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Adolescence
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
11/10/2008

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Storm and Stress
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Adolescence is period when major physical, intelectual, and emotion changes create lots of distress and crisis
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Reaction formation (freud)
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replace respect and love for their parents with hate and disrespect (defense machanism)
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Anna frued says...
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its abnormal when adolescnets are not angry toward parents
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Five major changes during puberty
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1. rapid growht and weight gain, 2. development of sex glands, 3. Development of secondary sex characteristics, 4. Changes in body comp, 5. changes in circulatory respiratory
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Average height @ 11 and @ 18
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11 = 60 inches, 18 = 70 inches girls 64
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age ____ girls/boys have max growth spurt
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Girls = 11-12
Boys = 13-14
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Average first period occurs in girls at age ___
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11-12 depending on nutrition and % body fat
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First ejaculation occurs around age ____
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12 - 13 typically through masterbation or nocturnal omission (morning wood)
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Lungs weight increases by ___, heart by ____
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lungs 3x weight, heart 2x size, HR decreases
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Early vs. Late maturing boys
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EARLY: initial advantages, more popular, more self confident, less flexible, more deliquent
LATE:protected from pressures, do what interests them, socially inferior, not athletic
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Early vs. late maturing girls
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EARLY: popular, dating, feel less attractive, more delinquent
LATE: happier w. body, not as pop
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STD's statistics
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teens account for more than 50% of STD cases, 25% will become infected before graduation hi school, chlamudia, Gonorrhea
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double standard
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good girls dont have sex (no condoms), but its ok if swept up in moment
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Piaget's formal operation stage = 12+
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Abilities develop through combinationof physical maturation and environmental experiences
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3 abilites in formal op stage
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1. possibilites vs. realities, 2. scientific reasoning, 3. logical combinations of ideas
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Formal op's limitations
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majority fail to use of use it inconsistently, never fully ahieve this step, adolescnets become overly idealistic
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adolescent egocentrism
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state of self absorption where the world is viewed from your point of view, three parts
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3 parts of adolescent egocentrism
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Invincibility fable (not at risk for dangers), imaginary audience (always being watched), personal fable (experience are unique-no one understands)
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Theororists for Moral Development
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social learning, Piagets theory, Kohlberg's theory, Gilligan's hypothesis
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Social learning approach for moral devel
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focus on ENVIRONMENT in which children operate. POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT and MODELING produce best understanding
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Empathy
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understainding of what another feels, begins aroudn age 2-3
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Piagets theory of moral devel
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Heternomous moratlity stage 4-10, autonomous morality stage 10+, flaws- underestimated
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Heteronomous morality stage
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4-10, rules are unchangeable, intentional UNIMPORTANT, Imminent justics
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Autonomous Morality stage
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age 10, different perspectives, intentional IMPORTANT, punishment determened separately, rules can be changed
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Kohlberg's Theory of moral devel
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Answer vrs. Reason, presented ethical dilemmas to children and adults, created six stages, not all reach 6, three levels
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Level one Kohlberg and stages
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LEVEL 1 = interest in reward and punishment, self centered
STAGE 1 = wrong vs right only, avoid punishment, STAGE 2 =instrumental and relativist orientation, personal gain, manipulative
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Level 2 of Kohlberg and stages in it
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LEVEL 2 = community based, be a good member of society
STAGE 3 = good girl, good boy, win approval
STAGE 4 = law and orientation, society's rules right!
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Level 3 of kohlberg and stage
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LEVEL 3 = broader then society
STAGE 5 = social contract orientation, obligation to laws and society
STAGE 6 = universal ethical principles orientation, personal principles dominate over societies
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Moral development in girls
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different then boys, Kohlberg = boys,justics. GILLIGAN = girls,compassion responsiblity
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Gilligans Level 1 process
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1 = Orientation on individual survival, personal self interest
TRANSITION = selfishness to responsibility, welfare of others
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Gilligan Level 2
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2 = Goodness as self sacrafice, others above themselves
TRANSITION = goodness to truth, evaluate intention, self concept
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LEvel 3 gilligans
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3 = Morality of nonviolence, avoid hurting others instead of selg
TRANSITION = moral equivalence, equal needs
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