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38 Cards in this Set
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What is the typical emotional state of most adolescents? |
Happy, healthy, and well-adjusted |
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What is the definition of puberty? |
Period of biological change preparing the body for sexual reproduction |
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When does the adolescent growth spurt happen? |
Girls - 9 Boys - 11 |
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Who typically has the best and worst body image during puberty? |
Girls who develop early - Worst Boys who develop early - Best |
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Which stage of Piaget's cognitive development lasts from 12 onward? |
Formal operational |
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Which stage of Piaget's development lasts between 9 - 11 (I think) |
Concrete operational |
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What is personal fable? |
The adolescent belief that you're a special snowflake |
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What is imaginary audience? |
The belief that adolescents are the focal point of everyone's attention |
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Why is self esteem thought to be worse in girls during adolescence? |
The focus on physical beauty for girls |
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How do Marcia's Identity States work? |
Presence of Crisis and Commitment |
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What is crisis? |
Period of questioning |
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What is commitment? |
Making changes and being effective |
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When neither crisis nor commitment are present, what is taking place? |
Diffusion |
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What is occurring when commitment is present, but crisis is not? |
Foreclosure |
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What is occurring when crisis is present, but commitment is not? |
Moratorium |
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What occurs when both crisis and commitment are present? |
Achievement |
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Why did Gilligan critique Erikson's stages? |
She believed that women develop intimacy before identity |
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How is conflict affected by parental involvement? |
Active parental involvement causes fewer conflicts |
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What is the difference between a crowd and clique? |
Crowd - people you don't actively hate (jocks, nerds, druggies, emos) Clique - a controlling close friend group (5-6 close knit people) |
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What is emerging adulthood? |
18-24 Too young to be an adult but too big to be an adolescent |
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The rate of college students experiencing anxiety, stress, etc. Is increasing or decreasing? |
Increasing |
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What sumarrizes the physical aspects of early adulthood |
Healthy and fit, but beginning to decline |
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What is the biggest health risk facing early adults? |
Establishing bad health habits |
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What is basal metabolic rate? |
How many calories your body needs to carry it's daily functions with no voluntary movement |
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What is leptin? |
An anti - obesity hormone that helps your body adjust to its new BMR (6-18 months) |
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What are the three fundamental pieces to weight loss? |
Eat less than you want to Move more than you want to Continue long enough to establish your new weight as your normal weight |
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How does secure attachment in infancy relate to romantic relationships in adulthood? |
Secure attachment as a child leads to secure attachment as a partner |
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How does consensual validation help us make friends? |
We choose people similar to us to befriend and be around |
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What must an individual develop prior to intimacy according to Erikson? |
Identity |
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What is meaningful sharing of self? |
Intimacy |
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What are the three parts of sternbergs triangular theory of love? |
Intimacy Passion Commitment |
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What love is based on passion alone? |
Romantic love |
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What love is passion and intimacy |
Infatuation |
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What is intimacy and commitment |
Affectionate |
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What is commitment and passion |
Fatuous love |
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What love consists of all three principles of sternbergs theory? |
Consomate love |
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What is the life cycle of the family? |
Launching, New couple, couple with children, family with adolescents, family in midlife, family in late life |
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What effect does family of origin have on marital happiness? |
It can have a major effect, but doesn't have to |
