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13 Cards in this Set
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Self Concept
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a person's perception of his or her own strengths, weaknesses, abilities, attitudes, and values.
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self esteem
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the value each of us places on our own characteristics, abilities, and behaviors
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social comparison
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The process of comparing oneself to others to gather information and to evaluate and judge one's abilities, attitudes, and conduct.
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increased peer importance
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Members of peer groups also teach one another about their different worlds. Children learn through this sharing of attitudes and values how to sort out and form their own attitudes and values.
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Puberty
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developmental stage at which a person becomes capable if reproduction
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identity development
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is the development of the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity in a particular stage of life in which individual characteristics are possessed and by which a person is recognized or known
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reflectivity
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The tendency to analyze oneself and one's own thoughts.
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social relationships
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as early adolescents strive to establish personal identities independent of their parents they also look increasingly to their peers for security and social support
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emotional development (adolescents)
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for most adolescences, emotional distess is temporary and is successfully handled but for some the stresses lead to delinquency, drug abuse, or suicide attempts
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bullying
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taunting, harrassment, and aggression toward weaker ir friendless peers
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dropping out
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drop outs condemn themselves to low-level occupations, unemployment, and poverty
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drugs and alcohol in adolescents
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wide spread amoung them. 80% of highschool senniors drink alcohol and 31% have tied marijuana. This is strongly connected to school failure.
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STD
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AIDS is still very rare during adolescents years, and rates of infecton have been declinging. However because full-blown aids can take 10 years to appear, unprotected sex, needle sharing, and other high-risk behavior among teens often causes the high rates of AIDS amoung young adults
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