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Question 1

what is “child culture”?

Answer 1

the particular rules and behaviours that are passed down to younger children from slightly older ones
- Mama’s boy’s, teacher’s pet, tattle-atles, snitches, and rates, hop scotch, ring around the rosey.

Question 2

neglected kids

Answer 2

not actively rejected, ignored but not shunned. Not harmful if the child has a supportive family and outstanding talent

Question 3

aggressive-rejected

Answer 3

antagonistic & confrontational

Question 4

withdrawn-rejected

Answer 4

timid and anxious

- most likely victims

Question 5

repeated _____ attacks intended to harm those who are unable or unlikely to _____ ______.

Answer 5

systematic, defend themselves

Question 6

differences between boy bullies and girl bullies

Answer 6

boys: big and use physical aggression on smaller or weaker boys
girls: sharp-tongued use verbal aggression-spreading rumours - harass shyer more soft-spoken girls

Question 7

_______ and ______ areas of the brain develop first

Answer 7

instinctual and emotional

limbic system, amygdala - fear and excitement

Question 8

____ is less synchronized with limbic system than in childhood

Answer 8

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 9

adolescent egocentrism

Answer 9

ruminate about each nuance of whatever they have done, might have done, and could do

Question 10

imaginary audience

Answer 10

everyone is watching me, judging my appearance, ideas, actions

Question 11

distorted self-perceptions

Answer 11

all reactions are judgements (no one likes me / I am great)

Question 12

personal fable

Answer 12

I have loved more deeply and suffered more terribly than anyone in history

Question 13

invincibility fable

Answer 13

unlike other mortals, I wont be hurt by fast driving, unprotected sex, or drugs (immortal & infertile)

Question 14

intuitive vs analytic thought

Answer 14

intuitive: general rule (heuristic) - gut feeling, belief, assumption
analytic: formal, logical, hypothetical - deductive

Question 15

deductive reasoning

Answer 15

top-down

begin with an abstract idea and use logic to draw specific conclusions

Question 16

inductive reasoning

Answer 16

bottom-up

use many specific examples to draw general conclusions

Question 17

____% of adolescents made at least one analytic error, ranking a double statement (ex: popular, ___ an athlete) as more likely than a single statement included in it (popular ___ an athlete)

Answer 17

73
AND
OR

Question 18

exploration vs exploratory

Answer 18

exploration referred to some period of re-thinking, sorting through, and trying out various roles and life planes.
explanatory period is a time when the late adolescents is actively involved in choosing among meaningful alternatives

Question 19

achieved identities

Answer 19

arrives at commitments via an exploratory process “constructed” identities

Question 20

foreclosured identities

Answer 20

take on commitments from significant others, with little or no exploration “conferred” identities

Question 21

Moratorium identities

Answer 21

struggling to reach commitments and engaged in an exploratory period actively attempting to form an identity but torn between alternatives

Question 22

Diffused identities

Answer 22

not committed and engaged in little meaningful exploration relatively directionless, unconcerned about their lack of commitment, easily swayed by external influences

Question 23

what are near variables?

Answer 23

content is close to definition of the construct under study

Question 24

what are far variables?

Answer 24

content is more distant, less obvious connection to underlying the construct being studied

Question 25

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Answer 25

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Question 26

Erik Erikson

Answer 26

discovered theory of psychosocial development of human beings
- at different stages in life you have to face different challenges and move along from them