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27 Cards in this Set
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What make transition to middle school difficult for adolescents?
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Transition at the same time as puberty
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What makes for a successful teacher
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Authoritative parenting teaching style. Caring but holds you to a high standard
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What policy toward effective education was set up in 2001
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No child left behind
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Difference between American and European secondary schooling?
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european- 3 tracks ( profession, college prep and vocational)
america- comprehensive 1 track |
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What does engagement mean in adolescent learning?
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Adolescent attention (psych presence) studies show is typically absent in classes
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What do most US girls and boys do as their first job
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girls: Babysit
Boys: Mow Lawns |
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Age period for crystalization
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14-18 yrs ( adolescent starting to form ideas in what they want to do in life)
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Specification age range
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18-21 ( Make decisions on steps towards goal)
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Implementation age range
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21-24 ( Finish education)
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Stabalization age range
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25-35 ( Career)
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Consolidation age range
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35 and up (Continue to learn and grow in field)
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How do gender differences influence career decisions for boys and girls?
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Girls tend to be more focused on family life and so usually become teachers and nurses.
Boys expect partners to deal with the family stuff and typically become engineers and surgeons |
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At what point do the number of hours that a student works become detrimental?
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Over ten hours: anxiety
Over twenty hours: severe issues occur |
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What is a better predictor of problem behavior occuring due to work while in school.....Intensity or duration
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Intensity
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What are 5 reasons for media use by adolescence
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Entertainment, coping, youth culture identification, high sensation, identity formation.
Entertainment is not developmental |
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Cultivation theory
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Media exposure shapes worldview
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What is the uses and gratifications approach?
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Idea of appropriate media intake based off individuals choice and how they respond to media is based on who they are inherently
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By age 18 , how much violence have most U.S. adolescents experienced in media?
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200,000 acts of violence and 16,000 murders by 18
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What are some of the reasons there is an association between media violence and adolescent violence
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No realistic consequences they perpetrator is glorified
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Difference between externalizing and internalizing traits
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boys typically show externalizing behaviors
girls typically show internalizing behaviors Schools catch external but not internal behaviors |
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Factors that contribute to academic achievement gap and what is the academic achievement gap
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academic achievement gap is difference between low income at risk schools and high income low risk schools quality of learning for the kids
Factors: Parent part, hunger, nutrition, teachers, attendance, rigor |
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Adolescents limited offenders
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bad behavior and crime happen only during adolescence
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life course persistant offenders
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starts in childhood through adolescents into adulthood
neurological and poor environment characteristics less common |
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Leading cause of death for adolescents in United States
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Car accidents
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Pros and cons of larger schools
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More opportunities but students are not involved
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Pros and cons smaller schools
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one-on-one interaction but students are more involved
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What is the ideal class size
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20 to 40 students
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