Psychology Ch. 11 “Adolescence”
p. 321-341
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Defining Adolescence
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Physical Changes
Male sexual changes - _____________________________________________________
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Female sexual changes - ___________________________________________________
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Male growth - ____________________________________________________________
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Female growth - __________________________________________________________
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Maturation Rates - ________________________________________________________
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Ideal weight - ____________________________________________________________
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Anorexia
Bulimia
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Psychological Issues
Rites of Passage:
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Are you alienated if you do not belong? _______________________________________
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Erik Erikson: ____________________________________________________________
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What is identity confusion? _________________________________________________
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James Marcia :
identity foreclosure _____________________________________
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Identity diffusion _______________________________________
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Moratorium ___________________________________________
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Identity achievement ____________________________________
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Intellectual and Moral Changes
Piaget: _________________________________________________________________
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Kohlberg: _______________________________________________________________
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Generation Gap: __________________________________________________________
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Family purposes? _________________________________________________________
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Juvenile Delinquency
Factors: _________________________________________________________________
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Prevention: ______________________________________________________________
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Review Questions
Answer E for early adolescence, M for middle adolescence, and L for late adolescence.
____ 1. Don’t care about what others wear
____ 2. Highest levels of arguing with parents
____ 3. Females much more mature than males
____ 4. A 15 year old
____ 5. Females slightly more mature than males
____ 6. Less fighting, more harmony between adolescents and parents
Answer True or False for each statement. If False, rewrite to make it true.
____ 7. Nearly 10 % of our sexual maturation occurs during puberty.
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____ 8. Early adolescence is a time of maximum physical growth for females but not for
males. ________________________________________________________________________
____ 9. An early maturing boy generally has a higher self-concept than an early maturing girl.
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____ 10. Both the clique and the gang have strict rules for how to behave.
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____ 11. Statistics show that adolescents from low-income families are more likely to break
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Write the word or words that best complete each statement
12. A ceremony or ritual marking the entry into adulthood is called a _____________________.
13. According to some psychologists, the main issue in early adolescence is group identity versus
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14. Erik Erikson sees the main issue in adolescence as identity versus _____________________.
15. Sticking with your belief is called __________________________.
16. Delaying commitments to beliefs and values is called _______________________________.
Match the term from the list in the right column with the description in the left column.
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Has no identity and has stopped
trying to find on
Makes decisions about identity
too soon
Trial-and-error period
Has a well-defined self-concept
a. foreclosure
b. identity achievement
c. diffusion
d. moratorium