Adolescence-Larsen

Question 1

What qualifies as early adolescence?

Answer 1

12-14 yo

Question 2

What qualifies as middle adolescence?

Answer 2

14-16 yo

Question 3

What qualifies as late adolescence?

Answer 3

16-18 yo

Question 4

What is peak height velocity?

Answer 4

the point of your fastest height growth
This occurs @ 12 yrs for females.
This occurs @ 14 years for males.

Question 5

What happens to female’s body mass during puberty?

Answer 5

fat accumulation
2X males
menstruation

Question 6

What happens to male’s body mass during puberty?

Answer 6

muscle mass

Question 7

What are the sexual characteristics of females after puberty?

Answer 7

hair
genitals
breasts
acne

Question 8

What are the sexual characteristics of males after puberty?

Answer 8

hair
genitals
acne
voice change

Question 9

Why do kids get gangly preceding puberty?

Answer 9

first harbinger of puberty is linear growth
muscle mass follows
for a while you look gangly

Question 10

How long does puberty last?

Answer 10

4-5 years

**starts 2 years earlier for females

Question 11

When does puberty usu start for females? Males?

Answer 11

Females: 9-11 years
**around 9–get breast budding & pubic hair
Males: 11-13 years
**around 11-enlargement of scrotum & testes

Question 12

T/F It is best for both males & females psychologically to be the first to go thru puberty in class.

Answer 12

False.

Better for males. Best for females to be somewhere in the middle.

Question 13

What happens in the adolescent brain?

Answer 13

Second wave of proliferation and pruning
Peak F= 11 years
M = 12 ½ years
Pruning 15%
**white matter thickens

Question 14

Look at slide 9

Answer 14

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Question 15

What happens to cognitive growth in early adolescence?

Answer 15

Beginning of reasoning based on hypothesis or verbal propositions

Question 16

What happens to cognitive growth in middle adolescence?

Answer 16

Ideological beliefs – family, religion, humanism, social, cultural; yet still egocentric (thinks mostly from their own perspective)

Question 17

What happens to cognitive growth in later adolescence?

Answer 17

Improved ability to perceive outcomes of ideas, sense of time, concern for the future, hypothetical thinking, consider effects on others

Question 18

What are the psychological tasks of adolescence?

Answer 18

1. satisfactory & realistic body image.
2. increased independence from parents & adequate capacities for self-care & regulation.
3. appropriate control & expression of increased sexual & aggressive drives.
4. identity consolidation (personal moral code & provisional plans for vocation & economic self-sufficiency)

Question 19

What is the definition of body image in adolescence?

Answer 19

Body image is self-evaluative, and influenced by the “goodness of fit” between self-evaluation of one’s own body, one’s expectations for the physical self, and the perceived evaluations of others.

Question 20

What is the trajectory of girls & boys’ body images as they progress thru puberty?

Answer 20

Girls’ body image worsens.

Boy’s body image gets better.

Question 21

T/F Mothers are strong transmitters and reinforcers of social messages around body image and eating.

Answer 21

True.

Question 22

What are some causes of poor body image?

Answer 22

Bigger discrepancy b/w weight of average woman & models.
Unattainable muscular image for guys.
TV characters either super skinny or “fat”.
Poor parent relationships-bad body image.

Question 23

What is the influence of pro-anorexia & pro-bulima websites?

Answer 23

they make it normalized. Give these girls someone to talk about how few calories they eat.

Question 24

When is there the most conflict b/w parents & adolescents?

Answer 24

early adolescence

tapers off by middle.

Question 25

When is the first awareness of the feeling of sexual attraction?

Answer 25

age 10

Question 26

When do most kids explicitly masturbate?

Answer 26

10% at age 7 | 80% at age 13

Question 27

When do kids engage in "heterosexual play" & "same-sex play"?

Answer 27

heterosexual play: 65% at age 13 | 25-30% of 13 yo same sex play.

Question 28

Which aspect of sex is the most important for girls? For boys?

Answer 28

Girls: relational aspect of sex Boys: more about pleasure or exploitation

Question 29

What are the 2 most common "groups" to end up in if you can't fit in anywhere else?

Answer 29

drug group | gang

Question 30

What is Erikson's stage during adolescence?

Answer 30

identity formation v. Identity diffusion

Question 31

What are the 4 identity statuses according to Marcia's taxonomy?

Answer 31

1. Identity-Confused: not yet experienced an identity crisis or made a role commitment. 2. Foreclosed: made unexamined commitments. just join a group. 3. Moratorium:actively struggling to define values & commitments. 4. Identity-Achieved: crisis resolved.

Question 32

What is the moral development during early adolescence?

Answer 32

Defers to social, family, school structure/beliefs

Question 33

What is the moral development during middle adolescence?

Answer 33

Re-examines known values usually by negating parents beliefs | Parents receptivity will aid the adolescent to assess reality, effectiveness and maintain self-esteem

Question 34

What is the moral development during late adolescence?

Answer 34

More introspective, able to consider the opinions of parents and others.

Question 35

What is the social development during early adolescence?

Answer 35

Same sex peer groups

Question 36

What is the social development during middle adolescence?

Answer 36

``` Males “catch up” to girls and interact Peer groups gain intensity (love, hate, acceptance, rejection) Appearance (fashion, hair, skin) Peer values > parent values Impulsivity peaks ```

Question 37

What is the social development during late adolescence?

Answer 37

Less narcissistic, thinks of other’s needs and opinions, relationships gain in meaning, witness increased ability to repress, sublimate, self-reflect etc.

Question 38

What are the leading causes of death during adolescence?

Answer 38

``` MVA Other causes homicide unintentional injury suicide ```

Question 39

There are more slides to make flaschards for.

Answer 39

Don't forget to do it!