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Chapter 1: Definitions
Period from roughly ages 18 25 du...,
Period of the life course between...,
Key issue in transitioning from a...
13  cards
Chapter 1: Emerging Adulthood
3 areas of identity explorations,
Key issue of instability,
Goal of self focus
6  cards
Chapter 1: Historical Perspective
Age of adolescence,
Social movements creating adolesc...,
Reason for compulsory education laws
15  cards
Chapter 1: Psychological perspective
Psychological definition of adole...,
Primary goal,
Issue of developmental tasks
3  cards
Chapter 2: Puberty
Period of time during which an in...,
____ regulated by the ____ _____ ...,
A females first menstrual period
11  cards
Chapter 2: The timing of change (including individual differences)
Secular trend,
Why does puberty start earlier th...,
Variation in the age at which pub...
6  cards
Chapter 2: Physical Maturation
Average pubertal development,
Early or late pubertal developmen...,
Visibly noticeable no established...
8  cards
Chapter 3: Post-formal thinking
Greater awareness of the complexi...,
Adapting logical thinking to the ...,
A growing awareness that 1 most p...
11  cards
Chapter 3: Decision-Making
An approach to understanding adol...,
Emotional influences on risk taking,
Behavioral decision theory
6  cards
Chapter 3: Social Cognition
The term used to describe the way...,
3 areas of social cognition,
People individual
8  cards
Piaget
Piagets theory of _______________,
4 stages,
Limitations of piagets theory
7  cards
Chapter 4: Ethnic Identity Statuses
A category of people who identify...,
Racial categories are socially so...,
Ethnic identity formation is the ...
12  cards
Chapter 4: Multi-Ethnic Identity Statuses
Multi ethnic individuals who choo...,
Multi ethnic identity is an entir...,
These individuals switch between ...
7  cards
Chapter 4: Moral Development
Freud1 sociocultural standards of...,
Piaget rules are set and can t be...,
Piagetadolescents take into accou...
12  cards
Chapter 4: Religious Development
Economically developed countries ...,
_______are more religious than pe...,
3 characteristics that increase r...
15  cards
Chapter 6: Erikson's Developmental Theory
0  cards
Chapter 7: Family Relationships
Children not only are affected by...,
Transmission of affect from one f...,
Emotional transmission ______ emo...
42  cards
Chapter 8: Friends Peers
Angel is making new friends and i...,
Jody is in high school and is in ...,
_____ friendships tend to last lo...
23  cards
Chapter 9: Love & Sexuality
6 reasons for dating,
Top 3 reasons that adolescents li...,
Top 3 reasons that college studen...
33  cards

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