1. What does Maleoff consider adolescence and why?

2. When does the growth spurt start for girls and boys?

3. When does hormonal changes start for girls and boys?

4. The age of first menstruation has been increasing or decreasing in the last century? Discuss

5. What are some of the effects of early maturation for boys and girls?

6. What part of the brain develops first in adolescence? and what does this cause?

7. What are the changes in the cage of sleep patterns in adolescence?

8. From research what proportion of adolescents actually reach the formal operational stage?

9. What are the characteristics of this stage? And how does it affect moral judgements?

10. Do you believe that the emergence of the adolescents imaginary audience is the results of development or a reaction to social scrutiny.

11. What are the differences between male and female in verbal and visual spatial tasks?

12. Are there cultural differences in gender difference in reading?

13. In cross cultural studies, what groups were found to be more postconvential or able to see the moral perspective from another's point of view?