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Developmental Psychology > PART 11. PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE > Flashcards

PART 11. PHYSICAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ADOLESCENCE Flashcards

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It is a developmental transition between childhood and adulthood entailing major physical, cognitive, and psychological changes.

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Adolescence

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This refers to the process by which a person attains sexual maturity and the ability to reproduce.

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Puberty

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True or False. Adolescence and puberty were thought to occur at the same time (around 13).

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True

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4
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This is a risky stage because of the immature brain at that time.

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Adolescence

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2 Stages of Puberty

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  1. Adrenarche

2. Gonadarche

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It is the stage characterized by increasing level of androgens, most notably dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) which influences growth of pubic, axillary, and facial hair.

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Adrenarche

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A puberty stage indicated by the maturation of sex organs.

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Gonadarche

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True or False. Girls with lower percentage of body fat in early childhood tend to show earlier pubertal development.

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False. Higher percentage of body fat

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These are the organs directly related to reproduction, which enlarge and mature during adolescence.

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Primary sex characteristics

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These are the physiological signs of sexual maturation (breast development and broading of shoulders) that do not involve sexual organs.

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Secondary sex characteristics

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It is a rapid increase in height, weight, and muscle and bone growth that precedes sexual maturity. (Girls: 9 1/2 to 14 1/2 ; Boys: 10 1/2 to 16)

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Adolescent growth spurt

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It is a boy’s first ejaculation through nocturnal emission.

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Spermarche

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Also known as wet dreams, it is an involuntary ejaculation of semen.

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Nocturnal emission

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This is a girl’s first menstruation.

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Menarche

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It refers to the trend that can be seen only by observing several generations, like the trend toward earlier attainment of adult height and sexual maturity, which began a century ago in some centuries.

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Secular trend

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True or False. Sexual maturity is earlier in developed countries than in developing countries.

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True

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17
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The brain network that is sensitive to social and emotional stimuli (peer influence).

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Socioemotional network

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Brain network which regulates responses to stimuli.

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Cognitive-control network

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True or False. Amygdala matures after the prefrontal cortex.

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False. Amygdala MATURES EARLIER than prefrontal cortex. This may explain why teens act irrationally based on emotions. Since amygdala is more on emotions and prefrontal cortex is in-charge with reason, planning, and judgement.

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Late bedtimes and oversleeping in mornings results to _______.

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insomnia

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21
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What is a hormonal gauge of the brain of when we feel sleepy?

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Melatonin

22
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_________ pertains to the descriptive and evaluative beliefs about one’s appearance. More common among girls than boys.

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Body image

23
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Due to body dissatisfaction, others will manifest an eating disorder that is marked by self-starvation and is potentially life threatening. What is it?

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Anorexia nervosa

24
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An eating disorder in which one will engage in binge eating and then purges the body by laxatives.

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Bulimia nervosa

25
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It is the repeated, harmful use of a substance, usually alcohol.

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Substance abuse

26
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________ is an addiction (physical, psychological, or both) to a harmful substance.

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Substance dependence

27
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It is the act of consuming five or more drink on one occasion.

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Binge drinking

28
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True or False. Prevalence of depression increases among adolescence.

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True

29
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What are the only antidepressant medications currently approved for adolescents?

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Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI)

30
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This is the final stage of Piaget’s theory where teens are able to think abstractly.

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formal operations

31
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________ is the ability to accompany the stage of formal operations, to develop, consider, and test hypothesis.

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Hypothetical-deductive reasoning

32
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This is change in the information or thing inside the brain.

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Structural change

33
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It pertains to the changes on how adolescents use stuff in the brain.

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Functional change

34
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The long-term memory includes the following knowledge:

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  1. Declarative knowledge (facts)
  2. Procedural knowledge (how)
  3. Conceptual knowledge (why)
35
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_______, described as social dialect of puberty, is coined by linguist Marcel Danesi.

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Pubilect

36
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Lawrence Kohlberg’s 6 Stages in Moral Development

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Stage 1: Orientation toward punishment and obedience
Stage 2: Instrumental purpose and exchange
Stage 3: Maintaining mutual relations
Stage 4: Social concern and conscience
Stage 5: Morality of contract, of individual rights, and of democratically accepted law.
Stage 6: Morality of ethical universal principles

37
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What level of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Moral Development is when people base the right thing to do on direct consequences?

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Level 1: preconventional morality

38
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What level of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Moral Development is when we base morality on abstract principles. ?

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Level 3: postconventional morality

39
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What level of Lawrence Kohlberg’s Moral Development is when we base morality on conforming to social norms?

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Level 2: conventional morality

40
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True or False. Gender differences in moral reasoning are small.

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True

41
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True or False. Prosocial reasoning based on personal reflection about consequences and on internalized values and norms decrease with age.

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False. INCREASE WITH AGE

42
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True or False. Reasoning based on stereotypes such as ‘it’s nice to help’ decrease with age.

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True

43
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True or False. Self-efficacy have no association with school performance.

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False. Those high in self-efficacy tend to do well in school.

44
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True or False. Adolescent males have more white matter.

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True

45
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True or False. Adolescent females have more grey matter.

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True

46
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True or False. Adolescent females show advantage for visual and spatial performance.

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False. Adolescent males

47
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True or False. Adolescent females are more able than males to integrate verbal and analytic tasks (left brain) with spatial and holistic tasks (right brain).

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True

48
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What is the personal involvement in schooling, work, family, or other activity?

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Active engagement

49
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This type of working students work more than 20 hrs a week and spend little time in school or leisure activities.

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Accelerators

50
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This type of working students are able to balance part-time jobs,school works, and leisure activities.

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Balancers

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