Adolescence

Question 1

Children in early adolescence tend to identify with groups in order to deal with the anxieties associated with the:

Answer 1

lack of a coherent sense of individual identity

Question 2

Adolescents ages ______ reach Erikson’s psychosocial stage of ______ vs ______, asking the question: “Who am I and what is my role?”

Answer 2

identity vs role confusion

Question 3

Piaget’s stage of formal operational, or abstract thinking, becomes apparent between ______ years of age. This includes the ability to plan, make and test hypotheses, consider future possibilities, and participate in introspection.

Answer 3

12-16

Question 4

Adolescents first enter Freud’s psychosexual stage of the __________, which involves separation from parents, identity formation, same sex peer group, and sexual exploration. In late adolescents, _________ may develop

Answer 4

second phase of individuation; intimacy with romantic partner

Question 5

aspects of executive function originate in the _______ of the brain, which matures in adolescents.

Answer 5

prefrontal cortex