the transition period between childhood and adulthood
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Adolescence begins with the time of developing sexual maturity also known as
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puberty
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Who was one of the first American psychologists to define adolescence and the "storm and stress" view of it?
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G. Stanley Hall
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Boys who mature early tend to:
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be more popular, self-assured, and independent.
they also are at increased risk for alcohol use, delinquency, and premature sexual activity.
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Girls who mature early tend to:
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-menstruation can be stressful especially when their bodies are out of sync with their emotional maturity
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The adolescent brain undergoes a selective pruning which :
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diminishes unused neurons and connections. The growth of myelin around axons speeds neurotransmitters and promotes better communications.
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Also, teens occasional impulsiveness and risky behaviors may be due to the fact that :
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development in the brains frontal lobe lags behind that of the limbic system.
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Based on the text of maturation and popularity, who among the following is probably the most popular 6th grader?
A. Jessica, the most physically mature girl in class
B. Roger, the most intellectually mature boy in class
C. Rob, the tallest, most physically mature boy in class
D. Cindy, who is average in physical development and is on the school debating team
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C. Rob, the tallest, most physically mature boy in class
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What is Erikson's stages of pyschosocial development?
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Infancy - trut vs. mistrust
Toddlerhood - Autonomy vs shame
Preschooler - initiative vs guilt
Elementary school - competence vs inferiority
Adolescence - identity vs role confusion
Young Adulthood- intimacy vs isolation
Middle Adulthood- generativity vs stagnation
Late adulthood- integrity vs despair
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Define Social Identity
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The aspect of people's self-concept that forms around their group membership.
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Define identity
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ones sense of self in society
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Erikson saw the formation of identity as a prerequisite for the development of _________ in young adulthood.
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intimacy
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Adolescence is typically a time of increasing influence from one's _____________ and decreasing influence from ____________.
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peers
parents
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When rejected adolescents withdraw they are vulnerable to:
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loneliness, low self esteem, and depression.
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Fourteen year old Cassandra feels freer and more open with her friends than with her family. Knowing this is the case, Cassandra's parents should
A. be concerned, because deteriorating parent-teen relationships, such as this one, are often followed by a range of problem behaviors.
B. encourage Cassandra to find new friends
C. seek family counseling
D. not worry, since adolescence is typically a time of growing peer influence and diminishing parental influence.
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D. not worry because adolescence is typically a time of growing peer influence and diminishing parental influence.
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Define Emerging adulthood
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In some cultures this stage of development exists. This is the period of time when individuals in their late teens to mid 20's are leaving adolescence and dependence and are emerging into independence as a full responsible adult.
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According to Erikson, the central psychological challenges pertaining to adolescence, young adulthood, and middle age, respectively are:
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Identity formation
intimacy
generaltivity
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Which of the following is correct:
A. early maturation places both boys and girls at distinct social advantage
B. early maturing girls are more popular and self assured than girls who mature late
C. early maturation places both boys and girls at a distinct disadvantage
D. early maturing boys are more popular and self assured than boys who mature late
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D. early maturing boys are more popular than boys who mature late
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According to Piaget, the ability to think logically about abstract proposition is indicative of the stage of:
A. pre-operational thought
B. concret operations
C. formal operations
D. post-conventional thought
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C. formal operations
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Adolescence is marked by the onset of :
A. an identity crisis
B. parent-child conflict
C. the concrete operational stage
D. puberty
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D. puberty
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Whose stage theory of moral development was based on how people reasoned about ethical dilemmas?
A. erikson
B. piaget
C. hall
D. kohlberg
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D. kohlberg
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In Erikson's theory, individuals generally focus on developing __________ during adolescence and then ______ during young adulthood
A. identity; intimacy
B. intimacy; identity
C. basic trust; identity
D. identity; basic trust
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A. identity; intimacy
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Define synaptic genesis
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the formation of synapses between neurons in the nervous system
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How does the girl brain and boy brain differ during adolescence?
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-The female brain matures faster
-Thinks about sex 1-2 times per day
-The male brain matures much slower
-Thinks about sex about every 25 seconds
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What is it about the teen brain that makes adolescence a high risk period?
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The prefrontal cortex controls decision making and it is not fully mature until around age 26, while the limbic system/emotional area is developed way before the prefrontal cortex.
= Impulse actions & not very good decisions
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What role does personality play in sensation seeking, risky behaviors?
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Depending on the person and their own personal brain development has a huge influence over the types of risky behaviors and sensation seeking they do.
Everyone's brain develops differently due to pruning.
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How well do teens read emotions of others?
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Not very well.
Looking at different emotions teens easily can misinterpret or misread emotions.
Teens respond to emotions with the Amyglada
Adults respond to emotions with the Prefrontal Cortex
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Whose idea was adolescent egocentrism?
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David Elkind
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What is adolescent egocentrism?
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The idea of adolescents inability to distinguish between their perception of what others think about them and what people actually think about them in reality.
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What is an example of imaginary audience?
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When many children are little they do not like their parents dropping them off in front of school because their peers will see them, they believe they are all watching, when in reality everyone at that age has a parent drop them off and it is not out of the normal.
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What is a personable fable?
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a belief held by adolescents telling them that they are special and unique, so much so that none of life's difficulties or problems will effect them regardless of their behavior.
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What is a Invincibility fable?
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Protection "nothing bad can happen to me" type of attitude
Risk taking
Not that teens do not understand the consequences, they simply just believe that they are the exception
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Define moratorium
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a period during which the adolescent considers and explores possible selves
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Trust vs Mistrust
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Being trusting of others vs not trusting of others
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Autonomy vs shame and doubt
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parents help children have autonomy by providing options for simple decisions
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initiative vs guilt
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parents focus on gains and not mistakes
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competence vs inferiority
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essential skills of social comparion
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Adolescence who have a firm background with trust, autonomy, initiative, and competence will have what type of result:
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they will explore further in finding their identity
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Adolescence who have a background in mistrust, shame, doubt, guilt, and inferiority leads to:
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role confusion
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