrete dimension, the tangible aspect of the person that can be directly observed and examined.

This refers to how an individual sees their own body, and especially how attractive they feel themselves to be.

The ability to separate how we value ourselves from how we look. People who realize that self-worth is not linked to appearance tend to feel good about how they look.

can arise when a person feels that their looks do not measure up to what society, family, friends, and the media expect

It also referred to as self-worth and is the global evaluative dimension of the self.

Refers to domain-specific evaluations of the self, academic, athletic, physical appearance, etc. (Santrock, 2010).

Refers to the expression of who we are. It involves a person's thoughts, feelings, and sexual expression and relationships, as well as the biology of the sexual response system.

It is the ability to enjoy and express one's sexuality free from the risks of sexuality transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancy, coercion, violence, and discrimination

Actions related to the expression of one's sexuality

Refers to one's biological characteristics (anatomy), physiological (menstrual cycle; spermatogenesis), and genetic (XX-female or XY-male)

Refers to what a person, society, or legal system defines as female or male. Gender role describes the set of socially or culturally defined attitudes, behaviors, expectations, and responsibilities that are considered appropriate for women (feminine) and men (masculine).

What are the 3 stages of love

is driven by sex hormones

2 basic types of hormones in lust

the phase is said to be the one of the beautiful moments of life

3 main neurotransmitter involved in attraction

bond helping the couple to take their relationshil to advanced level

2 major hormones involved in attachment stage

The initial stages of falling for someone activates your stress response, increasing your blood levels of adrenalin and cortisol. This has the charming effect that when you unexpectedly bump into your love one, you start to sweat, your heart races and your mouth goes dry

Helen Fisher asked newly ‘love struck’ couples to have their brains examined and discovered they have high levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine.

This is also called adrenalin and it causes us to literally feel our love by getting our heart pumping, making us blush and sweat around our new beau.

One of love's most important chemicals that may explain why when you’re falling in love, your new lover keeps popping into your thoughts.

The cuddle hormone. ________ is a powerful hormone released by men and women during orgasm. It probably deepens the feelings of attachment and makes couples feel much closer to one another after they have had sex.

__________ is another important hormone in the long-term commitment stage and is released after sex. _________ (also called anti-diuretic hormone) works with your kidneys to control thirst. Its potential role in long-term relationships was discovered when scientists looked at the prairie vole.

is one of the components of self that was described by William James (1980)

Our ______ is the innermost part of the material self in each of us.