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Adolescence-Larsen Flashcards

1
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What qualifies as early adolescence?

A

12-14 yo

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2
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What qualifies as middle adolescence?

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14-16 yo

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3
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What qualifies as late adolescence?

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16-18 yo

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4
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What is peak height velocity?

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

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5
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What happens to female’s body mass during puberty?

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fat accumulation
2X males
menstruation

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6
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What happens to male’s body mass during puberty?

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muscle mass

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7
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What are the sexual characteristics of females after puberty?

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hair
genitals
breasts
acne

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8
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What are the sexual characteristics of males after puberty?

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hair
genitals
acne
voice change

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9
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Why do kids get gangly preceding puberty?

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

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10
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How long does puberty last?

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4-5 years

**starts 2 years earlier for females

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11
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When does puberty usu start for females? Males?

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

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12
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T/F It is best for both males & females psychologically to be the first to go thru puberty in class.

A

False.

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

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13
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What happens in the adolescent brain?

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Second wave of proliferation and pruning
Peak F= 11 years
M = 12 ½ years
Pruning 15%
**white matter thickens
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14
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Look at slide 9

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k

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15
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What happens to cognitive growth in early adolescence?

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Beginning of reasoning based on hypothesis or verbal propositions

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16
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What happens to cognitive growth in middle adolescence?

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

17
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What happens to cognitive growth in later adolescence?

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

18
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What are the psychological tasks of adolescence?

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  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)
19
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What is the definition of body image in adolescence?

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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.

20
Q

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

A

Girls’ body image worsens.

Boy’s body image gets better.

21
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T/F Mothers are strong transmitters and reinforcers of social messages around body image and eating.

A

True.

22
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What are some causes of poor body image?

A

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.

23
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What is the influence of pro-anorexia & pro-bulima websites?

A

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

24
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When is there the most conflict b/w parents & adolescents?

A

early adolescence

tapers off by middle.

25
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When is the first awareness of the feeling of sexual attraction?

A

age 10

26
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When do most kids explicitly masturbate?

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10% at age 7

80% at age 13

27
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When do kids engage in “heterosexual play” & “same-sex play”?

A

heterosexual play: 65% at age 13

25-30% of 13 yo same sex play.

28
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Which aspect of sex is the most important for girls? For boys?

A

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

29
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What are the 2 most common “groups” to end up in if you can’t fit in anywhere else?

A

drug group

gang

30
Q

What is Erikson’s stage during adolescence?

A

identity formation v. Identity diffusion

31
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What are the 4 identity statuses according to Marcia’s taxonomy?

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  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.
32
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What is the moral development during early adolescence?

A

Defers to social, family, school structure/beliefs

33
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What is the moral development during middle adolescence?

A

Re-examines known values usually by negating parents beliefs

Parents receptivity will aid the adolescent to assess reality, effectiveness and maintain self-esteem

34
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What is the moral development during late adolescence?

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

35
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What is the social development during early adolescence?

A

Same sex peer groups

36
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What is the social development during middle adolescence?

A 
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
37
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What is the social development during late adolescence?

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

38
Q

What are the leading causes of death during adolescence?

A 
MVA
Other causes
homicide
unintentional injury
suicide
39
Q

There are more slides to make flaschards for.

A

Don’t forget to do it!

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