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37 Cards in this Set
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Initiation Rites
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Ceremonies or rituals in which an individual is admitted to new status or accepted into a new position (rites of passage)
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Puberty
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Sexual maturation; The end of childhood and the point where reproduction becomes first possible
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Asynchrony
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The condition during adolescence in which the growth or maturation of bodily parts is uneven.
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Menarche
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The first menstrual period
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Spermarche
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The period during which males achieve first ejaculation
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Rationalization
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A process whereby an individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way that will preserve his or her self-esteem
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Identity Crisis
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A period of inner conflict during which adolescents worry intensely about who they are
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Social Learning Theory
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Albert Bandura's view of human development; emphasizes interaction
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Clique
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A small, exclusive group of people within a larger group
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Conformity
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Acting in accordance with some specified authority
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Anorexia Nervosa
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A serious eating disorder characterized by a fear of gaining weight that results in prolonged self-starvation and dramatic weight loss
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Bulimia Nervosa
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A serious eating disorder characterized by compulsive overeating usually followed by self-induced vomiting or abuse of laxatives
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Gender Identity
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The sex group (masculine or feminine) to which an individual belongs
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Gender Role
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The set of behaviors that society considers appropriate for each sex
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Gender Stereotype
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An oversimplified or distorted generalization about the characteristics of men and women
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Androgynous
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Combining or blending traditionally male or female characteristics
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Gender Schema
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A set of behaviors organized around how either a male or female should think and behave
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Origins of Gender Differences
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Biological Theory, Psychoanalytical, Social Learning Theory, Cognitive - Development Theory
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Role of the Family
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Become independent from the family; Major task for adolescents
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Role of Peers
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Adolescents use them to define themselves; form along class lines
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Role of Cliques
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Fulfills the need for closeness, helps form an identity, leads to conformity, chosen with values of parents
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Formal Operations
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The thinking patterns that emerge during adolescence
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Identity Foreclosure Adolescents
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James Marcia identified teens who make a firm commitment about issues based on the suggestions of others
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Identity Moratorium Adolescents
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Seriously considering the issues but haven't made commitments on any important matters facing them
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Erik Erikson
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Characterized adolescence as a time in which the teen faces an identity crisis
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Lawrence Kohlberg
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Studied the development of moral thinking
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Messiah Complex
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Teens who often idealize things when they compare what could be to what actually is. Teens who take this to an extreme develop this
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Rationalization
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Adolescents deal with strong emotional feelings using this
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Margaret Meed
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Believed culture influenced development
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Albert Bandura
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Human development is continuous; Adolescents develop in all stages by interaction
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Problems Facing Adolescents
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Finding fault with authority figures, argumentativeness, indecisiveness, self-consciousness, invulnerability, apparent hypocrisy
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Role of Abstract Thinking
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Allows once to examine one's self ethics and motives, allows rationalization, etc.
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Angry
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Teenagers that are depressed appear this way
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Stage 6 of Kolhberg's Framework
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Where the Golden Rules falls
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James Marcia
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This person said that finding your identity is the number one task during adolescence; "commitment categories"
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Robert Havinghurst
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Came up with 9 different tasks adolescents must master
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Sandra Bem
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Said that we should all be and accept androgyny as it allows flexibility
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