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Test 5 Flashcards

1
Q

Prefrontal cortex development

A

last to develop

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2
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Causes of early puberty

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weight and hormones

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3
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Impacts of early puberty for boys and girls

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Boys- aggressive and depressed

Girls- low-self esteem and depressed

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4
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Sequence of puberty for girls

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Breast development, hair, menarche

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5
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Sequence of puberty for boys

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Hair, testicular growth, spermicide

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6
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Sexually transmitted infections

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Any infection transmitted through sex

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7
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Primary sex characteristics

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Directly involved in pregnancy

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8
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Secondary sex characteristics

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What’s considered masculine or feminine

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9
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Androgens

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male hormones

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10
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Menarche

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girl’s first period (12 years 4 months)

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11
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Spermarche

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boys 1st ejaculation (12-13)

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12
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Gonads

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Sex glands (ovaries and testes)

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13
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Secular trend

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trend in human growth as nutrition improved

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14
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hormones

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body chemicals that regulate sleep, hunger, stress. and sex desire

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15
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precocious puberty

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puberty that starts before 8

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16
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HPA axis

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hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal

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17
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High stakes test

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test that has severe consequences if failed

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18
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Invincibility fable

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death wont occur unless its destiny

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19
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Middle school learning

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learning goes backward

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20
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incremental theory of intelligence

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can get smarter with effort

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21
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formal operational thought

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abstractions are now thoughts (math)

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22
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Analytic thought

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formal, logical, hypothetical, deductive (Piaget)

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23
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Sunk cost fallacy

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when time and money are wasted, continue even if dont like

24
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base rate neglect

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ignore info about frequency of phenomenon (jump to conclusions)

25
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personal fable

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one is unique and destined to have a heroic life

26
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Inductive reasoning (bottom-up)

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broad generalizations from specific experiences

27
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deductive reasoning (top-down)

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abstract idea, logic, conclusions

28
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Entity approach to learning

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fixed skill at birth

29
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Negative identity

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pick identity opposite of parents

30
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Deviancy training

A

one shows another how to rebel against authority/social norms

31
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suicidal ideation

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serious distressing thoughts about killing self

32
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Most common age

33
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parasuicide

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attempted suicide

34
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family closeness

A

communication, support, connectedness, control

35
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Identity vs role confusion

A

lack of commitment to any goals

36
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Most commonly used drugs at this age

A

Psychoactive drugs

37
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Identity diffusion

A

doesn’t know/care about identity

38
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vocational identity

A

envision self as a worker at a certain occupation

39
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facilitation

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peer facilitation makes kids do things they wouldn’t normally do by themselves

40
Q

constructive behaviors

A

“let’s study for this exam”

41
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familism

A

family members should sacrifice freedom to care for each other

42
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identity foreclosure

A

adopt parents/societies roles without question

43
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Dunphy

A

sequence of male-female relationships

44
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Sequence of male-female relationships

A

1) group of boys 2)loose association 3) mixed sex groups 4) couples

45
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life course persistent offender

A

criminal activity continues throughout life

46
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adolescence limited offender

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criminal activity stops at 21

47
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Rates of clinical depression in girls and boys

A

effects 1/5 girls and 1/10 boys

48
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Causes of clinical depression

A

genes and early care

49
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identity moratorium

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socially acceptable way to postpone identity-achievement decisions (college)

50
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Marcia and the identity crisis

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1) role confusion 2) foreclosure 3) moratorium 4) identity achievement

51
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bickering

A

repeated petty arguments

52
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who bickers the most?

A

daughters in early adolescence

53
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generational forgetting

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new gen forgets what previous gen learned

54
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4 aspects of identity according to Erikson

A

religious, political, vocational, sexual

55
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rumination

A

mentally replaying past experiences

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