Biological Foundations, Puberty and Health
(Chapter 3)

I.  Introduction
	A.  Biology of adolescence uniqueness: 
1. Hereditary and Hormones (p. 83)
B.  The Storm and Stress Model (G. Stanley Hall) (p.8)
C. Storm and Stress and Adolescent Health (pp. 99; 103-104)

II. Evolution and Hereditary (pp. 104-113)
	A.  Biology of adolescent uniqueness
	B.  Evolutionary pressures:  What makes adolescent like each other	
		1. Darwin and Evolution
		2. Evolutionary psychology 
3. Evolution and the teenager (pp. 104-107)
	C.  Behavioral genetics:  What makes adolescent different each other (pp. 109-110) 
		1. Twin Studies
		2. Strengths and limits 
D.  Genetic Processes (107-112)
		1.  Chromosomes, Genes, and DNA (pp. 107-109)
2.  G x E = P (p. 109)
		3.  Gene Environmental Interaction (pp. 109-111)
			i. Scarr’s Models (p. 110)
			ii. Shared and Non-shared Environments (pp. 111-112) 
	E.  Genes Environments and Puberty (p. 112)
		1.  Evolution and niche-picking in adolescence

III. Puberty and the Brain (pp. 83-98)
	A. Puberty 
1.  Hormonal Changes (p.84-87)
	i. Sex Hormones
	ii. Growth Hormones 
		2.  Physical consequences
			i. Height and Weight (p. 87)
			ii. Menarche & Spermarche (pp. 87-88)
			iii. Secular Trends (pp. 88)
3.  The effects of hormones on behavior (pp. 90-92)
4. Psychological Dimensions of puberty (pp. 89-94) 
i. Reactions to physical maturation (pp. 89-90)
ii. Early vs. late maturation (p. 92)
	B.  Brain Development (pp. 94-98)
		1.  Mechanisms of Brian Growth 
i. Non-specialized 
	ii. Specialized 
2.	Brain changes and emotional regulation 

IV. Biology and Adolescence
A.	Beyond Storm and Stress.