Mod

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Mod 18 - Adolescence

• Development - Ages 12 - 18
• Males Puberty (13 - 14)
• Females Puberty (9-13)

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Sexual Maturity

• Rates
• F56 by age 17
• M67 by age 17
• Chart pg. 409

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Biopsychosocial Model

• Teen development occurs on many levels
  simultaneously
• Sexual, , physical, cognitive, social,
  personality, identity

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Cognitive Changes

• Formal Operations thinking (Piaget)
• Social Perspective Taking
• Egocentric
• Imaginary audience
• Abstract Thinking -Ability to discuss fears,
  thoughts, values, goals, future

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Moral Reasoning Kohlberg

• Preconventional (I)
• Obedience
• Instrumental

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Moral Reasoning - Kohlberg

• Conventional (II)
• Conformist
• Social Compliance

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Moral Reasoning - Kohlberg

• Postconventional (III)
• Social Contract
• Universal Principles

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Moral Reasoning - Gilligan

• Females Care orientation
• Males Justice orientation

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Psychosocial Development

• Self-esteem feelings about self
• Rates 60 - high, 15 - low
• 25 - reversals
• Males looking cool.Females relating

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Psychosocial Development

• Eriksons Identity Development (5-8)
• Identity vs Role Confusion (teens)
• Intimacy vs. Isolation (young adults)
• Generativity vs. Stagnation (adults)
• Integrity vs. Despair (older adults)

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Teen Suicide

• Ages 15 19 3rd leading cause of death
• 1990 over 1 million attempts
• Examples pg 426 in text

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Teen Suicide

• Precipitators
• Depression
• Helplessness
• Drug/alcohol use
• Relationship problems (dating, parents, school)
• Sexual identity differences

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Teen Suicide

• Prevention / Intervention
• Pay attention to risk factors
• Monitor, counseling
• Family support
• Mental Health hotline services
• Connections with adults

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Relationships

• Gender Roles traditional behaviors attitudes
• Sex Role Inventory
• Masculine, Feminine, Androgynous

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Relationships Love

• Passionate sexuality emotions
• Companionate closely bound by activities
• Commitment pledge to maintain the relationship

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Relationships - Love

• Sternbergs Triangular theory
• Passion, intimacy, commitment
• Partner Selection
• Schema organized list of characteristics

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Relationships - Love

• Males value attractiveness
• Females value earning capacity
• Other countries

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Relationships - Love

• Relationships succeed or fail based on handling
  conflict and frequency of shared happy time
• Happy Marriage Characteristics

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Parenting Styles

• Authoritarian
• Attempt to control, shape, evaluate
  behaviors/attitudes, conduct standards and harsh
  discipline

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Parenting Styles

• Authoritative
• Rational, diplomatic, supportive, loving,
  committed, children participate in decision-making

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Parenting Styles

• Permissive
• Non-punishing, accepting, few demands, use
  reasoning instead of power

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Communication

• Thinking cognitive maturity without experience
  desire independence, want identity
• Parents need to provide an open forum for
  discussion / listening critical with at least
  one parent

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Life-Span Changes

• Processing Speed
• Perceptual Speed
• Reaction time
• Fluid vs. Crystallized thinking
• Decline after 30s
• Slower after age 60