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| a process of sexual maturation |
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| in males hormoes production |
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| females - increase production of both masculinization hormones(testerone) and feminizing hormones(estrogen) |
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| primary sexual characteristics |
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promote the maurig of both sets of hormones
primarily related to reproduction |
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| secondary sexual characteristics |
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| physical traits not directly ivolved in reproduction, but indicative of sex such as enlarged breasts in females and deepers voices in males. |
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| a rapid increase in size accompanied by changes and shape of he proportions of the body |
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| experience sampling method |
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larson and richards (1994) used this technique to gadge adolescents mood
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| subclinical level of depression |
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| a shift in sleeping patterns that has bee associated with hormonal changes in puberty |
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| coping style that increases the risk of depression |
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| females sexual behavior is changed |
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| preference for sexual partners, consisting of same sex |
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| having sexual preference for people of the oppisite sex |
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| having sexual feeling for both females and males |
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| children and adolescents are seduced into homosexual tendancies by pedifiles |
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| show some identity problems and prefer the oppisite sex toys, clothing and activities |
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mitigation
3 types of adult crime |
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| person held responsible for his/her actions |
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| crime due to mental illness |
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| when an individual faces such presure that even a ordinary, reasonable person could be expected to give in. |
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| uncharacteristic behavior |
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| the case of a first offense |
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| logically organized possible systems |
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| where someone imagines that others are intrigued and concerned about ones well being |
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| self focus is a disorted view of her own importance |
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| a feeling of being invulnerable, nothing bad can happen to me |
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| identity as Erickson would call it, serves as the foundatio for the behavioral, affective ad cognitive committments to career, relationships, political and religious aspects that make you into he adult that you will become. |
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identity statues
individuals are characerisized as becoming
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| diffusion, moratorium, foreclosure, achievement |
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| designed to access these three domains, of identity, vocational choice, religious beliefs and political ideology |
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| signifies a high level of commitment with low levels of co existing exploration |
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| connoes and dynamic linkage between high levels of commitmet and high levels of exploration |
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| high levels of commiment and high levels of exploration |
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| involved in the reproductive cycle |
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both internal and external differences between sexes
increase during adolescent growth spurt |
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| the concept of and how we view our ow body |
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| a coping style that involves deliberate focusing on neutral thoughts or engaging activity that deliberately diverts attention in a positive way |
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| the point right before puberty where he adrenal gland increases its activity and children tend to show sexual attraction |
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| marcias four identity statues - diffusion |
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marcias four identity statues
1 - young adolecents as they embark on identity developement |
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| marcias four identity statues - moratorium |
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| 2 - individuals being actively involved in exploring lifes choices |
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| marcias four identity statues - foreclosure |
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| 3 - individuals who make committments with no or little exploration pertaining to alternatives |
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| marcias four identity statues - achievement |
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| 4 - individuals whose committments are marked by exploration and then commitment to certain alternatives |
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| the identity not based upon a predetermined set of expectations, but rather a representative eiher of a personal redefinition of childhood and early adolescent goals and values |
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| the identity obtained by those who are foreclosed |
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