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22 Cards in this Set
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identity versus role confusion
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Erikson's term for the fifth stage of development, in which the person tries to figure out "Who am I?' but is confused as to which of many possible roles to adopt.
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identity acheivement
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Erikson's term for the attainment of identity, or the point at which a person understands who he or she is as a unique individual, in accord with past experiences and future plans.
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role confusion
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A situation in which an adolescent does not seem to know or care what his or her identity is. (Also called identity diffusion.)
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foreclosure
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Erikson's term for premature identity formation, which occurs when an adolescent adopts parents' or society's roles and values wholesale, without questioning and analysis.
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moratorium
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A socially acceptable way for adolescents to postpone identity achievement. Going to college is a common example.
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gender identity
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A person's acceptance of the roles and behaviors that society associates with the biological catagories of male and female.
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social orientation
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The direction of a person's sexual and romantic attraction, whether toward others of the same sex, the opposite sex, or both sexes.
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bickering
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Petty, peevish arguing, usually repeated and ongoing.
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parental monitoring
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Parents' ongoing awareness of what their children are doing, where, and with whom.
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clique
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A group of adolescents made up of close friends who are loyal to one another while excluding outsiders.
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crowd
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A larger group of adolescents who have something in common but who are not necessarily friends.
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peer pressure
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Encouragement to conform to one's friends or contemporaries in behavior, dress, and attitude; often a positive force, but usually considered a negative one, as when adolescent peers encourage one another to defy adult authority.
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deviancy training
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Destructive peer support in which one person shows another how to rebel against authority.
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comorbid
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A term that refers to the occurrence of two or more illnesses or disorders at the same time.
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clinical depression
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Feelings of hopelessness, lethargy, and worthlessness that last two weeks or more.
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rumination
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Repeatedly thinking and talking about past experiences.
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suicidal ideation
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Thinking about suicide, usually with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive overtones.
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cluster suicides
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Several suicides committed by members of a group within a brief period of time.
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parasuicide
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Any deliberate action of self-harm that could have been lethal but was not.
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juvenile delinquent
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A person under the age of 18 who breaks the law.
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life-course persistant offender
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A person whose disobedient and disruptive activity typically begins in childhood and contiunes throughout life; a career criminal.
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adolescent-limited offender
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A person whose criminal activity is confined to the adolescent years, from about age 12 to 18.
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