Chap. 1

Question 1

3 fundamental changes of adolescence

Answer 1

1. biological
2. cognitive
3. social

Question 2

social/place

4 main context in which adolescents spend their time

Bronfenbrenner’s ecological perspective

Answer 2

1. families
2. peer
3. school
4. work/leisure

Question 3

Psyo development

4 stages they will face

Answer 3

1. identity
2. intimacy/sex
3. challenges
4. +’ve prospects and opportunities

Question 4

Theoretical perspectives on adolescence

5 fields of study

Answer 4

1. biosocial
2. oranismic
3. learning
4. socialogical
5. historical/anothro

Question 5

Organismic thoerists

also known as psychoanalytical theorists

Answer 5

• freud - sex conflicts
• erikson - internal conflict with stages
• paiget - development through cognition and thinking

Question 6

Social and anthropological theories

what it is and the psychologist

Answer 6

1. focused on adolescents as a group and thier role in society and culture
2. Benedict: continuous and discontinuous (think laws and nature of everything)

Question 7

Historical and anthropological perspective

Answer 7

they are inventions and a product of social structures
anthro = culturally-defined

Question 8

stress of adolescence

Answer 8

somewhat stressful, but not for all teenagers.
- body change
- social change

Question 9

adolescence problems v. positivity

Answer 9

+‘ve = norm
media and research says otherwise

Question 10

developmental tasks in early ado

11-14

Answer 10

• adapting to rapid and drastic body/mental change
• new social roles
• accepting and learning to use physique

Question 11

developmental tasks in late ado

19-22

Answer 11

• preping for marriage/fam life
• prep for career
• acquire a mature set of values

Question 11

developmental tasks in middle ado.

15-18

Answer 11

• achieving psyo independence
• develop the ability to have close friends
• have meaningful and sexual relationships

Question 12

modern teens/peers

who influences them

Answer 12

they are influenced by peers and in (almost) constant contect with them

Question 13

teens and sexual activity

Answer 13

recent years, it has leveled off and will use more contraceptives

Question 14

basic survival skills

needs
5 of them

Answer 14

1. caring relationship with an adult
2. soical support system
3. social competence/life skills
4. prep to become an active member
5. belief that they have a good future

Question 15

modern survial skills

4 of them

Answer 15

1. tech skills to participate in society
2. motivation to keep learning
3. values that aling with society
4. the ability to live in unpredictable societies

Question 16

G. Stanley Hall

study started and what he studied

Answer 16

• 1900’s
• storm and stress
• recapitulationism
• evolutionary psyo

Question 17

recaoitulationism

Answer 17

the stages of human development (birth to death) replicate the innate stages of humans

Question 18

Benedict’s continous v. discontinuous societies

Answer 18

con - gradual and peaceful
dis - abrupt

Question 19

frued/erkison

Psychoanalytic

Answer 19

importance on the libido and the psyo stages that are connected to personal and sexual development

libido = responsible for basic needs

Question 20

jean piaget

Cog theories

Answer 20

looks at the changes in an ado’s thinking ability

Question 21

b.f. skinner

learning/conditioning theory

behaviourists

Answer 21

external consequences will chnage the way a behvaiour is repeated
learn by watching others

Question 22

social and anthro theories

Answer 22

compare and contrast of ados across culture

Question 23

bronfernbreener

Ecological theory

Answer 23

forces interact with each other, they way they interact will affect the way it affects the ado

Question 24

globalization

Answer 24

how 1 pt of the world will affect the other

Question 25

normative transition

Answer 25

change they go through with other peers (h.s.)
norm can turn into ido

Question 26

idiosyncratic transition

Answer 26

change an ado goes through at an unexpected time (parent’s divorce)

Question 27

life-cycle service

Answer 27

preindustrial that sent youth away from fam to work and live

Question 28

athen’s ado

Answer 28

boys:
- 18 = in military (oath and vote)
- 30 and married (full citizen)
girls:
- 15 and married (live under dad-husband’s rules)

Question 29

Plato

Answer 29

• 7-10 = write
• 10-13 = read
• 13-16 = music

know how to do them at that age

Question 30

rome’s ado

Answer 30

boys:
- 14 and married
- 16 and in military (after 1 yr, full citizen)
girls:
- 12 and married (from dad-husband’r rules)

Question 31

middle ages and renaissance

Answer 31

• coddled
• died
• given up for better future

Question 32

rousseau and enlightenment

Answer 32

r:
- valued childhhod and adulthood
- storm and stress

Question 33

developed countries

Answer 33

• less kids
• they will compete with adults for jobs, fiances, and more

Question 34

developing countries

Answer 34

• more kids
• many deaths at young ages
• get the kids to work for more money and to support the fam better

Question 35

vitrous cycle

Answer 35

for developed countries
good job - less kids - more ad. for kids - good edu for kid (continue)

Question 36

vicous cycle

Answer 36

developing countries
no edu - fam at young age - more kids - poor - kids work - no edu for kids (continue)