adolescence

Question 1

rite of passage - ceremonies that demarcate the transition from childhood to adulthood

Answer 1

often include sexual themes, marriage themes, themes of becoming a man or woman, added responsibility or increased insight or understanding. Western cultures adolescents may create their own like hazing, tattooing, dieting, dress, etc. jewish bat and bar mitzvah. Latino quincenera

Question 2

psychological development: self and identity -
five common functions
1. provides a structure to understand who one is
2. provides meaning and direction through commitments, values and goals

Answer 2

3. provides a self of personal control and free will
4. enables one to strive for consistency , coherence, and harmony, between values, beliefs and commitments
5. enables one to recognize one’s potential through a sense of future possibilities and alternatives choices

Question 3

james marcia identity development adolescence
adolescents vary in how easily they go abut developing personal identity - four stages of identity development in adolescence:

Answer 3

identity diffusion - no exploration of, or commitment to roles and values
foreclosure - commitment made to roles and values without exploration
moratorium - exploration of roles and values without commitment
identity achievement exploration of roles and values followed by commitment

Question 4

Kohlberg adolescents capable of postconventional moral reasoning

Answer 4

or morality based on moral principles that transcend social rules: may never go beyond conventional morality, or morality based on social rules

Question 5

separation individuation

Answer 5

the development of a self or identity that is unique and separate

Question 6

adolescent at risk - family disruptions, developmentally disable siblings, conflicted relationship with peers,

Answer 6

childhood spent in chronic poverty, alcoholic and psychotic parents, moderate to severe physical disability, school problems in middle childhood