CH 1 Understanding Past, Present, Planning for Future Flashcards
Ecological Systems
the interacting aspects surrounding the adolescent
- bio, cog, their self systems
- peers, school, politics
Stage Environment Fit
as adolescents grow, their relationships with their surrounding things change
what adolescent’s experience is affected by
Cultural Diversity
- beleifs, values, customs, behaviours that come from their ethnic groups
Globalization
the impact of economics, social, politics on adolescents
- changes in the world around them that can spur ideas and possibilites for them and make them vulnerable to change
Practical Applications
taking what we know about adolescence from research to irl
Educated Consumers
being critical of the research and knowledge about the Adole field
Normative Transition
changes that happen typically during adolescence
- puberty
Idiosyncratic Transition
changes that happen to adole unexpectedly
- divorces
Inventionism, Rousseau
stopped child labour let kids be kids
Consumerism and Adolescence
factories, media feed off of teen’s desires so they become inclined to commit to trends and consume a lot
Evolution and Adolescence
characteristics from genes make indivdiuals more likely to sruvive and pass on their genes
Metacognition
thinking about thinking
Continuous Societies
children gradually growing and peacefully tkae on adult roles
- growing up normally, normal fam
Discontinuous Societies
abrupt and stressful transitions from adolescence to adulthood
- loss
- poverty
- crisis
Development Process: Biological Processes
phys changes within person’s body
