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thickens; improves adolescents’ ability to process information
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Corpus callosum
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handles processing of information about emotion) develops earlier than the prefrontal cortex (involved in higher-level cognitive processes)
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Amygdala
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an eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation
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Anorexia Nervosa
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: eating disorder in which the individual consistently follows a binge-and-purge pattern
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Bulimia Nervosa
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adolescents’ belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are
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Imaginary Audience
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: involves a sense of uniqueness and invincibility (no one can understand
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Personal Fable
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decision-making is influenced by 2 cognitive systems—one analytical and one experiential—which compete with each other
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Dual-Process Model
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moving from being the oldest, biggest, and most powerful students in elementary school to being the youngest, smallest, and least powerful students in middle or junior high school
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Top-Dog Phenomenon
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a form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community
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Service Learning
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the overall way we evaluate ourselves
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self-esteem
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Self-centered and self-concerned approach toward others; typically unaware of their actual self and how others perceive them
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narcissism
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the gap between childhood security and adult autonomy
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Psychosocial Moratorium
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a period of identity development during which the individual is exploring alternatives
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Crisis
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a personal investment in identity
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Commitment
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individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis or made any commitments
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Diffusion
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individuals who have made a commitment but not experienced a crisis
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Foreclosure
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individuals who are in the midst of a crisis but whose commitments are absent or weak
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Moratorium
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individuals who have undergone a crisis and made a commitment
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Achievement
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Key changes in identity are more likely to take place
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18-25 years
emerging adulthood |
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: repeated cycles of moratorium to achievement
Identity does not remain stable throughout life |
MAMA
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an enduring aspect of the self that includes a sense of membership in an ethnic group and the attitudes and feelings related to that membership
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Ethnic Identity
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identify both with their ethnic group and the majority culture
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bicultural identity
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small groups (2 to 12 individuals), typically of the same sex and about the same age
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Cliques
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larger than cliques and less personal
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Crowds
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ceremony or ritual that marks an individual’s transition from one status to another
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Rite of Passage:
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an adolescent who breaks the law or engages in behavior that is considered illegal
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Juvenile Delinquent
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