Module 12: Adolescent Development

Question 1

Puberty

Answer 1

body’s changes from get you from a childlike state, to being a reproductively mature adult

Question 2

Identity Status 1: Foreclosure

Answer 2

occurs when an indiv. Commits to an identity without exploring options

Question 3

Identity Status 2: Identity Diffusion

Answer 3

occurs when adolescent neither explore nor commit to any identities

Question 4

Identity Status 3:

Moratorium

Answer 4

adolescents are actively exploring options but have not yet made commitments

Question 5

Identity Status 4:

Identity Achievement

Answer 5

occurs when indiv. have explored different options and then made identity commitment

Question 6

Emerging Adulthood

Answer 6

from 18 - 25 yrs

1) Age of Identity Explorations
2) Age Instability
3) Self- Focused Age
4) Age of Feeling in-between
5) Age of Possibilities

Question 7

EA in OECD countries

Answer 7

Europe- EA is longest and leisurely
- Individualism: Provide tertiary education (college), assist young people in finding jobs, provide generous unemployment benefits, housing support

Asian

• Collectivism: family and community obligations
• Narrow boundaries but still pursue EA

Question 8

EA in Non-Industrialized Countries

Answer 8

• Only a minority getting EA
• Rates in enrollment in tertiary education is much lower
• Exists only for the wealthier segment of society