Human Development 3

Question 1

Adolescence

Answer 1

the bridge from childhood to adulthood. Beginning in puberty and ending in psychological maturity

Question 2

Cathexis

Answer 2

the concentration of psychic energy on one particular person, idea or object

Question 3

Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Adolescence

Answer 3

Adolescence is a process of “individuation” and “psychological weaning” from infantile ties to become a member of the adult world

Question 4

Crucial Adolescent task

Answer 4

separation from parental dependency and finding extra familiar love objects

Question 5

Process

Answer 5

Alternating progressive and regressive movements

Question 6

Latency

Answer 6

Relatively free of psychic conflicts. Child/caregiver harmony

Question 7

Pre-Puberty

Answer 7

Increase in libidinal drives and decrease in ego control increase in restlessness, moodiness and agression

Question 8

Puberty

Answer 8

General beginning of separation from early ties-caregiver
- conflict with caregiver
- libidinal energy seeks out extra-familiar love

Question 9

Friends around this time

Answer 9

Are seen as something to become, an ego ideal one might say
- then when the person finds that in themselves they dont need the friend

Question 10

Self-Cathexis

Answer 10

over-evaluation of ones self, self touchiness, self absorption
the libidinal energy is used on oneself

Question 11

Mid-Adolescence

Answer 11

increased libidinal drive. Beginnings of sexual, romantic drives, focus or interest

Question 12

At this stage there is a seperation from parents

Answer 12

the kids dont want to be around the parents anymore
there are new horizions and new fears to explore and conquer

Question 13

Mourning Stage

Answer 13

When the kids realize that they no longer have mommy or daddy
- they begin to mourn the loss

Question 14

Shifting Perception of Parents

Answer 14

parents go from up top and super powerful to nothing and dumb to somewhere in the middle

Question 15

Late Adolescence

Answer 15

consolidation of ego and inner crisis
realistic view of parents

Question 16

Emerging Adulthood

Answer 16

the newly circumscribed developmental phase from 18-25 years old

Question 17

The roleless role

Answer 17

independent of social roles, normative expectations of both Adolescence and Adults

Question 18

Instability

Answer 18

Residential mobility peaks in mid-twenties

Question 19

Self-Focus

Answer 19

unfettered by social ties either family or job ties

Question 20

Risk Behavior

Answer 20

drinking, drugs, unprotected sex is at an all time high at this stage of life

Question 21

Moral Development focuses on

Answer 21

fairness and a senses of justice by observing how individuals resolve moral dilemmas

Question 22

Preconventional

Answer 22

moral decisions based on rewards and punishments for one’s self

Question 23

Conventional

Answer 23

moral decisions based on others: interpersonal, community, civic laws, and norms

Question 24

Postconventional

Answer 24

moral decisions based on universal moral principals

Question 25

Critique of Kohlberg

Answer 25

Carol Gilligan
- are abstract, hypothetical dilemmas the best way to assess morality and moral reasoning

Question 26

Carol Gilligan’s “ethics of care”

Answer 26

Abstract rules and principals of “fairness” and “justice” “impartiality” and “equity” are not as important as caring, personal- real life relationships, fostering interconnections of mutual dependency and responsibility

Question 27

First Half of Life

Answer 27

adaption to outer reality, strengthening of consciousness; building of outward social identity

Question 28

Mid-Life Transition

Answer 28

confronting mortality onset of biological aging and need for further psychic/spiritual development

Question 29

Second Half of Life

Answer 29

individuation: one needs to restore wholeness, come to terms with one’s past, confront the “unfinished business” of ones life; continue to chart new pathways

Question 30

Persona

Answer 30

ones “social mask”. The part of identity that is concerned with the relations to the surrounding world- people are complicated