Unit 9 Flashcards
Self-Concept
The attitudes, behaviors, and values that make a person unique.
Diffusion
The individual is overwhelmed by the task of achieving an identity and does little to accomplish the task.
Foreclosure
The individual has a status determined by adults other than by personal exploration.
Moratorium
The individual is examining different alternatives but has yet to find one that’s satisfactory.
Achievement
The individual has explored alternatives and has deliberately chosen a specific identity.
Adolescent Egocentrism
Self-absorption that is characteristic of teenagers as they search for identity.
Imaginary Audience
Adolescents’ feeling that their behavior is constantly being watched by their peers.
Personal Fable
Belief of many adolescents that their feelings and experiences are unique and have never been experienced by anyone else.
Illusion of Invulnerability
Adolescents’ belief that misfortunes cannot happen to them.
Ethnic Identity
Feeling that one belongs to a specific ethnic group.
Chlamydia
Normally has no symptoms; sometimes abnormal discharge of pus from the vagina or penis or pain while urinating. Infections of the cervix and Fallopian tubes can lead to infertility.
Gonorrhea
Often no symptoms; pus discharged from the penis or vagina, pain associated with urination; for women, pain during intercourse; for men, swollen testicles. Pelvic inflammatory disease could lead to infertility in women; epididymitis can lead to infertility in men.
Syphilis
A sore, called a chancre, at the site of the infection. Left untreated can damage internal organs such as the brain, nerves, eyes, heart, bones, and joints.
Genital Herpes
Itching, burning, or pain in the genital or anal area; sores on the mouth, penis, or vagina. Recurrent sores; pregnant women can pass the virus (could be fatal for newborn) to the baby during birth.
Genital Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)
Usually no symptoms; sometimes genital warts or discharge from the penis or vagina. Usually goes away; in rare cases leads to cervical cancer.
Hepatitis B
Jaundice, fatigue, loss of appetite, abdominal pain. Death from chronic liver disease.
HIV
Initially a flulike illness; later, enlarged lymph nodes, lack of energy, weight loss, frequent fevers. Loss of immune cells (AIDS), cancer, death.
Crystallization
First phase of Super’s theory of career development, in which adolescents use their emerging identities to form ideas about careers.
Specification
Second phase in Super’s theory of career development, in which adolescents learn more about specific lines of work and begin training.
Implementation
Third phase in Super’s theory of career development, in which individuals enter the workforce.
Personality-Type Theory
View proposed by Holland that people find their work fulfilling when the important features of a job or profession fit their personality.
Realistic
Individuals enjoy doing physical labor and working with their hands; they like to solve concrete problems (eg., Mechanic, truck driver, construction worker).
Investigative
Individuals are task-oriented and enjoy thinking about abstract relations (eg., Scientist, technical writer).
Social
Individuals are skilled verbally and interpersonally; they enjoy solving problems using these skills (eg., Teacher, counselor, social worker).
