Human Development Chpt 10 Adolescence Psychosocial Development

Front 1

identity vs role confusion

Back 1

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.

Front 2

identity

Back 2

a consistent definition of one's self as a unique indivdual, in therm of roles attitudes, beliefs, and asperations.

Front 3

identity achievemnet

Back 3

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.

Front 4

role confusion

Back 4

a situation in which an adolescent does not seem to knwo or care what his or her indentity is. ( Also called identity diffusion)

Front 5

forclosure

Back 5

Erikson's term for preemature identty formation which occurs when an adolescent adopts parents or sociiety's roles and values wholesale without questioning or anaylsis

Front 6

moratorium

Back 6

An adolescent's choice of a socially acceptable way to postpone making identity achievement decisions. Going to college is a common IE

Front 7

Gender identity

Back 7

a persons acceptance of the roles and behavoirs that society associates with the biologoical catgories of male and female.

Front 8

Sexual orientation

Back 8

a term that refers to whether a person is sexually and romantically attracted to others of the same sex the pposite sex or both sexes

Front 9

Key points for this section

Back 9

Erikson's 5th psychocoial crissi, identity vs role confusion, highlights adolescents psychosoical need to achieve identity, to know who they are.

Front 10

Key points for 1st section of chpt 10 human development

Back 10

many adolescents experience confusion (diffusion), foreclosure, or maratorium before they achieve identity.

Sexual identity now includes more diversity of gender roles thant previously achnowledged.

Contemporary teenagers strive to find their own ethnic identity amid the changeing confliccts and aspirations they experience

vocational identity requires skills and maturity that are beyon most adolescents

Front 11

bickering

Back 11

petty peevish arguing usually repeated and ongoing

Front 12

Neglect

Back 12

the worst style of raising a child

Front 13

independence and culture

Back 13

influences family conflicts

Front 14

parental monitoring

Back 14

parents ongoing awareness of what their children are doing where and with whom

Front 15

clique

Back 15

a group of adolescents made up of close freinds who are loyal to one another while excluding outsiders

Front 16

crowd

Back 16

a larger group of adolescents who have somethin in common but who are not necessarily friends

Front 17

peer pressure

Back 17

Encouragement to conform to one's friends or contemporaries in behavior dress, and attitude; usually considered a negative force, as when adolescent peers encourage one another to defy adult authority

Front 18

deviancy training

Back 18

destructive peer support inwhich one person shows another how to rebel against authority or social norms

Front 19

clinical depression

Back 19

feelings of hopelessness, lethargy and worthlessness that lasts 2 or more weeks

Front 20

rumination

Back 20

repeatedly thinking and talking about past experiences; can contribute to depression

Front 21

suicidal ideation

Back 21

thinking about suicide, usually with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive overtones

Front 22

cluster suicides

Back 22

several suicides committed by members of a group within a breif period of time

Front 23

parasuicide

Back 23

any potentially lethal action against the self that does not result in death

Front 24

juvenile delinquent

Back 24

a person under the age of 18 who breaks the law

Front 25

life-course persistent offender

Back 25

a person whose criminal activity typically begins in early adolescence and continues throughout life; a career criminal

Front 26

adolescence limited offender

Back 26

a person show criminal activity stops by age 21

Front 27

generational forgetting

Back 27

the idea that each new generation forgets what the previous generation learned. As used here, the term refers to knowledge about the harm drugs can do.