mod 15: adolescence

Question 1

define adolescence

Answer 1

limbo of childhood and adulthood, primary AND secondary sex characteristics develop all crazy like, boys mature “early” and girls “later

also frontal lobe and myelin growth increases

Question 2

piaget, kohlberg, and others on adolescent and cognitive development

Answer 2

piaget : capacity for formal operation/cognition, forming the basis of moral reasoning

kohlberg: preconventional morality - self interest
conventional - laws and rules
postconventional - universal ethical principles

Question 3

erikson believed every life stage had a “psychosocial task”. what is the task for adolescence?

Answer 3

solidifying one’s identity/sense of self, often by trying idfferent roles

Question 4

do parents/peers play more or less of a role during adolescence?

Answer 4

parents play less, peers play more

Question 5

emerging adulthood

Answer 5

18-25ish, period where transition from adolescence to adulthood

transition from adolescence to adulthood is taking longer in recent years

Question 6

puberty

Question 7

primary sex characteristics

Answer 7

sex organs and genitalia

Question 8

secondary sex characteristics

Answer 8

hair, breasts, pubic hair, deeper voices

Question 9

menarche

Answer 9

first period

Question 10

identity

Answer 10

i

Question 11

social identtiy

Question 12

intimacy