week 7 Flashcards

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What are physical changes that happen at this age

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Mostly in the reproductive system but other major changes occur as well

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Do girls who develop earlier have more problems with self-esteem/ academics then their latter developing peers

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No

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What are some charactersitcs with boys who develop earlier have

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The more posivite their body image the better they do in school and the less trouble they get into and the more friends they have

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What has the rate of Canadian teen girls/ boys hvaing sex before 15 years since 1990

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declined by 1/3 and sits at 9%

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What are some characteristics of males who have sex early

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Living in low SES neighborhoods with low parental involvement, have families who condone sexual activity have lax dating rules are more likely to use alchool and were abused or neglected in childhood

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What is some charactersitics of females who have sex early

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Experience earlier menarche, low interest in school, dated at an early age, have history of sexual abuse

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7
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What is a major contributor to adolescent sex

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Alcohol

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What does alcohol being a major contributor what does that call into question?r

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Conset

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9
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True or false the greater the number of risk factors the greater the likelihood that they will be sexually active

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True

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10
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True or false sexual activity is no predicted by moral beliefs about sex

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False it is predictied by moral beliefs about sex
Postioning in families
education
abstience or not is only way its taught

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Is sexual activity lower is those who are involved in sports/other activities

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Yes correlation research parental involvement less time by themselves

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12
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HPV is associated with what percentage of cervical cancer

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70%

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13
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When should health experts recomment nationwide HPV vaccines for females

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9-45 along with pap test for cervical cancer

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14
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What age are HPV vaccines recommended for males

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9 and 26 year olds

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15
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What does making condoms more readily available do

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Does not increase the rate of sexual activity but it does increase the use of condoms by teenages who are radily sexually activity

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16
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Who belilevs that teaching kids about reproduction, birth control, STI, AIDS prevention, relationships, sexual orientation, sexual abuse and societal beliefs about sexual morals in vitally important and should be provided in schools

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The large majority of Canadian parents sometimes we see or hear things in the news could just be the loud minority and not the slient majorty

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17
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When is the first major brain spurt and what is it

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13-15 when the cerebral cortex becomes thicker and the neuronal pathways become more efficient

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18
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What is the healthiest period in life

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Adolescnece

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19
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What is the invincibility complex or superhero

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That bad things will not happen to them increased levels of sensation seeking which leads to recklessness which in turn leads to accidents/injuries

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20
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Has drug use among canadian youth increased or decreased since the 1970

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decreased

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21
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What is the average age of first time drug use (including alchool)

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13 to 14

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22
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Does the use of substances generally increases with age

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yes

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23
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has smoking been declining or increasing since the 1970

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Declining youth smoking rate is consistently lower than the general population

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24
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What is the most significant mental health challenge during adolescence

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Eating disorders

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25
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What is bulima

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An eating disorder characterized by bing eating and purging ( channels are glorifying eating disorder)

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26
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What is anorexia nervosa

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an eating disorder characterized by self starvation

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27
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Who is at a higher risk for eating disorders

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LGBTQ community who is unsure about their sexual orientation

28
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Who has the highest rates of ED

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Western societies also more likely to have negative body images

29
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What stage are we at in piaget

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Formal operational stage the fourth stage when adolescents learn to reason logically about abstract concepts

30
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What is systematic problem solving

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The ability to search methodically for the answer to a problem

31
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Do study habits improve

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Yes how they learn you have learned about what works for you and thats because of information processing

32
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What is hypothetico-deductive reasoning

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The ability to derive conclusions from hypothetical premises

33
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What is naive idealism

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The mental construct of an ideal world as compared to the real world

34
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What are two characteristics that separate adolescents from younger children

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  1. Tendency to exaggerate others reactions to ones behaviour
  2. Tendency to base decisions on unrealistic ideas about the future
    Embarssement is a big thing
35
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What is information processing like at this age

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14/15 meta cognitive and meta memory skills far exceed those of younger children

36
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How does school have an effect on self-esteem

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students show achievement and self eteem declines when transitioning to secondary school

37
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What are task goals

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Based on personal standards and the desire for competence
associated with a greater sense of personal control and positive attitudes about school

38
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What are ability goals

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Define success in competitive terms
Students may adopt relative standards-good means beating someone else
5th grade task goals but by 6th grade adolescents switch to ability goals
( being better than someone else)

