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| The Developmental Task of Early Adolescence (12 to 18 years), marked by rapid physical changes, which begins with the onset of puberty and ends with graduation from high school. |
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Physical Maturation is marked by rapid physical changes including: (6)
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1) Height Spurt
2) Reproductive System Maturation
3) Secondary Sex Characteristics
4) Increased Muscle Strength
5) Redistribution of Body Weight
6) Continued Brain Development |
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The Psychosocial Crisis of Early Adolescence is ________.
The Prime Adaptive Ego Quality is _______.
The Ego Quality is _______.
The Core Pathology is _______. |
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- Group Identity VS Alienation
- Peer Pressure
- Fidelity to Others
- Dissociation
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| The physical characteristics other than genitals that indicate sexual maturity such as body hair, breasts, and deepened voice. |
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Secondary Sex Characteristics |
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| Encompasses a group of interrelated neurological and endocrinological changes that influence brain development, changes in sexual maturation cycles and levels of hormone production, and physical growth. |
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| During Puberty, the system, consisting of the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and gonads, which is responsible for the production and regulation of the sex hormones that result in growth and maturation of the reproductive organs. |
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| During Puberty, the system, consisting of the adrenal gland (linked to the hypothalamus and pituitary gland) which controls reactions to stress, regulates digestion, and influences the immune system, mood, energy use, and sleep-wake cycle, and establishes a feedback system that integrates the brain, glands, and hormones to support adaptation. |
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| 2 physical changes occuring in girls during puberty: |
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- Breast Development
- Menarche (beginning of reg menstrul periods)
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| 10 physical changes in the development of Primary & Secondary Sex Characteristics of boys during puberty: |
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- Growth of Testes (10-11)
- Pubic Hair (11)
- Increased Oil & Sweat Gland Activity (11-12)
- Growth of Penis (12)
- Height Spurt (12-13)
- Deepened Voice (14)
- Production of Mature Spermatozoa (15-16)
- Growth of Underarm & Facial Hair (15-16)
- Maturation of Skeletal System (17-18)
- Chest Hair (17-18)
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More likely to report having had sexual intercourse: (2)
More likely to report having oral sex only: (1) |
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1) Hispanic
2) Non-Hispanic Black
1) Non-Hispanic White |
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| 5 reasons why data regarding entry into sexual activity and age at first intercourse must be interpreted with caution: |
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- teens who are uncomfortable not included
- rarely include Qs about same-sex sexual activity
- reporting is retrospective and vulnerable to inconsistencies
- cultural and social contexts may influence reporting
- most studies focus on individual reports
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| 3 factors affecting initiation of sexual intercourse: |
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- Sexual Motivation
- Social Controls
- Attractiveness
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The biologically organized drives associated with sexual arousal and pleasure, and a range of social motives such as pleasing one's partner, achieving new levels of intimacy in relationship, impressing peers, gaining sexual experience, or preventing conflict or dissolution by providing sexual satisfaction.
Can be approach motives (achieve positive outcome) or avoidance motives (prevent negative outcome) |
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| Provides the normative environment in which sexual activity is embedded; product of parental socialization and practices, school achievement and educational aspirations, and attitudes of sexual experience of friends. |
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| Influences the availability of partners and is defined in part by pubertal maturation, social acceptance or popularity, and whether one is judged to be pretty or handsome. |
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| One of the clearest cultural influences on adolescent sexual behavior is __________. |
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| In Piaget's theory, the final stage of cognitive development, characterized by reasoning, hypothesis generation, and hypothesis testing. |
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Formal Operational Thought |
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| 6 new conceptual skills emerging during Formal Operational Thought include the ability to: |
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- Mentally manipulate more than 2 categories of variables simultaneously
- Think about changes that come with time
- Hypothesize logical sequences of events
- Forsee consequences of actions
- Detect logical consistency/inconsistency in set of statements
- Think in relativistic ways about seld, others, the world
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| Child's limited perspective at beginning of each new phase of cog development. |
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| An intense investment in one's own thoughts and feelings, and belief that these thoughts are unique. |
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| When adolescents assume that they are the center of interest in others' thoughts or attentions. |
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| Gaining some objectivity over one's point of view; reducing dominance of one's subjective perspective in interpretation of events. |
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| Eating disorders are examples of ________, turning one's frustration, anger, or fear inward on the self. |
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| The origins of eating disorders are... |
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| An example of externalizing problems, related to difficulties in controlling or regulating one's impulses. |
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| Actions for which an adult could be prosecuted |
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| Actions which are illegal for adolescents (e.g. truancy, running away, drinking) |
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