Video Notes: Personal Development and Adolescent Brain – Vocabulary Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts from the Personal Development and Adolescence lecture notes.

Personal Development

The broad field focused on growth across multiple domains of development (physical, emotional, cognitive, social).

Physical Development

Growth and changes in the body’s structure and physical capabilities.

Emotional Development

The expression and regulation of emotions, including related behaviors and relationships.

Cognitive Development

Changes in thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, and mental processes.

Social Development

The capacity for emotional and physical intimacy, care, empathy, and social belonging.

Personality

Enduring traits and patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving.

Adolescents

Age group navigating puberty, sexuality, boundaries, and identity.

Tension

Sadness or stress from difficult situations.

Stress

Pressure that challenges emotional balance and requires coping.

Mental Development

Related growth not always listed as a separate domain; intersects cognitive, emotional, and social development.

Neocortex (Rational Brain)

Brain region responsible for reasoning, language, and abstract thinking.

Late Adolescence

Later phase of adolescence, typically around 18 years and beyond.

Early Adolescence

Initial period of adolescence, roughly the early teen years.

Puberty

Physical and hormonal changes during adolescence.

Self

The composite of emotions, thoughts, personality, and identity.

Whole Brain Theory

Ned Herrmann’s model proposing four brain quadrants for different thinking styles.

Ned Herrmann

Developer of the Whole Brain Theory.

Four-Quadrant Model

Model that divides the brain into four quadrants representing distinct thinking styles.

Upper Left Cerebral Mode

Cerebral quadrant associated with logic, reasoning, and related processes.

Split Brain Theory

Idea that the brain has two hemispheres with specialized functions and limited interhemispheric communication.

Roger Sperry

Scientist who proposed the Split Brain Theory.

Corpus Callosum

The neural bridge connecting the two brain hemispheres.

Limbic System

Brain system that governs motivation and emotion.

Adolescent Period

Life stage between childhood and adulthood, roughly 10 to early 20s.

Psychosocial Development

Development involving psychological and social factors; not always listed among five holistic domains.

Transition of Life

Life changes and losses regarded as transitions, not just stress.

Physiological Development

Physical growth and changes such as hair growth and muscle development.

Group Belongingness

Desire to fit in socially during adolescence.

Feelings

Emotional awareness arising from internal states.

Emotions

Internal, affective responses.

Anger

Emotion related to annoyance or dissatisfaction.

Heredity

Traits inherited from parents.

Behavior

Visible actions and outward conduct.

Spiritual Development

Reflection on purpose, beliefs, religion, and meaning.

Stressors

Triggers or factors that cause stress.