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39 Cards in this Set
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Self-Concept
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understanding of who they are as a person
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Ethgender
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refers to the joint influence of race and gender
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Identity vs. Identity Confusion Stage
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the period during which teenagers seek to determine what is unique and distinctive about themselves
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Psychological Moratorium
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is a period during which adolescents take time off from the upcoming responsibilities of adulthood and explore various roles and possibilities
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Commitment
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is psychological investment in a course of action or an ideology
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Identity Achievement
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the status of adolescents who commit to a particular identity following a period of crisis during which they consider various alternatives
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Identity Foreclosure
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the status of adolescents who prematurely commit to an identity without adequately exploring alternatives
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Moratorium
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the status of adolescents who may have explored various identity alternatives to some degree, but have not yet committed themselves
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Identity Diffusion
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the status of adolescents in this category neither explore nor commit to consider various alternatives
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MAMA Cycle
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people that move back and forth between moratorium and identity achievement
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Cultural Assimilation Model
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view holds that individual cultural identities should be assimilated into a unified culture in the US
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Pluralistic Society Model
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suggests that US society is made up of diverse, coequal cultural groups that should preserve their individual cultural features
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Bicultural Identity
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in which a minority group member form in which they draw from their own cultural identity while integrating themselves into the dominant culture
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Cluster Suicide
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one suicide leads to attempts by others to kill themselves
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Autonomy
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having independence and a sense of control over one’s life
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Individualism Societies
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focus more on individual achievements and less on family achievements
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Collectivistic Societies
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promote the idea that the well-being of the group is more important than that of the individual
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Family Obligations
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Duty to provide current assistance
Duty to be respectful Duty to provide future support for family |
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Generation Gap
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a divide between parents and adolescents in attitudes, values, aspirations, and world views
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Reference Groups
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groups of people with whom one compares oneself
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Norms
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standards of a reference group that adolescents judge their abilities and social success
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Cliques
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groups of 2-12 people whose members have frequent social interactions with one another
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Crowds
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larger groups that cliques, composed of individuals who share particular characteristics but who may not interact with one another
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Sex Cleavage
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sex segregation in which boys interact primarily with boys and girls primarily with girls
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Popular Adolescents
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children who are generally well-liked
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Controversial Adolescents
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children who are liked by some peers and disliked by others
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Rejected Adolescents
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children who are actively disliked, and whose peers may react to them in an obviously negative manner
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Neglected Adolescents
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children who receive relatively little attention from their peers in the form of either positive or negative interactions
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Peer Pressure
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the influence of one’s peers to conform to their behavior and attitudes
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Undersocialized Delinquents
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adolescent delinquents who are raised with little discipline or with harsh, uncaring parental supervision
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Socialized Delinquents
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adolescent delinquents who know and subscribe to the norms of society and who are fairly normal psychologically
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Hooking Up
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a vague term that covers everything from kissing to sexual intercourse
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Masturbation
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sexual self-stimulation
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Sexual Doubled Standard
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in which premarital sex was considered permissible for males but not for females
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Permissiveness with Affection
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premarital intercourse is viewed as permissible for both men and women if it occurs in the context of a long-term, committed, or loving relationship
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Heterosexuality
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sexual attraction and behavior directed to the other sex
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Homosexuality
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sexual attraction and behavior is oriented to members of their own sex
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Bisexuality
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sexually attracted to people of both sexes
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Transgendered
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individuals that pursue sexual reassignment surgery, a prolonged course of treatment in which they receive hormones and reconstructive surgery so they are able to take on the physical characteristics of the other sex
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