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42 Cards in this Set
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Five key feautres of emerging adulthood |
Identity Exploration Instability Self-Focused Feeling in-between Age of Possibilities |
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Three charactersitics shared by these late bllomers |
support by adults being planful showing positive aspects of autonomy |
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Define obesity |
Medical problem involving excessive amount of body fat |
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Culprits of Obesity |
Heredity - Genetic component Leptin - Protein released by fat cells; decreases food intake and increases energy expenditure Set point - Amount of stored fat in body Environmental factor - Greater availability of food Dieting - Obsession to lose weight |
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Strategies to make exercise a part of life |
Reduce TV time Chart your progress Get rid of excuses Imagine the alternative |
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Define addiction |
behavioral pattern with an overwhelingg involvement with a drug and securing its supply |
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two problems associated with excessive alcohol consumption |
Binge drinking - people who had 10 or more drinks in a row Alcoholism - Disorder that involves long-term, repeated and excessive use of alcoholic beverages |
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Peak level of performance for outstanding athletes |
Most swimmers and gymnasts - late teens Golfers and marathon runners - late twenties Other areas of athletics - early to mid-twenties |
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Notable highly conditioned athletes that stretched the upper age limits of award-winning performance |
Dana Torres (Olympic swimming) Lance Armstrong (cycling) Tom Watson (Golf) |
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Decline in Physical Performance Begins |
- Decrease in muscle tone and strength around age 30 - Sagging chins and protruding abdomens - Lessening of physical abilities after turning 30 |
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College students from lower SES bg engage in |
Lower levels of phyical activity Eating more fast food Less fruits and vegetables Showed unhealthy weight control |
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Bad health habits engaged in during adolesence increased |
Inactivity Diet obesity Substance abuse Reproductive health care |
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Lifestyles associated c poor health such as |
FSNO (For Sure NO) Failing to Exercise Skipping breakfast Not eating regular meals Overeating to the point of exceeding the normal weight of our age |
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Young adults' life satisfaction was positively related to |
not smoking exercising regularly using sun protection eating fruit limiting fat intake |
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Young adults' life satisfaction is not related to |
Alcohol consumption & Fiber intake |
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Health profile of emerging and young adults can be improved by |
Reducing the incidence of certsin-impairing lifestyles Good eating habits Regular exercise Abstaining from drugs Getting adequate sleep |
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Bacteria in STDs |
Gonorrhea - Neisseria gonorrhoeae Syphilis - Treponema pallidum Chlamydia - Chlamydia trachomatis |
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Virus in STDs |
Genital herpes - causes by a family of viruses with diff strains AIDS - cause by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), destroying the immune system Genital Warts - Caused by HPV (human papillomavirus) |
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Efficient strategies against HIV and other STIs |
Know your risk status and of your partner Obtain medical examination Have protected sex Do not have sex with multiple partners |
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Define Rape |
Forcible sexual intercourse with a person who does not give consent |
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Define sexual harassment |
Manifestation of power of one person over another |
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Developmental changes during careers and works for children |
Have IDEALISTIC fantasies about what they want to be |
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Developmental changes during careers and works for high school years |
Thinks about careers from a somewhat idealistic perspective |
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Developmental changes during careers and works for late tenns and early twenties |
Career decision making has turned more serious |
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Developmental changes during careers and works for college |
Choosing a major specialization designed to lead in a field |
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Developmental changes during careers and works for early and mid twenties |
Has completed their education or training and entered a full-time occupation |
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Developmental changes during careers and works for mid-twenties |
Establishes their emerging career and move up the career leader |
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Define Career mystique |
Ingrained cultural belief that engaging in hard work for long hours will lead to status, security, and happiness |
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Define purpose |
Missing ingredient in many adolescents' and emerging adults |
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Define work |
Key aspect of identity; has important influence on financial standing, health, etc. |
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Define dual-earner couples |
Both partners are working, and have less manpower in handling the internal matters |
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Dimensions of adult personality |
Easy to difficult temperaments - 3-5 y/o Easy temperaments - well adjusted as young adults Difficult temperants - not as well adjusted as young adults Inhibition - Less likely than other adults to be assertive or exeperience social support Ability to control one's emotions - Good control of emotions when kids show resilient in the face of stress |
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Attachments styles |
Secure - positive view of relationships Avoidant attachment - hesitant to get involved in relationships Anxious attachment - demand closeness and less trusting |
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Benefits of secure attachment |
Well-integrated. self-acceptance, and self-esterrm |
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Define first impression |
impression that new acquantainces makes when we first meet |
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Importance condition for a close relationship |
Familiarity and samilarity |
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An explanation of why individuals are attracted to people who are similar to them |
Consensual validation |
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Attraction thru internet |
Online matchmaking |
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The spark that ignites a relationship |
Physical attractiveness |
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Define love |
Vast and complex terrritory of human behavior |
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Hallmarks of intimacy |
Self-disclosure Sharing of privagte thoughts |
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Sternberg as a triachic theory includes |
Passion - physical and sexual attraction Intimacy - Emotional feelings of warmth, closeness Commitment - the cognitive appraisal of the relationship |
