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52 Cards in this Set
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The physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and psychological dimensions of a person's growth age's 11-20.
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adolescence
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A characteristic that sometimes results in young people focusing on themselves to the exclusion of others. this allows them to believe that their feelings, thoughts, and beliefs are unique.
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adolescent egocentrism
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The masculinizing hormones that are also secreted in gradually increasing amounts up to about 7-0 years of age.
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androgen's
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A person's idea of how his/her body looks.
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body image
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Thought processes that move from a general statement or principle through logical steps to a specific conclusion.
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deductive reasoning
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The feminizing hormone that is secreted in slowly increasing amounts until about age 11. in males, this gradual increase continues through maturation.
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ertrogen
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Piaget's fourth and final stage of development. skills arise from a combination of maturation and experience.
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formal operations
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A dramatic increase in physical growth that usually occurs during a 24 to 36 month period.
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growth spurt
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A person's consistent definition as a unique individual. It refers to roles, attitudes, beliefs, and aspirations.
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identity
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Erikson's fourth stage of development. Time when the person searches for an explicit sense of his/her personal uniqueness.
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identity versus role confusion
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A type of egocentric thought where the teen sees others as being intensly interested in them, including their appearance and their behavior.
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Imaginary audience
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Thought processes that moves from one of more specific experiences or facts to a general conclusion.
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Inductive reasoning
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Thought processes that move from a prior belief or assumption rather than a logical premise.
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Intuitive thinking
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A type of egocentric thought where the young person believes that he or she cannnot be harmed or conquered by anything that may cause problems for a mortal person.
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invincibility fable
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The first menstrual period
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menarche
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A type of egocentric thought that refers to the teenager's belief that he or she is destined to have a unique, heroic, or even legendary life.
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personal fable
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A 1-2 year period following puberty during which skeletal growth is completed abd reproductive functions become fairly well established.
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post-pubescence
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The use of an unconsenting person for one's own sexual pleasure.
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sexual abuse
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A person's self-identification as male or female.
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sexual identity
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A categorization system used to determine the degree of sexual maturity.
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Tanner stages
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The maturational, growth, and hormonal changes that occur when the reproductive organs begin to function and the secondary sex characteristics develop.
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Puberty
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Three distinct sub-phases of adolescence.
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- early adolescence
- middle adolescence - late adolescence |
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Age of adolescence
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13-19 years old
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Caused by hormonal influences that are regulated in the hypothalamus.
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puberty
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Erik Erikson four aspects of identity:
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- vocation
- religion - politics - sex |
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Person adopts parents' and society's roles and values rather than exploring alternatives.
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foreclosure
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An adolescent decides that the role parents and society expect them to fill are unattainable or unappealing, so they do the opposite of what they are expected to do.
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negative identity
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The adolescent does not seem to know or to care what his/her identity is.
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identity diffusion
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A time-out during which an adolescent experiments with alternative identities, e.g., college, mission work, and internships.
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identity moratorium
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An acceptance of the roles and behaviors that society associates wit the biological category of male and female.
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gender identity
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Any erotic activity that arouses shame, excites, or confuses a child younger than sixteen years of age.
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child sexual abuse
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What is adolescence characterized by?
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growth spurt
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Which age group is characterized by a period of relatively sudden and rapid physical growth of every part of the body?
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Adolescence
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T or F; Adolescence boys begin their accelerated growth about a year or two earlier than girls
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FALSE
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A period of early adolescence; characterized by rapid physical growth and the sexual changes that make reproduction possible
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Puberty
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Piaget’s last stage of cognitive development?
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Formal Operational thought
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Hypothetical, logical, and abstract thought characterized which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?
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Formal Operational Thought
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Young people tend to focus on themselves to the exclusion of others, believing, for example, that their thoughts, feelings or experiences are unique
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Adolescent Egocentrism
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Fiction, fostered by adolescent egocentrism, that one is immune to common dangers, such as those associated with unprotected sex, drug abuse, or high-speed driving
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Invincibility fable
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Egocentric idea that one is destined for fame and fortune and/or great accomplishments
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Personal fable
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The ability to evaluate a cognitive task to determine how best to accomplish it and how to monitor one’s performance?
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Metacognition
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What is the psychosocial crisis of adolescence?
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Identity versus role confusion
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Marcia's four identity statuses?
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¹Achievement; ²Foreclosure; ³diffusion; 4moratorium
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One of Marcia’s identity statuses’ which states “a person is unique and has self definition”
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Achievement
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One of Marcia’s identity statuses’ which states “acceptance of parental values”
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Foreclosure
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One of Marcia’s identity statuses’ which states “confusion and uncertainty”
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Diffusion
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One of Marcia’s identity statuses’ which states “pause in identity to allow teens to explore alternatives”
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Moratorium
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Most influence on adolescents?
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Family and friends
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Kohlberg’s 6 stages of moral development
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¹Might makes right - Obedience to authority avoids punishment; ²Look out for number one; ³Good girl and Nice boy; 4Law and order; 5Social contract; 6Universal ethical principles
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Who believed that females give more thought to social contexts of moral choices and they focus on relationships.
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Gilligan
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Who believed that females have a morality of compassion and care and not a morality of justice and judgment?
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Gilligan
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What is preceded by a long sequence of negative events among adolescents?
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Suicide
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