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Psychology
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05/03/2010

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Term
Alcohol use by teens
Definition
44% (70% in the late 80's)
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Cigarette use by teens
Definition
28% (45% in the late 80's)
Term
Drug use by teens
Definition
22% in 8th grade
Term
Sex by teens
Definition
7%
Term
Adultoids
Definition
youths who engage in adult like behavior
Term
% of adultoids in sample
Definition
13%
Term
5 tradional markers to be an adult
Definition
1.Completing school
2.Leaving home
3.Starting one's career
4.Marrying
5.Becoming a parent
Term
Number of years to graduate from college
Definition

36% in 4 years or less

34% in 5 years or less

30% in more than 5 years

Term
18 - 24 year olds enrolled in college
Definition
45%
Term
Percentage of young adults 25-34 years of age living with their parents
Definition

8% in 1970

13% in 2010

Term
median age of first marriage
Definition

50's 23 years old for males

00's about 27 years old for males

from 20 - 25 for females

Term
Traditional definition of adulthood
Definition
Achieving certain goals
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Modern definition of adulthood
Definition
  • Accepting responsibility for one self
  • Making independant decisions
  • Becoming financially independant from parents
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The extended adolescence of males
Definition
  • permissive parenting
  • growing success of women in school and work
  • ambiguity and confusion about the male role
  • Emphasis on youth
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Psychological adulthood
Definition
  • Autonomy from parents
  • Intimacy
  • identity formation:  what you want to be in the future
Term
Prolonged adolescence
Definition
  • Unable or unwilling to leave adolescence
  • Great difficulty making choices
  • Fearful of committments
  • Desire to avoid the responsibilities of adulthood however still wanting adult privileges
Term
Characteristics of prolonged adolescents
Definition
  • Narcissistic
  • Unrealistically high standards for the self or fear of trying something new for fear of failure
  • Daydreaming
  • Psychologically immature (has not developed true self confidence
  • Dependant
Term
Helicopter parents
Definition
Parents who hover over their adolescents
Term
Percent of college seniors that reported frequent contact with their parents
Definition
85%
Term
Developmental task domains
Definition
education, work, financial autonomy, romantic involvement, peer involvement, substance abuse avoidance, citizenship
Term
status offense
Definition
a violation of law that pertains to minors but not adults.
Term
collective efficacy
Definition
a community's social capital, derived from its members' common values and goals
Term
18 - 24 year olds that are supported by their parents
Definition
25%
Term
in 2020 ethnic minority children will be what percentage of all US children
Definition
45%
Term
Girls sequence of sexual maturation
Definition
breast development - 10 years
pubic hair - 10.2 years
growth spurt - 11 years
menarche - 12.4 years
regular menstrual cycle - 14 years
Term
sequence of sexual maturation for boys
Definition
testicular growth - 11.5 years
pubic hair - 12 years
penis growth - 12.5 years
growth spurt - 12.5 years
voice change - 13 years
spermarche - 14 years
Term
changes in median age of menarche
Definition
1860 - 15.5 years
1910 - 14.5
today - 12.5
Term
risky behaviors
Definition
crime - 18
substance use - 20
risky driving - late teens
risky sex - early 20s
Term
identity
Definition
Who I am now
Who I want to be in the future
Where do I fit in the world
What do I believe in
Term
psychomotor moratorium
Definition
period of exploration and experimentation
Term
Identity foreclosure
Definition
your whole life it has been determined that you are going to be one thing however you find that it is not what you want to be.
Term
Identity diffusion
Definition
the incoherent, disjointed, incomplete sense of self characteristic of not having resolved the crisis of identity. Difficulty making committments and procrastination. No/No
Term
Moratorium
Definition
self doubt and confusion. no committment/yes to crisis
Term
Achievement
Definition
resist peer pressure and confident. Yes/Yes
Term
prefrontal cortex
Definition
the part of the brain responsible for many higher-order cognitive skills, such as decision making and planning.
Term
limbic system
Definition
an area in the brain that plays a role in emotional experience. may explain risky behavior.
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