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what are rights of passage

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when one becomes a man or woman

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rights of passage for men and women

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men-includes strength and bravery

female-genital mutilation

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where is FGM (female genital mutilation) prominent?

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middle eastern and parts of africa

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why is fgm performed

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to keep them celibate and faithful to their partners

they have false medical believes

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did FGM derive from misony

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nope, it was done to protect them from rape

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psychosocial moratorium

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developing social identity

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how to make adolescents less stormy

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prepare kids for whats about to happen

talk about individual differences

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early vs late bloomers..

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early bloomers are more likely to get caught up in bad crowd

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exerecia

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exercising excessively

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spermarche

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first ejaculation at night

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menarche

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first period

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why is there a decline on the age of onset for puberty

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hormones, water, chemicals in the air

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causes of delinquency

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poor parenting, lack of supervision, low ses, poor attachment

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signs that kid may be headed toward adolescent crime

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bedwetting, fire setting, animal abuse

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how do teenagers think?

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egocentrism-personal fable (they are special and indestructible) and imaginary audience

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types of cognitive biases in teenagers

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uniqueness bias

spotlight effect

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personal fable

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  • believing one is indestructible

- uniqueness

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what breaks down personal fable?

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experiences

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self monitoring high vs low

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high-adaptive. maintain appearance and professionalism/ social chameleon

low- not as adaptive. stay true to self.

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at risk teens have..

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earlier problems
poor family relationships
lack of identity and supervision

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emerging adulthood

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between puberty and adult status

22
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what ideas of self lead to depression

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if you actual doesn’t match your ideal

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domains of self esteem

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scholastic competence
social acceptance
athletic competence
physical appearance
job competence
romantic appeal
behavioral conduct
close friendship
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gender identification hypothesis

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young boys are more intense about gender roles

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religiosity and moral development
religiosity keeps many teens, especially african americans from substance abuse and negative outcome
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why does conflict with parents arise in teenage years
better cognitive abilities to argue back desire for autonomy
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reasons of teenage pregnancy
want something to love accidents peer pressure for sex
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what prevents teens from getting pregnant
future goals
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resilience and teens
high intelligence physical intelligence parenting adult mentor outside of family
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definition of adolescence
between time puberty begins and time adult status is approached when young people are preparing to take on the roles and responsibilities of adulthood in their culture
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overproduction
celled exuberance. peaks again around time of puberty. concentrated in prefrontal cortex
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intelligence in teenagers and synaptic pruning
those with higher intelligence prune more. it helps brain work more efficiently
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Reasons for downward trend in menarche in developed countries and higher age of menarche in developing countries.
in developed countries-improvements of nutrition and medical care. developing-
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secular trend
change in characteristics of a population over time (ex-period)
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Early onset of girls puberty compared to peers effects
theyre negative. Depressed mood, eating disorders, substance use, substance use, aggressive behavior, school problems, conflict with parents it leads to heavier appearance
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boys vs girls early puberty
its favorable in boys and they tend to have greater success in their carreers. they also had higher marital satisfaction than later blooming boys though they may be involved with delinquency, sex and drug use
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late maturing boys
elevated levels of substance use, lower grades, and deliquency
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what are the reasons for substance use
experimental social medicinal addictive
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medicinal substance use
also called self medicating. they tend to use substances more than experimental and social. they use it to relieve unpleasant emotional states
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addictive substance use
has to take it in order to feel good physically or psychologically
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metacognition
ability to think about thinking. not just your thoughts, but the thoughts of others understanding where thoughts come from and how to manage attention and memory ex-mnemonics or other memory devices
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who are teens most likely to put on false self for
potential romantic partners. least likely with close friends
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reason for drop of self esteem in adolescence
self consciousness about evaluation from peers and other peoples potentially harsh evaluations they now have cognitive capacity for sarcasm and ridicule domains of esteem arent equal and some can influence it more than others. it doesnt have to be good in all areas.
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why is there increased conflict with parents in adolescence
sexual maturity advances in cognitive development (rebut parents reasoning about rules and restrictions more easier than before) growing autonomy parents concerns about safety parental monotoring
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girls self esteem
very focused on appearance and tends to be lower than boys
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traditional cultures expectations in boys
provide protect procreate (have sexual experience before marriage so he is able to perform sexually well enough to produce children)
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autonomy
quality of being independent and self sufficient. capible of thinking for oneself
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parental monitoring
actually keeping track of whereabouts. adolescents may perceive this as a privacy invasion and share less with parents over time
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resilience in teens and what it leads to
overcoming adverse environmental circumstances and achieving healthy development despite those circumstances those who face poverty, poor family relationships are still able to function reasonably dispite all of this
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protective factors
what resiliance is promoted by. it can be intelligence, attractiveness, good parenting, and caring adult mentor and religiousity
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religiosity as a resilience factor leads to
less substance abuse

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