ADOLESCENCE

Question 1

WHAT IS ADOLESCENCE

Answer 1

Growing up period between childhood and maturiry 10-20

Question 2

TASKS OF ADOLESCENCE

Answer 2

Body size and shape changing
sexuality
new ways of thinking
emotional maturity and economic independence

Question 3

AGE OF PUBERTY

Answer 3

The age of puberty has dropped to 13 due to standard of living, health, body mass and nutrition.

Question 4

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS TO PUBERTY

Answer 4

Body image, girls are less satisfied than boys

increased hormone levels related to mood change.

Question 5

WHAT ARE THE 3 PUBERTAL TIMING HYPOTHESIS:

Answer 5

1. Stressful Change Hyp
2. Off Time Hyp
3. Early Timing Hyp

Question 6

WHAT IS THE STRESSFUL CHANGE HYP

Answer 6

Stress of change can cause distress during the period of most rapid change

Question 7

WHAT IS THE OFF TIME HYP

Answer 7

Events encountered earlier or later than expected will cause additional stress. e.g if u start your period later than your friends

Question 8

WHAT IS THE EARLY TIMING HYP

Answer 8

Early maturation may cause inappropriate maturity demands from others causing distress.

Question 9

GIRLS AT PUBERTY - CAPSI AND MOFFITT

Answer 9

New Zealand girls.
Found support for the early timing hypothesis, girls age 13-15 who hit puberty at 12 or younger were demonstrating the most problems

Question 10

GIRLS:

Answer 10

Dislike maturing early. Those who do tend to be less sociable, have poor body image, low self-esteem, more likely to engage in risky behaviour and reach lower academic attainment.

Question 11

BOYS:

Answer 11

like maturing early, gain self-esteem, more popular, likely to be leader, good natured.
late maturers are likely to be more dependent, insecure, aggressive and rebel against parents

Question 12

2 competing theories:

Answer 12

1. adolescents individuate from parents becoming more independent
2. parent child relationship changes over time leading to independence with continued connectedness.

Question 13

LARSON 1996 CHICAGO

Answer 13

Oldest adolescents spent less than half the time with family than youngest but time alone with parents did not decrease. girls have more of a dip than boys do

Question 14

HAS PARENTING CHANGED

Answer 14

parents have become more protective and have higher expectations of their child - Gardner

Question 15

PUBERTY AND IDENTITY

Answer 15

Puberty plays a role in provoking identity and development of self esteem, self concept and indentity formation

Question 16

SELF-ESTEEM

Answer 16

James 1892 - high self esteem comes from good performance in domains you feel are important
Cooley 1902 - opinions of others are a large determinant of self-esteem. best friends opinion doesnt matter, peers does.

Question 17

DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-CONCEPT

Answer 17

shift from social comparisons to standards later in life.
the older the person becomes they can understand what they are good and bad at. integrate multiple self into a unified self.

Question 18

ERIK ERIKSON

Answer 18

Stemmed from freud.
Adolescence stage’s crisis is identity, men must achieve a stable identity before intimacy whereas women identity is defined through her intimate roles of the wife and mother.

Question 19

Marcias 4 Identity Statuses:

Answer 19

Crisis + commitment = achievement
crisis + no commitment = moratorium
no crisis + commitment = foreclosure
non crisis + no commitment = diffusion.