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What are the cultural factors that influence adolescence?
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Technological advancement --> protracted adolescence (??)
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What are the 4 developmental tasks of adolescence?
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1. Independence from parental ties
2. Establishing sexual relationships 3. Consolidation of a sense of identity 4. Cognitive Development |
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What are the cultural factors that influence this stage of adolescence?
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Technological advancement
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What are the five formal operations of Piaget?
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1. Reflect upon own thinking
2. Deductive reasoning 3. Reason using contradictory fact propositions 4. Consider several variables 5. Conceive of multiple causality |
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What happens to your identity at this time?
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Consolidation of sense of identity
The clearer you are of your identity, the healthier you are |
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What are the stakes for mastering/failing the stage of Erikson's identity vs. role confusion?
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Mastering --> firm understanding of one's personal identity
Failing --> role confusion |
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According to Kernberg, the lack of what 3 things indicates identity confusion?
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1. Capacity for experiencing guilt and concern after an emotional outburst/aggressive behavior
2. The capacity for establishing lasting, non-exploitive relations with friends, teachers, and other grown ups, as well as a relatively realistic assessment of such a person in depth 3. Consistently expanding and deepening set of values |
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How does the inner tension of puberty/early adolescence manifest itself?
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Annoyance at others, quickly changing emotions
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When does menarche begin for girls?
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Between age 10.5 and 15 (avg. 12.5)
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When does sperm production begin for boys?
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around age 14.5
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What are 5 ways in which the kids/parent dynamic changes during adolescence?
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1. Fighting normal - fight for independence
2. Kids embarassed of parents 3. Regression eg. room cleanliness declines 4. Narcissistic - sensitive to the way they are treated, but insensitive to the way they treat others 5. Invincible - no negative consequences to their actions |
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How do kids of the opposite sex interact at this stage?
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Not usually on their own, but rather, contact at school or via technology
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What is the role of peers at this stage?
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Have more influence than family on a kid
Important to have positive influences |
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On what attributes does on pick a partner in the narcissistic stage of falling in love? (2)
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1. How they reflect on you
2. Friends' opinions of the person |
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What is the nature of relationships in middle adolescence (14-16)? (6)
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1. Mixed gender peer groups form
2. Dating begins 3. Narcissistic stage of falling in love 4. Brief, intense romance 5. Kids have image of ideal romantic partner 6. Girls often have boyfriend 2 years older |
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What is the nature of relationships in late adolescence (17-up)? (5)
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1. Partners increasingly found based on shared happiness, wish to please other person
2. Relationships begin to resemble adult relationships 3. Partners about the same age 4. Homosexual/bisexual kids more aware 5. Problems: pregnancy, STD, gender identity issues |
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What is the nature of relationships in middle adolescence (14-16)? (6)
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1. Mixed gender peer groups form
2. Dating begins 3. Narcissistic stage of falling in love 4. Brief, intense romance 5. Kids have image of ideal romantic partner 6. Girls often have boyfriend 2 years older |
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What is the nature of relationships in late adolescence (17-up)? (5)
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1. Partners increasingly found based on shared happiness, wish to please other person
2. Relationships begin to resemble adult relationships 3. Partners about the same age 4. Homosexual/bisexual kids more aware 5. Problems: pregnancy, STD, gender identity issues |
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How does the nature of relationships change from middle to late adolescence?
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Dating someone for how they reflect on you --> dating someone based on shared happiness
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What happens when a parent remains sexually aroused by their attractive children?
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Tend to withdraw from children --> distance and tension
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What happens when parents harbor feelings of sexual unfullfillment?
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May push kids into dating, send conflicting messages
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What is the superego?
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The part of the psyche that represents the moral values fromed in the individual by family and society, containing the conscience and ego ideal
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What is conscience?
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An individual's moral standard of right and wrong
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What are Kohlberg's 4 stages of moral development?
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Stage 1 -obedience/punishment
Stage 2- self-interest Stage 3- Conformity to society's standard of good behavior Stage 4 - Focus on the authority of laws and rules to determine what is right or wrong |
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What is the ego ideal?
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The set of ideal standards against which the individual measures his/her worth
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