Human Development test 4

formal operational stage

the stage at which people develop the ability to think abstractly

metacognition

the knowledge that people have about their own thinking processes and their ability to monitor their cognition

identity vs confusion stage 

the period during which teenagers seek to determine what is unique and distinctive about themselves 

psychological moratorium 

a period during which adolescents take time off from the upcoming responsibilities of adulthood and explore various roles and possibilities 

crisis

a period of identity development in which an adolescent consciously chooses between carious alternatives and makes decisions 

identity achievement 

exploration is high and commitment is high, tend to be healthy 

identity foreclosure 

exploration is low and commitment is high, tend to have a high need for social approval 

moratorium

exploration is high and commitment is low, have high anxiety

identity diffusion

exploration is low and commitment is low, tend to be flighty and struggle to form close relationships

senescence

the natural physical decline brought about by increasing age

post formal thought

thinking that acknowledges that adult predicaments must sometimes be solved in relativistic terms

dualistic thinking

reasoning that believed events and people are either good or bad 

relativistic thinking

the idea that there is not absolute truth

acquisitive stage

childhood, task is to acquire info and store it for future use

achieving stage

young adults, knowledge applied to obtain long term goals

responsible stage

middle adult hood, concern is protecting spouse, family, and career

executive stage

middle adulthood, take a broader perspective, becoming more concerned with larger world 

reintegrative stage 

late adulthood, focus on personal meaning and have less patience for things to applicable to their lives 

triachic theory of intelligence

componential, experiential, contextual

componential

mental components involved in analyzing data use in solving problems 

experiential

the relationship between intelligence , prior to experience, and abilities to cope with new situations 

contextual 

the degree of success people demostrate in facing demands of their everyday

practical intelligence

apart of contextual, observing others and modeling their behavior

intimacy vs isolation

early adulthood stage, the period from post adolescence into the early 30s that focuses on developing close relationships with others 

career consolidation 

a stage that is entered between ages 20 and 40, when young adults become centered on their careers 

fantasy period

this period lasting until 11, is when career choices are made and discarded without regard to skills 

tentative period

when people begin to think about requirements for various jobs

realistic period

young adulthood- when people explore specific career options 

communal professions 

occupations associated with relationships 

agent professions

occupations associated with getting things accomplished