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| __________ refers to the rapid physical growth and sexual maturation that end childhood. This usually happens between ages of 8- 14. |
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| At adolescence, the pituitary also activates the ________, or sex glands. |
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| One hormone in particular, ____________, causes the gonads to increase production of estrogens and androgens, ________in girls and ______ in boys. |
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estradiol- girls
testosterone- boys |
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| A girl's first menstral period, signaling she has begun ovulation is called_________? |
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| A boy's first ejaculation of sperm is called __________? |
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| In most adolescence, genes, body fat, hormones, and stress all affect the age at which _________ begins. |
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| _________An eating disorder characterized by self starvation. These individuals voluntarily under eat and often over exercise, deproving their vital organs of nutrition. Can be fatal. |
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| _________ is an eating disorder that is brought on by binge aeting and subsequent purging, usually by induced vomiting and/or use of laxatives. |
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| _________ is the sudden and rapid phsical growth that occurs during puberty. Each body part increases in size on a schedule: a weight increase, followed by a height increase, and growth of the limbs precedes growth of the torso. |
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____________ refers to the organs involved in conception and pregnancy.
________refers to physical traits that are not directly involved in reproduction but that indicate sexual maturity Ex- man's beard or womans breasts. |
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| _________is a disease spread by sexual contact, including syphilis, gonorrhea, genital herpes, chlamydia, and HIV. |
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| Sexually transmitted infections (STI or STD) |
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| The ______ _______ (fear, emotional impulses) matures before the _______ ________ (planning ahead, emotional regulation). _______ and _______ proceed from inside the brain to the cortex and from the back to the front |
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Limbic system
prefrontal cortex
Myelination
maturation |
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| Adults should provide ______ and ______ until adolescents' brains can funtion well on their own. |
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| "Scaffolding and monitoring" |
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| Described by David Elkind, ______ _________ is an adolescent thinking that leads young people (10 - 14) to focus on themselves to the exclusion of others. |
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| __________ also leads adolescents to interpret anothers behavior as if it were related to themselves. |
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| __________is an aspect of adolescent egocentrism where teens believe that his or her thoughts, feeling, or experiences are unique, more wonderful or awful than anyone else's. |
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__________is an aspect of adolescent egocentrism that he or she cannot overcome or even harmed by anything that might defeat a normal mortal.
Ex- unprotected sex, drug abuse, or a high-speed driving. |
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| _________ The other people who, in an adolescents egocentrism belief, are watching and taking note of his or her appearance, ideas and behavior. This belief makes teenagers self-conscious. |
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| In piagets theory, the fourth and final stage of cognitive development, where more systematic logic and the ability to think about abstract ideas is called _______ _________ _________. |
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| formal operational thought |
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| Reasoning that includes proposittions and posibilities that may not reflect reality is called ______ ________. |
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_______ ________ is reasoning from a general statement, premise, or principle through logical steps to figure out (deduce) specifics.
also called top-down reasoning |
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_______ _______ reasoning fromone or more specific experiences or facts to a general conclusion; may be less cognitively advanced than deduction.
also called bottom-up reasoning |
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| Piagets Fourth and final stage of intelligence, _______ _________ thought, is characterized by abstract reasoning, deductive logic, and hypothetical thinking |
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| formal operational thought |
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| Bullying that occurs via Internet insults and rumors, texting, anonymous phone calls, and video embarrassment is called _________. |
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| keeping high schools ______, encouraging extra curricular activities, reducing harassment, changing the schedule, clustering students is all done to encourge adolescents. |
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According to Erik Erikson, life's 5th psychosocial crisis is called ______ vs ______.
A young person asks "who am I?" |
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| identity vs role confusion |
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| In Eriksons identity vs role confusion, A consistent definition of ones self as a unique individual, in terms of roles, attitudes, beliefs, and aspirations is called ________. |
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| Eriksons term for the attainment of identity, or the point at whicha person understands who he or she is as a unique individual, in accord with past experiences and future plans is called ______ ________. |
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This is characterized by a lack of commitment to any goals or values, with apathy and indifference to any possible role. An adolecent does not seem to know or care what his or her identity is
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| Erikson's term for premature identity formation, which occurs when an adolecent adopts parents' or society's roles and values wholesale, without questioning or analysis is called __________. |
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An adolencents choice of a socially acceptable way to postpone making identity-achievement decisions.
