prepubescent phase

physiology

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stages of adolescent development

  • inherited reflex
    In human behaviour: Physiological aspects

    …said to be in the prepubescent phase. When most of those bodily changes that will eventually take place have been initiated, the person is in the pubescent phase. Finally, when most of those bodily changes have already occurred, the person is in the postpubescent phase; this period ends when all…

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