39
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What is personality like at this age

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Teenagers acquire a sense of who they actually are as individuals
cultural plays an important role in the transition from child to adult

40
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What stage are we at with freud

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genital stage- period during which people reach psychosexual maturity

41
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What stage are we at for erikson

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identiy vs role confusion- the stage during which adolescents attain a sense of who they are

42
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What is an idenity crisis

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psychological state of emotional turmoil that arises when a sense of self becomes unglued so that new more mature sense of self can be achieved

43
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What is self concept

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Thinking becomes more abstract in adolescence thus teenagers self-concepts are a lot more complex than those of younger children

44
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What is the trend of self-esteem

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Overall rise in self-esteem through adolescence which continues through early childhood

45
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What are factors that effect self-esteem

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Personal characteristics
Relationships
Lifestyle
Factors and achievements

46
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what is high SE

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associated with positive development outcomes (resist peer pressure, achieve higher grades)
Lower SE is associated with poorer mental health
Physical health and suicidal thinking

47
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What are the three types or reasoning in moral development in kohlberg

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Preconventional reasoing
Concentional reasoning
Postconventional reasoning

48
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What is pre-conventional reasoning

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usally for children
judgments are based on sources of authority usally parents
Step 1- punishment and obedience orientation ( how do i avoid punshiment)
Stage 2- individualism instrumental purpose and exchange ( what is in it for me)

49
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What is conventional reasoning

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Society regards adolecenses usally
Judgments are based on rules or norms of group to which the individual belonds
Stage 3- mutal interpersonal expectations relationships and interpersonal conformity ( what do others think of me)
Stage 4- social system and conscience ( how can i mantain law an order)

50
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What is post-conventional reasoning

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Judgments are based on emergence of a personal authority
Stage 5- social contract orientation ( does a rule truly serve all members of scoeity)
Stage 6 the universal ethics principles orientation ( compassion what are the abstract ethical ideas solved through compansion)

51
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What age groups are in moral development

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Children usually reason in stages 1-2 and stages 2-3 are common in adolescences q

52
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What are three types of adolescent egocentrism

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  1. The imaginary audience (everyone is looking at me)
  2. The mythological fable ( the won’t ever happen to me)
  3. The personal fable ( nobody knows what its like to be me)
53
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What are the three stages of moral development for women

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Stage 1: Orientation toward individual survival (what is best for me)
Stage 2: goodness as self-sacrifice what do other people want
Stage 3: Morality of nonviolence( what do both friends want to do)

54
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What are some characteristics of stage 1 of gilligan

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What is best for self
Gradual transition from selfishness to responsibility which includes thinking about what would be best for others
A first grader may insist on playing only games of her own choosing when playing with a friend

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What are some characteristics of stage 2

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The initial view is that a woman must sacrifice her wishes for what others want. Gradual transition from goodness to truth which takes into account the needs of both self and others. She belileves that she must play the games her friend chooses even if she dosen’t like them

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What are characteristics of stage 3

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A moral equivalence is established between self and others. Hurting anyone- including ones self- is seen as immoral. The same girl may realize that both friends must enjoy their time together and looks for activities that both she and her friends can enjoy

57
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What are differences between gilligan, erikson and kohlberg

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Individual as interdependent vs sepreate
Relationships of attention and response vs reslationships as hierachial or contractual
Care vs independence as strength

58
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Does increase in conflict with parents signify a major disruption in the quality of the parent-child relationship

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No

59
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Do the teenagers well-being/happiness is more strongly correlated with quality of attachment to parents than peers

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yes

60
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What parenting style is the best

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authoritative more positive outcomes

61
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Who does divorce be more diffcult for

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girls

62
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What do step parents result in

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Less well adjusted teens

63
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What is important with friendships

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Shared activties and interests
Become more intimate
Loyalty and faithfulness become more valued
Adolescent friendships are more stable

64
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What is the romantic relationships start to appear

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11-12 year olds

65
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What does short term look like

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Peers
Commonalities with presenters
Models/Diagrams
Rationale
Respect
Age similar peers

66
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What does long term learning look like

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Role models
Mind the personal fable and imigarny audience
Test their own convictions