2024 PSY658 TERMS FOR FINAL EXAM'
identity moratorium
Refers to identity exploration without reaching commitment.
identity foreclosure
Premature commitment to an identity without adequate consideration of other
options.
Identity diffusion
The status of adolescents who consider various identity alternatives, but never
commit to one or never even consider identity options in any conscious way.
Academic achievement and self-esteem
The ability to cope with stress in adolescence is associated with improved:
Girl peer relationships
Girls emphasize feelings and connections/closeness of friends.
Boy peer relationships
Boys find people who like to do the same activities, close with same hobbies.
Dating in Adolescence (negative)
Surface relationships
Intense hunger for approval
Achieve peer status (boyfriend or girlfriend)
Psychological intimacy actually have deeper relationships later in adolescence.
Early dating
,Affects academics and peer relationships.
More drug use.
Desire to handle hard issues, more risk for abuse.
Age difference.
Uninvolved parents, looking for people who will take care of them.
Transactional sex
(adolescence) the exchange of money and gifts for sexual activities.
Dating in Adolescence (positive)
As long as it doesn't start too early it can extend all of the positive benefits of
adolescent friendships. Clarify identity can create division relationships. Empathy,
self-esteem, and self.
Depression in Adolescence
social rejections
suicidality
hormonal changes
Illegal activity
Identify emotion and thought behind illegal behaviors.
Abuse (dating)
Getting needs met at the expense of another person. Usually involves intimidation
and produces trauma. (manipulations, using fear, battery, emotional/psychological
abuse, intimidation).
,adolescent dating violence (teen)
Adolescence have a higher likelihood of abusive relationships than other age
groups.
Sexting
Sending or posting sexually suggestive content with images or text messages.
(mandated reporting for sexting).
Brain development (teens)
Impulsive responses cause teens to be more likely victims of emotional abuse.
Stalking (especially online)
The act of following or harassing another person, causing the fear of death or injury
puberty
a flood of biological events leading to an adult-sized body and sexual maturity.
Three stages of adolescence
1. Early adolescence (11 to 14 years): This is a period of rapid pubertal change.
2. Middle adolescence (14 to 16 years): Pubertal changes are now nearly complete.
, 3. Late adolescence (16 to 18 years): The young person achieves full adult
appearance and anticipates assumption of adult roles.
True
Girls reach puberty 2 years earlier than boys.
Puberty growth hormones
Growth hormone and Thyoxine
Puberty and Sex Hormones
estrogen, androgens and testosterone
True
Testes also secrete a tiny bit of estrogen
identity moratorium
Refers to identity exploration without reaching commitment.
identity foreclosure
Premature commitment to an identity without adequate consideration of other
options.
Identity diffusion
The status of adolescents who consider various identity alternatives, but never
commit to one or never even consider identity options in any conscious way.
Academic achievement and self-esteem
The ability to cope with stress in adolescence is associated with improved:
Girl peer relationships
Girls emphasize feelings and connections/closeness of friends.
Boy peer relationships
Boys find people who like to do the same activities, close with same hobbies.
Dating in Adolescence (negative)
Surface relationships
Intense hunger for approval
Achieve peer status (boyfriend or girlfriend)
Psychological intimacy actually have deeper relationships later in adolescence.
Early dating
,Affects academics and peer relationships.
More drug use.
Desire to handle hard issues, more risk for abuse.
Age difference.
Uninvolved parents, looking for people who will take care of them.
Transactional sex
(adolescence) the exchange of money and gifts for sexual activities.
Dating in Adolescence (positive)
As long as it doesn't start too early it can extend all of the positive benefits of
adolescent friendships. Clarify identity can create division relationships. Empathy,
self-esteem, and self.
Depression in Adolescence
social rejections
suicidality
hormonal changes
Illegal activity
Identify emotion and thought behind illegal behaviors.
Abuse (dating)
Getting needs met at the expense of another person. Usually involves intimidation
and produces trauma. (manipulations, using fear, battery, emotional/psychological
abuse, intimidation).
,adolescent dating violence (teen)
Adolescence have a higher likelihood of abusive relationships than other age
groups.
Sexting
Sending or posting sexually suggestive content with images or text messages.
(mandated reporting for sexting).
Brain development (teens)
Impulsive responses cause teens to be more likely victims of emotional abuse.
Stalking (especially online)
The act of following or harassing another person, causing the fear of death or injury
puberty
a flood of biological events leading to an adult-sized body and sexual maturity.
Three stages of adolescence
1. Early adolescence (11 to 14 years): This is a period of rapid pubertal change.
2. Middle adolescence (14 to 16 years): Pubertal changes are now nearly complete.
, 3. Late adolescence (16 to 18 years): The young person achieves full adult
appearance and anticipates assumption of adult roles.
True
Girls reach puberty 2 years earlier than boys.
Puberty growth hormones
Growth hormone and Thyoxine
Puberty and Sex Hormones
estrogen, androgens and testosterone
True
Testes also secrete a tiny bit of estrogen
