Adolescent social development

Who developed the storm and stress model of adolescent development?

Stanley hall

What is the general trend of adolescent development according to Hall?

Animal like —> to higher order, civilized behavior

What role does biology and maturation play in halls adolescent development?

Biology and neural maturation mediate development

Who developed the life space model of adolescent development?

Kurt Lewin

What “regions” fall into the life space model?

Home, family, school and social life

What happens to the adolescent’s regions over development?

Regions begin to expand and new ones form demanding more attention

What can happen to the adolescent when the regions are too demanding?

The adolescent becomes emotionally distressed

True or false, the goals in each region can have a negative and positive impact on the adolescent’s life?

True

What was the name of the person that sought to explain adolescents through psychoanalysis?

Anna Freud

What is the “force” that is responsible for the disruption of the ego’s function?

Libidinal

What is the impact of the ego being overcome by primitive, maturation driven thoughts?

Loss of defense mechanisms, increase in antisocial behavior

What can the timing of puberty onset influence in boys and girls?

Their social acceptance

What is the term given to the process that uses rational thought and introspection to mature the ego?

Intellectualisation

Who was the psychoanalytic thinker that believed that adolescence was the process of growing independent of their parental bonds?

Peter Bloss

What is the Bloss term for the mental process of maintaining oneself outside of their family support?

individuation

What are the 3 stages of autonomy, according to Steinberg and Silverberg?

Individuation, Deidealisation of parent figures and feeling less dependent on the parents

What did Ryan and Lynch find in their 1989 study regarding adolescent-parent attachments?

Adolescence adjusted better when close with parents

What are the 4 types of parenting according to Diana Baumrind?

Authoritative reciprocal, Indulgent, Authoritarian and negligent

Which Baumrind parenting style is seen to have the biggest positive impact on adolescents?

Authoritative reciprocal

Which Baumrind parenting style risks the biggest level of antisocial behavior in adolescents?

Negligent

What makes Harry Sullivan’s model of development different to freudian/psychoanalytic models?

Adolescence is an interpersonal process not an intra-psychic one

What are 6 epochs of interpersonal development according to Sullivan?

(2yr) Tenderness, (6yr) Companionship, (9yr) Acceptance, (12yr) Friendship intimacy, (EA) Romantic intimacy and (Adult) Love relationship

According to Sullivan, when does sexual interest start?

Early adolescence

According to Sullivan, when does management of lust begin?

Late adolescence

What is the final adult view of love relationships, according to Sullivan?

Love is not primary business of life but principal source of satisfaction

What was the main theme of Erik Eriksons psychoanalytic model on development?

The adolescent has to search for an identity that fits with social and adulthood roles

What is the term given to the stage in psycho-social development where an individual is searching for a stable identity?

Moratorium

What are the two elements that need to balance out to form a socially coherent identity?

The Self and fitting in with others