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49 Cards in this Set
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Endocrine System
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Responsible for puberty
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Formal operations
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-Piaget
-Able to reason about the world in complex ways -Abstract thoughts |
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Psychosocial Moratorium
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Period in adolescence when you delay adult responsibilities to discover and explore who you are.
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Adolescence
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-Puberty is front end
-Adult roles taken on is back end Early adolescence: 10-13 yrs Late adolescence: 14-18 |
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Emerging Adulthood
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defined by individualism (18-25)
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Sex vs Gender
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Sex: biological predispositions
Gender: the societal roles you associate yourself with |
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Storm and Stress
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-upheaval and disorder
-operate in risky behavior -not universal, but adolescents are very likely to experience it |
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Metacognition
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Thinking about thinking
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Gender Differences
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-Fewer women in science and math areas
-Unequal pay for women -Women's progression in education and work is slower than men |
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Genotype-environment interactions
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Passive: biology and environment is directly influenced by the parents
Evocative: inheritant genes causes reactions from others Interactive: seek out environment for genotype characteristics |
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Differential Gender Socialization
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Treated differently in society based on gender
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Feared self
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example of who they dont want to become in the future (alcoholic dad)
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Dual Processing Theory
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analytic: basic reasoning
heuristic: intuitive factors |
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5 Characteristics of emerging adulthood (individualism)
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Age of:
-identity -instability -self focused -feeling in between -possibilities |
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Piaget's driving force behind progression of one stage to the next
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Maturation (not based on the enviro.)
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Where and when do puberty changes begin?
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-Hypothalamus
-Starts when fat level is reached (GNRH) |
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Broad Socialization
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Persons learned individualism in their cultures
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Narrow socialization
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Persons learned collectivism
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3 important processes of brain development
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Neural growth
Pruning Myelination |
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Actual Self
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Who you actually are
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Possible Self
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Who you want to be or dont want to be
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False Self
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Who you present yourself to be depending on environ.
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Maturational Deviance Hypothesis
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The more different you are compared to "normal" developers, the more pyscological stress you have.
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Fundamental Changes
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Biology (puberty)
Cognition (way of thinking) Social Roles |
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3 Contributing Factor of Adolescence
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-Child labor laws
-Legally required education -Adolescence became field of study |
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G. Stanley Hall
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-Founder of study of adolescence
-Storm and Stress -Recapitulation |
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Recapitulation
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Development of an individual re-enacts evolution of human species
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Peer Reviewed
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atleast two people of expertise critic your studies & identify strengths and limitations
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Serotonin
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neurotransmitter that contributes to happiness
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Puberty
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A biological revolution marked by dramatic changes in the adolescents physiology and physical appearance
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Endocrine system
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-system of glands which secrete different hormones into the bloodstream
-regulates mood, growth, development, tissue function, metabolism, sexual function and reproductive processes |
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Hypothalamus
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-at base of brain where puberty kicks off
-regulates hunger, temp, sleep, hormones -gradually increases production of gonadotropin-releasing hormones |
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Pituitary Gland
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-Where gonadotropin are released
-Development of eggs and sperm |
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Gonads/ sex glands
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produce gametes and sex hormones
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Physical Changes
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Girls= typically 2 years ahead of boys
Girls= start at 10 yrs Boys= 12 yrs Girls stop @ 15 Boys @ 17 |
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Growth spurts
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not all body parts grow at same pace
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Primary sex characteristics
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related to reproduction
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Secondary sex characteristics
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not directly related to reproduction but still visible indicators
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Menarche
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-1st period
-production of ovum |
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Spermarche
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produce btw 30-500 million sperm
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Parts of the brain
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Occipital: visual
Parietal: sensory Temporal: memory/language Frontal: executive functions |
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Behavioral Decision Theory
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-identify choices
-consequences -weigh desireability of consequence -assess likelihood of consequence -integrate info into the decision |
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Adolescent egocentrism
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-Imaginary audience: leads to self consciousness
-Personal Fable: nothing can harm them, theres something special about them compared to others -Optimistic Bias: misfortunes happen to others and not yourself |
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Early maturing
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-Bad for girls
-maturational deviance hypothesis (body diff.) *Puberty is occurring earlier today in boys and girls |
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Late Maturation
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-Bad for boys
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Ethnographic
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you live in the population that youre studying
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Which system monitors and adjusts levels of sex hormones
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The Feedback Loop
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Cognitive Developmental Theory of Gender
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Role of schemas in how we view gender
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Gender Intensification Hypothesis
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Youth re more influenced by social expectations of gender behavior
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