Social/Emotional Development in Adolescence

Question 1

adolescent seek to understand who they are by narrowing and making choices about personal, political, occupational, sexual commitments

Answer 1

identity versus identity confusion

Question 2

period of time in which teens take off time off from upcoming responsibilities of adulthood to explore various roles and possibilities

Answer 2

psychological moratorium

Question 3

set of beliefs about the cause of events

Answer 3

locus of control

Question 4

child’s judgements are based on sources or authority who are close by and physically superior

Answer 4

pre conventional morality

Question 5

rules and norms of a group to which the child belongs becomes the basis of moral judgements

Answer 5

conventional morality

Question 6

shift in source of authority; individuals make choices and judgements based on self-chosen principles or on principles that are assumes to transcend the needs of groups

Answer 6

post conventional morality

Question 7

independence, sense of control over one’s life

Answer 7

autonomy

Question 8

individuals that provide an opportunity to compare and evaluate opinions with one another

Answer 8

peers

Question 9

groups of people we can compare ourselves to

Answer 9

reference group

Question 10

groups of two or more people who have very frequent social interaction

Answer 10

cliques/ crowds

Question 11

liked by some and disliked by others

Answer 11

controversial

Question 12

uniformly disliked

Answer 12

rejected

Question 13

neither liked nor disliked

Answer 13

neglected