Chapter 11 & 12

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thickens; improves adolescents’ ability to process information

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Corpus callosum

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handles processing of information about emotion) develops earlier than the prefrontal cortex (involved in higher-level cognitive processes)

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Amygdala

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an eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation

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Anorexia Nervosa

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: eating disorder in which the individual consistently follows a binge-and-purge pattern

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Bulimia Nervosa

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adolescents’ belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are

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Imaginary Audience

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: involves a sense of uniqueness and invincibility (no one can understand

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Personal Fable

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decision-making is influenced by 2 cognitive systems—one analytical and one experiential—which compete with each other

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Dual-Process Model

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moving from being the oldest, biggest, and most powerful students in elementary school to being the youngest, smallest, and least powerful students in middle or junior high school

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Top-Dog Phenomenon

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a form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community

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Service Learning

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the overall way we evaluate ourselves

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self-esteem

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Self-centered and self-concerned approach toward others; typically unaware of their actual self and how others perceive them

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narcissism

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the gap between childhood security and adult autonomy

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Psychosocial Moratorium

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a period of identity development during which the individual is exploring alternatives

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Crisis

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a personal investment in identity

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Commitment

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individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis or made any commitments

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Diffusion

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individuals who have made a commitment but not experienced a crisis

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Foreclosure

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individuals who are in the midst of a crisis but whose commitments are absent or weak

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Moratorium

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individuals who have undergone a crisis and made a commitment

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Achievement

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Key changes in identity are more likely to take place

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18-25 years
emerging adulthood

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: repeated cycles of moratorium to achievement

Identity does not remain stable throughout life

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MAMA

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an enduring aspect of the self that includes a sense of membership in an ethnic group and the attitudes and feelings related to that membership

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Ethnic Identity

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identify both with their ethnic group and the majority culture

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bicultural identity

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small groups (2 to 12 individuals), typically of the same sex and about the same age

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Cliques

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larger than cliques and less personal

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Crowds

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ceremony or ritual that marks an individual’s transition from one status to another

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Rite of Passage:

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an adolescent who breaks the law or engages in behavior that is considered illegal

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Juvenile Delinquent