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Ch Reviews Flashcards

1
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Do males or females generally enter puberty first?

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females

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What can be some of the emotional issues around development of secondary sex characteristics?

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If they’re looking different from their peers or hitting it late/earlier then others it could lead to pride or embarrassment about their bodies

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What are some of the both positive and negatives factors of early adolescent cognitive development?

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positive: they gain logic and question things; negative: risk taking and poor rationale skills because frontal lobe isn’t fully developed

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What is probably the main social goal for early adolescent?

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fitting in; acceptance

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Why do eating disorders become an issue in early adolescence?

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body image issues and purging; peers talking bot dieting and weight loss can influence this

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What would be some arguments to support comprehensive sex education for early adolescents?

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knowledge; safety; empowerment; healthy relationships/dating; emotional and physical consequences; preventive resources

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Why is late adolescence called the peak potential years?

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strongest physically

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What are some aspects of late adolescence that can make it very stressful?

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transition! potential long life decisions, new found freedom and independence; uncertainty

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What are the main health issues of late adolescents?

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asthma, diabetes, ulcers, depression

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Are late adolescence brains fully developed? How is this manifested?

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No; still developing frontal lobe; impulse and rational developing – shows by not always making the best decisions, do what they think is best for them; emotions guiding decision making and risk taking behavior

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Early adolescents are egotistical in their thought process. What about late adolescents?

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Still so, but more able to see multiple truths and put themselves in others shoes; dual to realistic thinking

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Explain dualistic vs. realistic thinking

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right/wrong, black/white thinking to seeing multiple truths/considerations of more than one answer

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What are issues for late adolescents regarding career development?

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change their minds frequently

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What could be a counselor’s role in substance abuse prevention with late adolescents?

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education, coping skills, follow up and continuous education, ongoing comprehensive educational prevention measures

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Issues around academic transition for late adolescents

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better transition if they were academically pushed in high school with talking about college, EP classes, shadowing, social transition

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What are some of the positive and negatives about living at home in late adolescents?

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Positive: economically smart– saving money; Negative: social stigma and argument over rules if relationship doesn’t evolve

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What five key features characterize emerging adulthood?

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  1. identity exploration (love and work)
  2. instability (transitioning)
  3. self focused (no major obligations to others yet)
  4. feeling in-between (not a child, but not an adult)
  5. age of possibilities (can do anything set your mind to)
18
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What makes early adulthood “peak” years?

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physically strongest and healthy; both cognitively and physically

19
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What about brain development in early adulthood? How does brain development differ between individuals at this stage?

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everything is fully developed at this stage; brain development slows because it’s fully formed and such; but different levels of attainment

20
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Why does obesity often become an issue in early adulthood?

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busy doing other things and working… less time spent moving around or exercising

21
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What is post-formal thinking (Piaget)?

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Qualitative change in thinking/universal ethical standards of thinking/no more black and white thinking/draw on prior experiences (not everyone got here)

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What is post-formal stage for Kohlberg?

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Can sometimes be triggered by life crisis; value dignity for all life; believe all individuals have rights/liberties that come before societal needs; no set consequences for set actions; reasons behind actions considered; freedom limited only when that freedom infringes upon someone else; (again not everyone got here)

23
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Explain how body image is more than just being fat or thin?

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it’s how you feel about yourself and how you think others think you feel about yourself and how you think others view you; goes into this cycle of thinking that can be dangerous

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What are some of the substance abuse issues for early adults?

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alcohol and marijuana use increases; consequences for health

25
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What are some of the issues around lifestyle for early adults?

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staying single
co habitation
marriage
family
separation and divorce
same-sex relationships
26
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Individuals in middle adulthood are in which of Erikson’s stages?

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Generativity vs. stagnation (giving back and giving advice to the next generation vs. withdrawing and being stuck)

27
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The primary crisis in middle adulthood?

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balancing life, family and work

28
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What are some of the physical changes in middle adulthood?

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appearance and inward changes: internal organ decline; menopause; testosterone decline; graying of the hair; wrinkles…

29
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What are some of the cognitive changes in middle adulthood?

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decline in cognitive resources (numerical ability and perceptual speed); improvement in vocab, verbal memory, inductive reasoning

30
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What do anxieties in middle adulthood generally center around?

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Balancing multiple roles and transitions (family, life, work)

31
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What are some aspects of midlife transition?

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reflecting on what is in light of, what was hoped for and implications for what is next; fit lifestyle with emotional needs; reaching dreams

32
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What is different about midlife crisis?

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triggers–traumatic stress cycle
impulsive–buying irrational purchases, pursuing other romantic, burning down bridges drastically and not thinking rationally; or stuck depressed and not knowing what to do

33
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Two of the strongest predictors of good health in old old age?

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social connections and how you took care of yourself throughout your life

34
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Define iatrogenic

A

side effects or consequences due to the activity of a physician or therapy

35
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what are the four factors that clients may be dealing with as they are facing death?

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  1. reluctance to talk about death
  2. anxiety about death
  3. guilt
  4. loneliness and isolation of the dying person
36
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5 stages of grief by Kubler Ross

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  1. Denial
  2. Anger
  3. Bargaining
  4. Depression
  5. Acceptance

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