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18 Cards in this Set
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Puberty Facts:
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earlier in children with higher family stress
earlier for girls in father-absent homes or overweight boys have negative view of late development girls have negative view of early development |
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Larson Study with Beepers
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Adolescents were moodier, more self conscious, more emotionally extreme, not as happy
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Cognitive Changes in Adolescent:
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formal operational thought
metacognition ( ability to think about thinking) |
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Imaginary Audience:
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others are as interested in us as we are
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Personal Fable
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think they are more important than they are
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Invincible Fallacy:
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nothing bad can happen to me
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Identity Development Categories
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not necessarily progression, can go back and forth:
-Diffusion (lack exploration and commitment) -Moratorium (exploration without commitment) -Foreclosure (commitment with little exploration) -Achievement (explored and made commitment) |
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Levels of Peer Association
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1-2 Best Friends
6-10 Members of Social Circle |
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3 Factors that determine which crowds belong to which:
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Personality, Interests
Availability Parental Involvement in Peer Selection |
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Conflict increase in Early Adolescence
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2x/week
Conflict over parents getting into adolescents personal issues parents view it as health/safety issues researchers believe parents are trying to set kids up for successful paths |
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School Influences on Adolescence:
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caring nurturing teachers
smaller schools more prosocial behavior k-8, 9-12 better than k-6, 7-9, 10-12 higher academic achievements are helpful parental involvement led to higher academic achievement |
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Adolescent work
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65% work
good until they work 20+ hours/week |
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Media Use:
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8-18 year olds use 6.5 hrs/day
media violence affect those with predisposed violence media overrides others (school, parents) views |
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infants sleep
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14 hours/day
no circadian rhythm |
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childhood (1-6)
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10-12 hours (including naps)
night wakings common |
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late childhood (6-12)
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9.5 hours of sleep
develop lark/owl tendencies |
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Adolescence: (12-18)
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sleep time decreases to 7-8 hours but sleep need does not, 9.5 hours
sleep phase shift around puberty, later sleep onset which isn't good since High School starts so early |
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Adulthood
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problems in adolescence carry over to adulthood
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