Chapter 8- Adolescence Flashcards
adolescence
the 1st signs of puberty; ages 10-18
primary sex characteristics
characteristics related to reproduction; ova & sperm
Menarche
a girls’s 1st period
spermarche
when a guy 1st starts making sperm
secondary sex characteristics
bodily changes in response to sex hormones
secular trend
changes to a kind of trend in a population over time because of technology
anorexia nervosa
intentional self-starvation
bulimia
binge eating followed by purging
formal operations
the ability to apply reasoning about complex tasks and problems involving multiple variables + the development of abstract thinking
hypothetical-deductive reasoning
the ability to think scientifically and apply the scientific method to cognitive tasks
divided attention
doing two things at once and splitting attention between them
metacognition
the capacity to think about thinking
adolescent egocentrism
the result of adolescents struggling to separate their thoughts about themselves from the thoughts of others
personal fable
belief in the uniqueness of their personal experiences and destiny
actual self
self conception
possible self
what you could be
false self
a public self that doesn’t represent the real you
gender-intensification hypothesis
psychological and behavioral differences between males and females are magnified when entering adolescence due to increased pressure to adhere to gender roles
preconventional reasoning
moral reasoning based on egocentric views on rewards and punishment
conventional reasoning
reasoning that is based on the values of the majority
postconventional reasoning
reasoning based on personal views
ethic of autonomy
do as you please as long as you don’t hurt anyone; the individual has ll moral authority
ethic of community
reasoning guided by an obligation to others in a shared group
ethic of divinity
a divine being guides reasoning