Ex- going to college |
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| Religious identity, gender identity, political identity, and vocational identity make up the ______ ______ of _________ ________. |
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| four areas of identity achievement |
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| A person's acceptance of the roles and behaviors that society associates with the biologicxal catergories of a male and female is called ______ _______. |
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| A term that refers to whether a person is sexually and romaticlly attracted to others of the same sex, the opposite sex, or both sexes. |
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| _________ identity requires skills and maturity that are beyond most adolecents. |
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Feelings of hopelessness, lethargy, and worthlessness that lasts two weeks or more is calld ______ ________.
1 in every 5 girls
1 in every 10 boys |
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| repeatedly thinking and talking about past experiences; can contribute to depression. This called __________. |
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| Thinking about suicide, usually with some serious emotional and itellectual or cognitive overtones. this is called _____ _______. |
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| Any potentially lethal action against the self that does not result in death is called __________. |
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| The U.S. annual rate for comleted suicide is for ages ____ to ____. |
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1. availability of _____
2. use of _____ an other _____
3. Lack of ____ _______
4. A culture that condones suicide
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guns
alcohol & drugs
parental supervision |
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| Most adolecents worldwide experiment with _______, usually cigarettes and alcohol, although regular drug use is _____ common among teenagers |
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variations in adolecent drug use include all of the following except:
age
culture
cohort
gender
hobbies |
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| hobbies are not variations in adolecent drug use |
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| Drug use in adolecence is especially ______, as many drugs reduce ______ and _____, as well as smooth the path to addiction and abuse. |
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learning and growth |
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_______ ______ is one reason each cohort has distinctive drug-use patterns. The idea that each generation forgets what the previous one learned.
(knowledge about the harm drugs can do) |
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Emerging adulthood is the period between age ____ and _____, which now widely thought of as a separate developmental stage.
also called young adulthood |
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| _______ increases in the 20's. Body systems function at its their _____. Also, _____ established in emerging adulthood affect health later in life. |
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| _______ refers to the adjustment of all the body's systems to keep physiological functions in a state of equilibrium. As the body ages, it takes longer for these adjustments to occur, so it becomes harder for older bodies to adapt to stress. |
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| Optimal functioning of the sexual-reproductive system in emerging adulthood results more from _____ that _____, more from biology than culture, and is apparent in every nation. |
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| __________ refers to occupations, recreational activities, or other ventures that involve a degree of risk or danger. The prospect of "living on the edge" makes edgework compelling to some individuals. |
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| adolecence are more likely than others to switch between two modes of thought; _________ and _______. |
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Ways that emerging adults describe themselves:
________- high in self-involvment, low in self doubt
________- fragmented, overwhelmed by emotions or problems
________-valuing openness and independence above all
________-able to regulate emotions and logic |
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Dysregulated
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| The fear that someone else will judge one's appearance or behavior negatively and therby confirm that person's prejudiced attitudes is called ______ _______. |
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Adult thinking differs in 3 ways from adolecent thinking. These are;
________, _______, and ________ |
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| practical, cognitive flexibility, dialectical thinking |
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| Erikson's theory of psychosocial development (______ vs. ________) that refers to exploring personal relationships, searching for an intimate partner, emphasizing that humans are social creatures, and that intimacy progresses from ______ to ________ _______to _________ _______ |
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intimacy vs. isolation
attraction to close connection to ongoing commitment |
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| Sternberg's three distinct aspects of love that apply to all kinds of people are ______, _______, and ______. |
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| passion, intimacy, and commitment |
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| _________ grows gradually through decisions to be together. This is the cognitive part of love. |
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| Emily and jason are newly engaged to be married. what type of love will be most intense at this time? |
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| To love with an unrelated person- typically a romantic partner- to whom one is not married is called _______. |
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| There is a ________ correlation between age and marrage lasting. |
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