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Adolescence Flashcards

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Bounded by the beginning and end of puberty.

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Adolescence

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2
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Sexual maturity

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Puberty

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3
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What year does the puberty of females begin?

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10-12 years old

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What year does the puberty of males end?

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18-20 years old

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5
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2-year period of preliminary changes

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Prepubescence

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6
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Extension of two years

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Post pubescence

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7
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Primary Sexual Characteristics

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Males: Penis and Testes
Females: Ovaries, breast and uterus

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Secondary Sexual Characteristics

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  1. Development of facial, body, and pubic hair
  2. Deepening of voice
  3. Distribution of fat and muscle
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9
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Principal Androgen for males

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Testosterone

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10
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During prenatal development, how many eggs cells does a female release?

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2 million egg cells

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11
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At what age do early mature girls onset?

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10-11 years old

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At what age do late-maturing males still look like a boy?

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15-16 years old

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Prevalent in those from poor families and have poorer health. Also, heightened risk of cholesterol, hypertension, and diabetes.

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Obesity

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14
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BMI of Underweight

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Below 18.5

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15
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BMI of normal

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18.5-24.9

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16
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BMI of overweight

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25.0-29.9

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17
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BMI of Obese

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30 or higher

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18
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BMI 30-34

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I OBESITY MODERATE

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19
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BMI 35-39

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II OBESITY SEVERE

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20
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BMI >40

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III OBESITY VERY SEVERE

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21
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It is how one believe one looks

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Body Image

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22
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Excessive concern with weight control and body image may be signs of:

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Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa

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23
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Self-starvation and distorted body image.

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Anorexia Nervosa

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24
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Compulsive eating, self-induced vomiting, and cycle.

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Bulimia Nervosa

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25
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Harmful use of alcohol or other drugs

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Substance Abuse

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26
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Which may be physiological or psychological or both

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Substance dependence or addiction

27
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It is a potent, mind-altering drug (effects on physical, emotional, and social well-being)

28
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Consuming Five or more drinks on one occasion

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Binge drinking

29
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A problem waiting to happen

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Adolescent Sexuality

30
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Developmental Challenges of Sexuality

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  1. Puberty
  2. Body Image
  3. Managing sexual arousal
  4. Sexual Behavior
  5. Safe Sex
31
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T or F
54% of males masturbate once or twice a week

32
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T or F
47% of females report they never masturbate

33
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Sexual interactions with opposite sex

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Heterosexual Behavior

34
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Sexual preference for members of one’s own sex

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Homosexuality

35
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It is caused by microorganisms and may be no symptoms. Causes 20-40% of female infertility.

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Chlamydia Infection

36
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Bacteria and skin-to-skin contact cause it.
Painful urination and discharge from the penis or vagina

37
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Caused by a virus, skin-to-skin contact, and has no cure. Open sores on the genitals

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Genital Herpes

38
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It is caused by a virus, primarily blood-borne, and maybe no symptoms or cure.

39
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Mating ritual

40
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What period does adolescence belong in Jean Piaget’s Theory?

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Formal operational Stage

41
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T or F
Adolescent thinking is propositional

42
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It is the ability believed by Piaget to accompany the formal operations stage to develop, consider and test hypotheses.

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Hypothetical-Deductive Reasoning

43
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Thinking more about one’s self than about others. Adolescents become self-absorbed.

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Egocentric Thinking

44
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Thinking everyone is looking at one’s themselves. Adolescents are painfully self-conscious

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Imaginary Audience

45
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Seeing one’s self as unique and powerful. Adolescents’ belief in their abilities is inflated.

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Personal fable

46
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The ability to think about interpersonal relationships and to make sense of other people’s behavior. Adolescents learn to manipulate the rules of social engagement.

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Social Cognition

47
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The ability to see an event from someone else’s point of view. Adolescents understand exclusion from the group is deliberate and intended to be hurtful.

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Second-person perspective

48
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The ability to observe one’s self-playing out a role in social situations in relation to others. Adolescents scrutinize themselves.

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Third-person perspective

49
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When an understanding between 2 parties is violated, adolescents feel betrayed when they act in accordance with what they think are the rules of a relationship and find that the other party did not.

50
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When an established social scheme is proved false, adolescents learn their idols have flaws.

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Disillusionment

51
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Adolescent years

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12-18 years old

52
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It refers to those who are in similar in age, usually 12 months of each other.

53
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He described “identity vs. identity confusion”.

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Erik Erikson

54
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It remains locked in doubt and insecurity

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Identity Confusion

55
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Inability to commit one’s self

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Identity diffusion

56
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Making a commitment only because someone else has prescribed a particular choice

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Identity foreclosure

57
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Desire to choose at some time in the future but unable to do so.

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Identity moratorium

58
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It is the ability to commit one’s self to choices about identity and maintain that commitment under all conditions.

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Identity achievement

59
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Arouses, sustains, directs, and integrates behavior

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Motivation

60
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Behavior that the public at any specific time thinks is in conflict with its best interest.

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Delinquency

61
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Roots of Delinquency

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Antisocial Behavior
The tendency to commit a crime is established in early life

62
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Characteristics of a delinquent

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Physically: More muscular and vigorous
Temperamentally: Restless and hostile
Psychologically: Concrete> Abstract
Socioculturally: little understanding, affection, stability, and moral standards.

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