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| Erikson's Theory: Identity Confusion (3) |
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| Lack of direction and definition of self. Restricted exploration in adolescence. Unprepared for stages of adulthood |
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| Self-concept in adolescence (3) |
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| Unify separate traits into larger, abstract ones. May descrive contradictory traits; social situations. Gradually combine traits into organized system |
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| Self-Esteem in Adolescence (5) |
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| Continus to differentiate. Generally rises. Individual differences become more stable. Self-esteem linked to value of activities, adjustment. Influenced by family, culture |
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| Factors that Affect Identity Development (6) |
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| Personality, child-rearing practices (authoritative), peers and friends, schools, communities, culture. |
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| Heteronomous Morality (2) |
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View rules as handed down by authorities, permanent, unchageable, require strict obedience.
Judge wrongess by outcomes, not intentions |
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| Rules as socially-agreed on, changeable. Standard of ideal reciprocity. Judge on outcomes and intentions |
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| Religious involvement linked to: (4) |
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| More community service, lower drug & alcohol use, later sex, less delinquency |
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| Parent-child relationships in adolescence: autonomy (2) |
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| De-iealized parents. Shift from parents to self and peers for guidance |
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| Parent-child relationships in adolescence: Authoritative Parenting (2) |
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| Balancing autonomy with monitoring as needed. Extra challenging during adolescence |
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| Family influences on adolescents' adjustment (2) |
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| Warm, supportive relationship with parents. Family circumstances |
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| Characteristics of adolescent friendships (3) |
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| Fewer "best friends". Stress intimacy, loyalty. Friends are similar or get more similar |
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| Benefits of Adolescent Friendship (5) |
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| Opportunities to explore self, form deep understanding of another, foundation for future intimate relationships, help deal with life stress, can improve attitude toward and involvement in school |
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| Relations with ___, ____ contribute to internal working models for dating |
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| Dating Problems: Too early dating (4) |
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| Drug use, sex, delinquency. Poor academics. abuse. mental-health problems |
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| Dating Problems: For homosexuals (2) |
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| Finding partners. peer harassment, rejection |
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| ____ conformity occurs in early adolescence. ____ parenting helps resist pressures |
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| Depression in Adolescence (2) |
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| Most common psychological problem of adolescence. Twice as many girls as boys |
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| Depression in adolescence: Factors (3) |
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| Genetics, child-rearing practices, learned helplessness |
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| Notice warnign signs, provide adult and peer support, teach coping strategies, interventions |
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| Factors in Delinquency (5) |
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| Peers, gender, individual differences, family characterisitics, neighborhood |
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| According to Erikson, the major personality achievement during adolescence is |
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| Sixteen-year-old Isaac is going through a temporary period of confusion and stress. He is experimenting with alternatives and will finally settle on his own personal values and goals. Erikson would say that Isaac is experiencing |
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| Reread the previous question. Current theorists would redefine Erikson’s interpretation of Isaac’s behavior and say that he is undergoing |
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| Which of these are key themes of older adolescents’ self-concepts |
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| Personal and moral values |
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| Which of the following factors is predictive of high self-esteem in adolescence? |
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| Shane gets upset when his classmates disagree with him and regards their behavior as a threat. Shane is in which identity status |
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| What is a likely deduction about the person who made the following statement: “it’s a lot easier to be moral when you have nothing to lose |
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| She is dealing with a real-life conflict rather than a hypothetical one |
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| Recent research that measures the moral development of males and females with both hypothetical and real-life moral dilemmas finds that |
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| Both sexes emphasize justice and caring reasoning |
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| Marla, who used to wear work shoes, jeans, and loose flannel shirts, suddenly starts dressing in skirts and heels and wearing makeup. She is showing evidence of |
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| Mr. and Mrs. McDermott’s three children all have low self-esteem, struggle with depression, and exhibit antisocial behavior. Mr. and Mrs. McDermott probably incorporate with of the following parenting techniques. |
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| The number of “best friends” |
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| Declines during adolescence to about one or two in adulthood |
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| When asked about the meaning of friendship, teenagers stress which of the following characteristics. |
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