Chapter 11: Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence Flashcards
autonomy
taking responsibility, having greater agency, and making more decisions
parental monitoring
the process of caregivers observing and keeping track of what children are doing
cultural socialization
the way children learn about their heritage or the community to which they belong, typically in their families
homophily
the tendency to like and associate with people we perceive as like us
clique
a small “friend group” that shares interests and activities
crowds
larger, looser collections of adolescents within the school or neighborhood
age-segregated
grouped with other children of the same age
social status
a person’s social rank within the larger group
social brain
neural networks associated with understanding the views and intentions of other people
identity
a person’s sense of who they are and how they fit into social groups of the world
identity crisis
the conflict in deciding between the possible roles a person could play and the possible selves they could be
identity versus confusion
in Erikson’s theory of life span development, the crisis of adolescent development which is resolved when youth understand themselves and their role in the world
marcia’s DIFFUSION STATUS
when young people are not exploring or committed to an identity
marcia’s MORATORIUM STATUS
when young people are actively exploring their options but have not committed to an identity quite yet
marcia’s FORECLOSURE STATUS
when young people have committed to an identity but have not done much exploration
