Module 18: Adolescence

Question 1

Identity

Answer 1

Coherent conception of the self, made up of goals, values, and beliefs to which the person is solidly committed

Question 2

When does identity form?

Answer 2

Forms as young people resolve three major issues: the choice of an occupation, the adoption of values to live by, and the development of a satisfying sexual identity

Question 3

What is the crisis faced in adolescence?

Answer 3

Identity vs. Identity/Role Confusion

Question 4

What is the span of ages who faces the crisis, Identity vs. Identity/Role Confusion?

Answer 4

Adolescence (14-20 yrs)

Question 5

What is the virtue that develops after the crisis, Identity vs. Identity/Role Confusion is successfully passed?

Answer 5

Fidelity

Question 6

What kind of period is adolescence?

Answer 6

Adolescence is a time-out period (Psychosocial Moratorium), which is the ideal for the development of identity, allowing young people the opportunity to search for commitments to which they could be faithful

Question 7

Fidelity

Answer 7

+ Sustained loyalty, faith, or a sense of belonging to a loved one, friends or companions
+ Identification with a set of values, an ideology, a religion, a political movement, or an ethnic group

Question 8

What may happen to children who have an inability to develop fidelity?

Answer 8

Inability to develop fidelity may have an unstable sense of self, insecure, and fail to plan for themselves and the future

Question 9

How do men and women define their identity?

Answer 9

A man is not capable of real intimacy until he has achieved a stable identity, whereas women define themselves through marriage and motherhood

Question 10

Crisis

Answer 10

+ a period of conscious decision-making
+ process of grappling with what to believe and who to be (Erikson)

Question 11

Commitment

Answer 11

a personal investment in an occupation or ideology

Question 12

What are the maladaptive tendencies that may be faced in adolescence?

Answer 12

1. Fanaticism
2. Repudiation

Question 13

Maladaptive Tendency: Fanaticism

Answer 13

believes that his “ways” are the only ways

Question 14

Malignant Tendency: Repudiation

Answer 14

repudiate (reject) their membership in the world of adults and, even more, they repudiate their need for an identity

Question 15

Sexual Identity

Answer 15

seeing oneself as a sexual being, recognizing one’s sexual orientation, and forming romantic or sexual attachments

Question 16

Sexual Orientation

Answer 16

whether the person is attracted to person of other sex (Heterosexual), same sex (Bisexual), or of both sexes (Bisexual)

Question 17

Brains of Different Genders

Answer 17

Brains of gay men and straight women are more symmetrical, whereas lesbians and straight men, the right hemisphere is slightly larger

Question 18

Transgender

Answer 18

biological sex at birth and gender identity are not the same

Question 19

Transsexual

Answer 19

people who seek medical assistance to permanently transition to their preferred gender

Question 20

What are the two major concerns about adolescent sexual activity?

Answer 20

Two major concerns about adolescent sexual activity are the risks of contracting STIs and pregnancy

Question 21

Juvenile Delinquency

Answer 21

adolescent who breaks the law or engages in behavior considered as illegal

Question 22

Are antisocial behaviors heritable?

Answer 22

Antisocial behaviors tends to run in families

Question 23

What are individuals who have low arousal levels prone to?

Answer 23

Individuals who have low arousal levels may be prone to antisocial behaviors as a form of sensation seeking to achieve arousal levels a normal person experiences

Question 24

What does early onset of antisocial behavior lead to?

Answer 24

An early onset type (beginning by age 11) tends to lead to chronic juvenile delinquency in adolescence

Question 25

When does a milder late onset type of antisocial behavior tend to arise/develop?

Answer 25

Milder late onset type, tends to arise temporarily in adolescence

Question 26

What are parents of children with antisocial behavior like?

Answer 26

Parents of children who become chronically antisocial may have failed to reinforce good behaviors in early childhood and may have been harsh or inconsistent with their discipline