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adolescence
adolescent psychology
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
04/11/2013

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Term
secondary education
Definition
middle school, jr high, high school
Term
placing students in tracks that match their abilities is called:
Definition
meritocratic
Term
inclusive tracking system
Definition
places student in highest track despite some difficulty in the subject
Term
sex bias in tracking students is most evident in which subject?
Definition
math
Term
what gender does better in math in elementary school?
Definition
girls
Term
what gender more likely to take advanced math in high school?
Definition
boys
Term
brown vs board of ed 1960s
Definition
schools called on to implement desegregation programs
Term
charter school
Definition
public school with great freedom to set its own cirriculum
Term
zero tolerance approach
Definition
get-tough approach to dealing with violence in schools that has been hotly debated among
researchers
Term
school climate
Definition
influences adolescents' learning and psychosocial
development
Term
Which aspect of the school climate is the least important in influencing psychosocial development
during adolescence?
Definition
class size
Term
how many students in American public schools have been victims of
violence?
Definition
1/4
Term
student engagement.
Definition
The extent to which students are psychologically committed to learning and mastering the material
rather than simply completing the assigned work
Term
approximately _____ of high school graduates enroll in college immediately after
graduation.
Definition
2/3
Term
Of the students who enter college, what percent complete their degrees within six years?
Definition
fewer than 60%
Term
What percentage of today's high school students will have worked in an after school job before
graduating?
Definition
80-90%
Term
An adolescent who works in a government-sponsored apprenticeship and spends more time outside of
school doing homework is most likely from:
Definition
Europe
Term
premature affluence
Definition
having more income than one can manage during early adolescence
Term
Experience Sampling Method
Definition
adolescents carrying beepers and reporting their moods when paged.
Term
Larson
Definition
created experience sampling method
Term
emphasizes the reciprocal link between adolescents' preferences and
their media exposure and that adolescents not only choose what they are exposed to but interpret the
media in ways that shape their impact
Definition
media practice model
Term
uses and gratifications approach
Definition
adolescents choose the media to which they
are exposed
Term
media shape adolescents' interests, motives,
and beliefs about the world
Definition
cultivation theory
Term
competance
Definition
a positive view of one's actions in domain specific areas
Term
confidence
Definition
an internal sense of overall positive self-worth and self-efficacy
Term
connection
Definition
positive bonds with people and institutions that are reflected in bidirectional exchanges
Term
character
Definition
respect for societal and cultural rules
Term
caring
Definition
a sense of sympathy and
empathy for others
Term
rejection sensitivity
Definition
an oversensitivity to romantic rejection in adulthood that is related to an insecure attachment in infancy and early childhood.
Term
according to sullivan, when does the need for intimacy develop
Definition
preadolescence
Term
what age is child most likely to seek to be intimate with one of same age
Definition
11
Term
crisis of adolescence according to sullivan
Definition
intimacy
Term
crisis of adolescence according to erikson
Definition
identity
Term
During __________ concerns about loyalty and anxieties over rejection become more pronounced and
may temporarily overshadow concerns about intimate self-disclosure, particularly among girls.
Definition
middle adolescence
Term
Which developmental period appears to be when warmth and closeness decline for siblings?
Definition
early adolescence
Term
An infant who is indifferent to his/her caregiver would have what type of attachment?
Definition
anxious avoidant
Term
their relationship is characterized by ambivalence. What type of
attachment
Definition
anxious resistant
Term
internal working model
Definition
attachment has formed the
basis for all her future approaches to interpersonal relationships
Term
Adult Attachment Interview.
Definition
The structured interview used to assess an individual's past attachment history and internal working
model of relationships
Term
adolescent classifications in the Adult Attachment
Interviews
Definition
secure
dismissing
preoccupied

avoiding is NOT a classification
Term
AAI> uninfluenced by his childhood experiences. what category?
Definition
dismissing
Term
eating disorder would fall under which classification? AAI
Definition
dismissing
Term
Self-disclosure and loyalty become important dimensions of friendship in
Definition
early adolescence
Term
adolescent with substanc eabuse problem, most likely to turn to ____ for help
Definition
friends
Term
best indicator of when an adolescent will begin dating
Definition
school/community norms
Term
best indicator of when an adolescent will begin dating
Definition
school/community norms
Term
internal working model of relationships have a greater affect on which gender
Definition
girls
Term
average duration of adolescent relationship
Definition
6 years
Term
race least likely to date as adolescents
Definition
asian
Term
best indicator of when an adolescent will engage in sexual behavior
Definition
biological development
Term
For middle adolescents, the least important aspect of dating is
Definition
developing intimacy
Term
Delaying serious involvement in dating relationships until age _____ appears to be the most favorable
pattern for healthy psychosocial development.
Definition
15
Term
opposites attract
Definition
not true
Term
social activities with the opposite sex begin in
Definition
early adolescence
Term
comprehensive high school
Definition
designed in 1920s to meet needs
Term
1950s, how did the U.S. respond when politicians felt the
United States had lost its scientific edge to the former Soviet Union?
Definition
increased emphasis on math and science
Term
career and experiential programs
Definition
1970 educational reformers sought to promote greater emphasis
Term
standards-based reform
Definition
educators could not agree on the body of knowledge and skills that comprised what high school
graduates should know and be able to do
Term
Educational historian Diane Ravitch believes that
Definition
the basic problem with the comprehensive public high school is lack of focus.
Term
sexual socialization
Definition
the way in which an individual is educated about sexuality.
Term
ford and beach findings on sexuality and culture
Definition
adolescent sexuality may begin in biology but ends in culture.
Term
sequence of sexual behavior
Definition
masturbation; necking; petting; sexual intercourse
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