Psychosocial: Middle Childhood- Adolescence

Question 1

Adolescence

Answer 1

the transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood

Question 2

Self-Concept

Answer 2

an understanding of personal abilities and attributes that develops during middle childhood

Question 3

Self-Efficacy

Answer 3

belief in the abilities of self to behave in a certain way to bring about specific results

Question 4

Morality Stages

Answer 4

• -preconventional morality: a sense of right and wrong that is self-centered in that individuals think only about rewards and avoidance of punishment
• -conventional morality: a sense of right and wrong that is accepted by an individual though no rewards or punishments are involved
• -postconventional morality: a sense of right and wrong in which an individual thinks about the welfare of society as a whole

Question 5

Muscle Dysmorphia

Answer 5

psychological disorder characterized by the preoccupation with the idea that one’s body is not lean and muscular

Question 6

Anorexia

Answer 6

lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition)

Question 7

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 7

an emotional disorder characterized by a distorted body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by fasting or self-induced vomiting or purging

Question 8

Binge-Eating Disorder

Answer 8

the frequent consumption of unusually large amounts of food and an inability to stop eating

Question 9

identity diffusion

Answer 9

a status that indicates those who have neither explored the options nor made a commitment to an identity

Question 10

identity foreclosure

Answer 10

a status in which adolescents have made a commitment to an identity without having explored the options

Question 11

identity moratorium

Answer 11

a status in which individuals are activity exploring in an attempt to establish an identity but have not yet made any commitment

Question 12

identity achievement

Answer 12

a status in which adolescents have made an identity commitment after exploration of all options

Question 13

MAMA cycling

Answer 13

psychological movement back and forth between moratorium and achievement in the identity exploration process

Question 14

Ethnic Identity

Answer 14

a state that refers to how people come to terms with who they are based on their ethnic or racial ancestry

Question 15

Bicultural Identity

Answer 15

a state in which individuals see themselves as a part of the ethnic minority group as well as the society at large

Question 16

Multiracial Identity

Answer 16

an individual whose parents are originally from two or more ethnic or racial groups

Question 17

Negative Identity

Answer 17

one of the most problematic outcomes of identity development in adolescents in which they adopt norms and values that are contrary to that of their family and culture