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Industry-versus-inferiority stage:
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According to Erikson, the period from ages 6 to 12 characterized by a focus on efforts to attain competence in meeting the challenges presented by parents, peers, school, and the other complexities of the modern world.
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Success in industry-versus-inferiority stage
Difficulties in industry-versus-inferiority stage |
feelings of mastery and proficiency
growing sense of competence feelings of failure and inadequacy |
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Social comparison:
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The desire to evaluate one’s own behavior, abilities, expertise, and opinions by comparing them to those of others
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Festinger:
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when concrete, objective measures of ability are lacking, people turn to social reality to evaluate themselves
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Social reality:
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Understanding that is derived from how others act, think, feel, and view the world.
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Self-esteem:
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An individual’s overall and specific positive and negative self-evaluation
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Social Identity Theory:
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A theory that predicts certain intergroup behaviors on basis of perceived status, legitimacy, and permeability of the intergroup environment
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Social competence:
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The collection of social skills that permit individuals to perform successfully in social settings
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Social problem-solving:
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The use of strategies for solving social conflicts in ways that are satisfactory both to oneself and to others
According to Dodge, successful social problem-solving proceeds through a series of steps that correspond to children’s information-processing strategies |
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Dominance hierarchy:
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Rankings that represent the relative social power of those in a group
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Coregulation:
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A period in which parents and children jointly control children’s behavior
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Self-care children:
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Children who let themselves into their homes after school and wait alone until their caretakers return from work; previously known as latchkey children
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Blended family:
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A remarried couple that has at least one stepchild living with them
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Adolescence:
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The developmental stage between childhood and adulthood
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Adolescent growth spurt:
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A period of very rapid growth in height and weight during adolescence
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Menarche:
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The onset of menstruation
Early Onset Girls who are better nourished and healthier Stressful environments may impact puberty |
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Secular trend:
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A statistical tendency observed over several generations
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Primary sex characteristics:
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Characteristics that are associated with the development of the organs and structures of the body that directly relate to reproduction
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Secondary sex characteristics:
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The visible signs of sexual maturity that do not involve the sex organs directly
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Anorexia nervosa:
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A severe and potentially life-threatening eating disorder in which individuals refuse to eat, while denying that their behavior or skeletal appearance is out of the ordinary
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Bulimia:
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An eating disorder that primarily afflicts adolescent girls and young women, characterized by binges on large quantities of food followed by purges of the food through vomiting or the use of laxatives
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Stress:
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The physical response to events that threaten or challenge us
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Psychosomatic disorders:
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Medical problems caused by the interaction of psychological, emotional, and physical difficulties.
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Blank are methods used to control, reduce, or tolerate the threats and challenges that lead to stress
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Coping efforts
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Addictive drugs:
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Drugs that produce a biological or psychological dependence in users, leading to increasingly powerful cravings for them
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Alcoholics:
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People who have learned to depend on alcohol and are unable to control their drinking.
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Sexually transmitted infection (STI):
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An infection that is spread through sexual contact
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