Psych 216

The transistion between childhood and adulthood

A flood of biological events leading to an adult-sized body and sexual maturity

11-12 to 14 years: This is a period of rapid pubertal change

14 to 16 years: Pubertal changes are now nearly complete

16 - 18 years: The young people achieve full adult appearance and anticipates assumption of adult roles

The first outward sign of puberty in which there is a rapid gain in height and weight

Involve the reproductive organs ovaries, uterus ,and vagina in females; penis, scrotum and testes in males

Breast development in femals and the appearance of underarm and pubic hair in both sexes

Menarche

Spermache

Concept and attitude toward their physical appearance

A eating disorder in which young people starve themselves because of fear of getting fat

A eating disorder in which people engage in strict dieting and exercis accompanied by binge eating, often followed by deliberated vomiting and purging with laxitives

According to Piaget, around age 11, young people enter a period in which they develop a capcity for abstract, systematic and scientific thinking

Adolescents ability to evaluate verbal statements without referring to real-world circumstances

The major personality acheivement of adolescence and a cruial step toward becoming a productive, content adult

If young people's earlier conflicts were resolved negatively
or if society limits their choices to one that does not match their ability and desires, they may appear shallow, directionless, and unprepared for the challenges of adulthood

Commitment to values, beliefs and goals followed by a period of exploration

Exploration without having reached commitment

Commitment in the absence of exploration

A state characterized by both a lack of commitment and
exploration

A sense of ethnic group membership and attitudes and
feelings associated with that membership

The first stage of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral development

What is the second Level of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral development?

What is the third Level of Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development?

At this Level of Kohlberg's Moral development, conformity to laws and rules preserve positive human relationships and societal order

At this Level of Kohlberg's Moral development, morality is defined by abstract, univeral principles of justice

At this Level of Kohlberg's Moral development, morality is externally controlled by rewards, punishment, and authority figures

Increased gender stereotyping of attitudes and behavior and movement towards a more traditional gender indentity

A sense to seperate, self-governing.

Group about 5 to 7 members who are close firends and usually resemble one another in clothing, family background and values

A large group of people with similar values

A coherent set of ideas about thought. "Thinking about thinking.

An adolescents' belief that they are the focus of everyone else's attention and concern

A teenager's inflated opinion about their own importance

The begining of a decline in the functions of organs and systems

Located at the ends of chromosomes, seving as a "cap" to protect the ends from destruction

Naturally occuring high reactive chemicals that form in the presence of oxygen

Over time protien fibers that make up the body's connective tissue form bonds or links with one another

The amount of energy the body uses at complete rest

An array of physical and psychological symptoms that usally appear six to ten days prior to mesnstruation

Post Formal thought

Our reflections on how we arrived at facts, beliefs, and ideas

What is the average age range for the growth spurt in boys?

What is the average age range for the growth spurt in girls?

Name 4 issues with boys that mature early?

Name 4 issues with girls that mature early?

Which ehtnicity is more at risk for an eating disorder?

What kind of boys are usually anorexic?

What is the most successful form of treatment for anorexia or bulemia?

Which is more common between bulemia and anorexia?

What are the risks of teen pregnancy?

Name 3 ways to prevent teen pregnancy

Continued development of unused synapses of the cerebral cortex

The soft white fatty material that coats stimulated cells that strengthen among various brain regions

Hypothetico-deductive reasoning

Awareness of thought that leads to new insights into effective strategies for acquiring information and solving problems

Name 3 Problems associated with school transition

Name 3 things to help adolescents adjust to school transition

Name 4 preventitive strategies for High school drop-outs

Authoratative Parenting

A researcher that disagreed with Kohlberg "rights and justice" approach and favored a more feminine "ethics of care" approach.

Why doesn't everyone reach postconventional stage?

What are 3 risk factors of Delinquency?

Name 4 factors related to adolescent suicide

The number of years tht an individual born in a particular year can expect to live

What was the average life expectancy for a baby born in 1900?

What was the average life expectancy for women in 2008?

What was the average life expectancy for men in 2008?

What are 4 factors that affect life expectancy?

What is the average maxium life span age?

Dividing information, values and authorities into right and wrong, good and bad, we and they

Awareness of multiple truths

A perspective that synthasizes contradiction

How does commitment within relativistic thinking relate to education?

A logical, commonsense and realistic way of thinking and solving problems

The coordination of positive and negative feelings into a complex, organized structure