nocturnal emissions

well well well. how would you feel if your teacher asked you to report a certain topic and you promptly prepare for it only to find out that your teacher is gonna discuss it anyway. i dont really understand why she would assign a topic which she would discuss. well anyways thanks for the effort nalang. ganun nalag yun. however i am still gonna report what i have outlined for myself even if it is a repetition of what she had just discussed. its not my fault if the topic was already discussed. what am i to do? make my own topic?. so im gonna report this wednesday and i dont care. grrrr.

 so my report is about adolescence and the changes in the physical development of an individual.

Adolescence is a developmental transition which marks the end of childhood. This is a period in life wherein there are revolutionary interraletad changes in the physical, cognitive and social aspects of an individual. Puberty marks the onset of adolescence. Puberty is a phase in the life cycle wherein an individuals reproductive organs are developed and sexual maturation is attained. Typically adolsecence starts during the age of 10 -11 or less until late teens or early twenties. So most of the elementary students until college students are adolescents. SOme children experience early pubertal changes because of different environments and orientations. NOurishment is one factor in speeding up or slowing down the onset of puberty. other factors include the pheromones, genes, exposure to intense activity such as swimming, jogging and other active sports delays puberty and also there is a critical weight to be achieved to trigger puberty.

After the adolescent growth spurt, which is a period during adolescence wherein there is a rapid increase in weight and height of an individual, sexual maturation occurs.

How does sexual maturation occur?

The pituitary gland or the master gland secretes hormones which activates the gonads to produce FSH (follicle stimulizing hormone) and LH ( Luteinizing hormone ) which in turn will release hormones which triggers or stimulates the ovaries of the woman to produce the feminizing hormones estrogen and progesterone. So these hormones are responsible for the changes in the physical development of women namely the development of the ovaries, uterus, the change in the roundedness of the hips and also for breast development, development of pubic and axillary hair and also increase in activity of the sebaceous gland which is responsible for body odor and pimples. Because the reproductive organs of the female has already been developed the female will now experience menstruation. The first menstruation is called menarche. For boys, the hormones will stimulate the testes to produce testosterone. Testosterone is a masculinizing hormone responsible for the changes in the physical development of boys such as changes in skin texture, body odors, axillary and bodily hairs, growth of the penis, scrotum, seminal vesicles and prostate glands and deepening of the voice. Testosteron is also a requirement in the production of sperm. So basically during adolescence a boy first experiences ejaculation. The first ejaculation of a boy is called spermarche. Nocturnal emissions or wet dreams are manifestations of sexual maturation, these dreams are usually erotic dreams.

The adolescent brain is a work in progress.This is the time wherein the brain starts to develop and grow and form itself. There will be expansion of cognitive abilities but then again reason, judgement and critical abilities are not yet developed since the gray matter starts to develop from the temporal lobe. The temporal lobe is the site of amygdala which is more concerned with the emotions and instincts so it may be the explanation why adolescents tend to follow their emotions that listen to reason and why they are risky and carefree.