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28 Cards in this Set
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Difference in peer groups and child peer groups
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-spend more time with peers
-more likely to rely on peers for support -less supervised decline in sex cleavage-segregation in middle school but less segregation in 11th and 12th grade |
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4 ways teens can be separated
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age, ethnicity, sex, SES
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Advantages of peer group involvement
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-outlet for social support
-may provide socialization content not fostered in the family -may assist in the development of psychosocial outcomes |
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Disadvantages of peer group involvement
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-academic problems
-poor social information processing -aggression -high dislike from peers in crowds |
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Full Service Schools
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-schools involved with the student more than just a normal school day
-involved with the family, community, and other institutions -time before and after school including weekends and summers |
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Tracking
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-grouped according to ability and to different levels of classes but still in the same grade
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Impact of extra curriculars
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-non athletic-influences gpa, motivation
-athletic-achievement stays stable or goes up -psychosocial development-increases self esteem and psychological health |
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Premature affluence
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-teen spending money and not saving
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Jobs related to SES in teens
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Middle-upper class suburban youth-fast food, retail, etc
Poor urban youth- more involved in "underground economy" like carwashing and drug dealing |
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Working more than 20 hrs a week leads to...
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-less school involvement and ed aspirations
-more psychological symptoms -problem with parents -take easier classes in school |
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Benefits of Work
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-increase in self esteem
-potential for learning money/time management |
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Displacement hypothesis
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-children spend a considerable portion of their free time watching television at the expense of other leisure activities that may help their development
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Self concept
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-how you view yourself
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Middle adolescent self concept
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-more contradictions
-increased perspective taking -False vs real vs feared vs ideal- selves |
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Self Esteem
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Baseline-How you generally feel about yourself. Gets stronger during adolescence
Barometric- Changes throughout the day |
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Susan Harter on self esteem
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-scholastic competence
-athletic competence -physical competence -peer acceptance -behavioral conduct |
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Developmental trajectories
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-self esteem shows a difference in each individual
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Eriksons Identity
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Past-What you've grown up witnessing
Present-Exploration, gradual commitment |
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Levels of commitment
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Achieved-Committed and Exploring
Moratorium-Not committed but exploring Foreclosure-Committed but not exploring Diffused-Not committed or exploring |
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3 types of autonomy
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Emotional-changes occuring in adolescents close relationships
Behavioral-ability to make decisions and carry through Values-development of principles |
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Adolescents more likely to be conventional or principled thinkers?
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Conventional they evaluate moral decisions in terms of a set of rules that people are supposed to abide by
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Peer pressure
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-increases in short term day to day social situations
-long term concerns are influenced by parents -highest at age 14 |
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Elliot Turiels Social convention stages
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equates rules and customs with- individuals
-institutions -broader society |
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Bowlbys Theory
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-attachment is a lifespan issue
-ethological approaches:attachment is necessary -from a survival standpoint -special adaptive significance of loss -Attachment experiences with parents become internalized |
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Teens relationships with parents
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-more intimate with friends
-declines between fifth and 10th grade and increases during young adulthood |
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Attachment
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-same sexes increase steadily
-5-8% opp sex friendship in middle school then 20% in high school |
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Why are intimate relations so important?
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Grief. To prepare you for huge losses later in life
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3 types societies
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Restrictive: Sexuality is a closed door issue
Semi restrictive:don't ask don't tell. Permissive: Sexuality is very open |
