Chapter 12 Flashcards
Ericksons stage in adolescence
Identity vs identity confusion: who am I?
Marcia’s identity statuses
Identity diffusion: no crisis or commitment
Identity for closure: commitment no crisis
Identity moratorium: crisis but commitment vague
Identity achievement: crisis and made a commitment
Narcissism
Self centered and self concerned approach towards others, unaware of their actual self and how others perceive them
National study on adolescent health findings about the correlation between family dinners
Those who didn’t eat with parents had higher rates of drinking, drugs, fights and sexual activity
Behaviors associated with prolonged intense parental conflict
Moving out, juvenile delinquency, dropout, pregnancy, drug abuse, cults
Cliques vs Crowds
Cliques: 2-12 people who have frequent interaction, usually share same interests and sex
Crowds: larger groups where people share some characteristics but don’t often interact with each other, jocks and druggies
Reported by gay and lesbian youth as being the most difficult for them
Coming out to parents
% of time adolescents spend on schoolwork compared to their East Asian counterparts
60 %
Focus of rites of passage
Transition to adulthood
Main means of communication of adolescents with their friends
Texting
Beginning of adolescence, females have blank the rate of depression as males
Twice
Reason males are more likely to be successful in a suicide attempt than females
Males use lethal weapons such as guns
