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| o Drugs, sex, rock and roll, young adults rebel from parents and authority, riots over peace, racial issues, Vietnam War riots, increase in higher education |
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| incorporation of new info into existing knowledge |
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| Done something enough that the action becomes automatic |
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| carries information away from the cell body to other cells |
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| Consequences for behaviors either discourage or encourage said behavior |
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| better able to use logic, think at higher level |
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| connects the two hemispheres, allows them to communicate |
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| created intelligence test, most widely used, Wexler Scales of Intelligence, in addition to IQ score two other IQ scores given: verbal scale and performance scale (nonverbal) |
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| receiving part of the neuron |
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| reacts negatively to many situations and is slow to accept new experiences |
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| multiple answers, not one right answer |
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| generally positive mood, quickly establishes regular routines, adapts easily to new experiences |
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| balances two, satisfies some desires while remaining socially acceptable, makes conscious decisions |
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Theory of Psychosocial Development
Development driven by social desires, not sexual desires |
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| ability to think abstractly |
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3 parts of personality
Psychosexual Theory |
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| a person's genetic heritage, the actual genetic material |
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| how well temperament fits in with demands of environment born into |
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| occurs when students subjected to unwelcome seuxal conduct that is so severe, persistent, or pervasive that it limits the students' ability to benefit from their education |
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| basic desires, seeks pleasure |
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| adolescents feel they are on stage |
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| Information Processing Theory |
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| o Cognitive theory that includes how information is perceived, stored, manipulated, worked with, and retrieved |
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Melatonin secreted later in adolescence
Adolescence aren't getting the amount of sleep they need |
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| axon becomes covered and insulated with a layer of fat cells, increasing the speed and efficiency of information processing in the nervous system |
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| adolescents think they are alone in their feelings |
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| the way an individual's genotype is expressed in observed and measurable characteristics |
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Theory of Cognitive Development
4 Stages based on interaction with world |
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| begin to use symbolic thinking, language, words, letters |
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| doesn’t develop until later on, 20’s, source of reason, logical thinking, predicting consequences, control emotions |
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| get rid of connections not used |
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| Psychosocial - Adolescence |
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| Identity vs. identity/role confusion |
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| Psychosocial - Emerging Adulthood |
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| Quid pro sexual harassment |
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| school employee threatens to base an education decision on a student's submission to unwelcome sexual conduct |
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| Quid pro sexual harassment |
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| school employee threatens to base an education decision on a student's submission to unwelcome sexual conduct |
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| put bad memories and experiences to back of mind, forget them to protect self, conscious mind takes unacceptable id impulses and pushes them back |
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| Opinion of one aspect of oneself |
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| Overall opinion of oneself |
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| infants create view of world through sounds and physical |
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| stereotyped pattern of role prescriptions for how individuals should sexually have |
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| stereotyped pattern of role prescriptions for how individuals should sexually have |
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| low activity level, somewhat negative, displays a low intensity of mood |
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| o Observational learning: children learn and develop behaviors by observing and imitating important people in their environment |
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Storm and stress theory
First to see adolescence as a separate period of life |
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| “good angel,” moral code, created by parents, culture, authority |
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| #1 Predictor of good self-esteem = physical appearance |
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| increase in connections between neurons |
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| genetic/hereditary base, overall attitude and behavior |
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Second theory of Cognitive Development
Knowledge is distrubuted among people and their environments, which include objects, artificats, tools, books, and communities.
Knowing can best be advanced through interaction with others |
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| stores information for brief time so can use it, process, delete some, store some away; workbench of memory |
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