App Dev Psych

Front 1

1. What does the mortality ratio plot reveal about the significance of age 10 and how the mortality ratio has changed over the years?

Back 1

Over half the cultures of the world have these rites

Front 2

2. What is peak height velocity (PHV) and onset of pubertal growth spurt (OGS) and how do these differ in females and males?

Back 2

When an individual is growing the fastest, When puberty based on growth begins. Breast dev girls grow earlier/ testicular dev

Front 3

3. What is the secular trend for (1) pubertal growth and (2) menarche?

Back 3

The trend is menarche is getting younger around 12-13 in all cultures

Front 4

4. How might you argue that andrenarche and menarche are different maturational events?

Back 4

Andrenarche primarily occurs in the adrenal cortex and is associated with an increase in the adrenal androgen. Menarche occurs later and marks the first menstration

Front 5

5. How does the skeleton and the chronotype signal the end of puberty and adolescence?

Back 5

The end of puberty is marked by a cessation of bone growth and chronotype tends to become later.

Front 6

6. What is a rite of passage and what are 3 characteristics of them?

Back 6

A ceremony of rite that marks the passage from one phase or state to another. Separation, transition, reincorporation

Front 7

7. Argue in favor or against this statement: Puberty rites are so common they should be considered species-typical

Back 7

They are occur in over half the cultures of the world and

Front 8

8. Give an example of a puberty rite for girls and a puberty rite for boys

Back 8

Tower Dive, The sea swim

Front 9

9. How does a rite of passage around the time of puberty in the United States (1) relieve stress, (2) provide instruction, and (3) entertain

Back 9

There are often parties like the sweet 16 which relieve stress through parental support and encourage and explanation of their changing bodies and lessons for the future and it is entertaining because parties are entertaining

Front 10

10. At what age do individuals believe they have entered adulthood?

Back 10

According the graph as early as 12-17 but response of yes occurs the most during 36-55

Front 11

11. How do anthropologists, sociologists, and psychologists describe the transition from adolescence to adulthood?

Back 11

Anthro- Providing& protecting, running a household, caring for children. Socio- Finishing marriage, starting full time employment, entering parenthood. Psych- accepting responsibility, making independent decisions, financial independence, relationship as = w/ parents

Front 12

12. What are the individualistic criteria that rank highest in importance in an emerging adult’s view of what it means to be an adult?

Back 12

Accepting responsibility, deciding on ones own values

Front 13

13. VIDEO: How did the film describe the transition from doing activities in groups to doing things in couples?

Back 13

As one gets older it transitions more from groups to individuals

Front 14

14. VIDEO: What cultural differences did you notice when considering two groups (eg. Russian teenagers and United States teenagers

Back 14

The Russian children matured faster and did activities as a couple younger

Front 15

15. VIDEO: Why might some call the teenage years in the United States a time of being in-between?

Back 15

Roles are not clearly defined not fully an adult but not a child anymore