Dev psych test 3 (adolescent development ages 12-18ish) part 2

tell me the four most important facts about G stanley hall?

he was apart of early psychology, father of adolescence, coined term “adolescence” which is the time period and “adolescent” which is the person, and he wrote first textbook on adolescence in 1904.

what is the difference between teenager and adolescence?

teenager is a label and adolescence is more formal term/scientific

define adolescence?

time period in-between growing from childhood to adulthood.

adolescence begins with what?

puberty “beginning of adulthood”

what is the physical development like during adolescence?

the growth spurt (puberty) for girls usually around age 10, and boys age 12.5. the growth changes are influenced by sex hormones (hips and shoulders), males have greater lung capacity, heart, and muscle mass. fun fact- men who mature later in life tend to do better in life.

fill in blank: about WHAT in every WHAT adolescents is obese.

1 in 5

what are the 5 alternatives to BMI?

dual energy x ray (DEXA scans)- fat tissue and measures body fat %, tape measure, waist to hip ratio, waist to height ratio, scale

explain the “secular trend in puberty”

age for girls is going down for puberty as years go by.

what is menarche and spermarche?

first menstruation (10.5-15.5) and first ejaculation (13.5)

what are the different eating disorders that appear during this stage?

anorexia nervosa (food avoidance) bulimia (binge and purge) binge eating disorder (eat so much during small time frames and feeling bad later) and avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (picky eating due to a low appeitite and fear of choking)

what is the most common age range for eating disorders?

12-25

what age do they suggest screening for drugs?

9

by 12th grade, about 2/3 of students have tried what

alcohol.

about half of 9th-12th graders reported ever having used what?

weed

about 4 in 10 9th-12th graders reported tried what

cigarettes

among 12th graders close to 2 in 10 reported using prescription meds without a what

a perscription

alcohol consumption is often comorbid w what two things?

risky behaviors (unprotected sex and dangerous driving) and opioid misues

what stage are adolescents in Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development?

formal operational stage- develops abstract thinking, logical reasoning and hypothetical reasoning, systematic problem solving (steps)

explain what adolescent egocentrism is?

when teens are concerned about themselves in two ways - personal fable (no one understands me)d and imaginary audiance (everyone sees the embarrassing things i do)

define delusional belief

nothing bad is going to happen to me

what is the cognitive boundary that this stage has

logicial thinking v impulsive behavior

Negatives that come with this?

incomplete neural organization, peer pressure in social situations, stressful situations, and emotional core usually develop sooner than the logical core.

what theory from eriks social development is presented in this stage?

indentity v identity diffusion, diffusion is where its not clear so no exploration or committment

what did James Marcia make after Erik erikson ?

Identity statuses can be personal, professional, or ideological. He believed that identity was formed in different things

explain the four categories of identity statuses?

Identity achieved- highest level of knowing oneself, Foreclosure- no exploration but commitments (midlife crisis), Moratorium- still exploring but no full commitments (college students), Identity diffusion- nothing.