Chapter 11

Why do adolescents sometimes make unwise decisions?

Impulse control is still relatively immature so they end up making unwise decisions.

Hormones also affect their decision making, the sleep is main factor
Brain takes longer than it takes to mature.
Prefrontal cortex not fully developed

What are some of the areas in which you think adolescents should be able to make their own decisions and judgments, based on what you have just read about brain development, impulse control, and risky behavior in adolescents?

Things that are not risky such as reading a book, choosing a cloth

Chapter 11:1 Physical Development In Western societies today, duties of adulthood have been delayed. Why has this happened? Education is delayed so the duties of adulthood have been delayed. Why are biological changes during adolescence greater than those of any other time in life (excluding infancy)? What does sexual development encompass?Voice deepens, large heart and lungs, sexual organs grow, breast tissues grow, menustration, pelvic region widens.What marks the beginning of adolescence in an individual?Puberty
Chapter 11:2 Social Development What two factors make adolescence a time of stress and storm?Hormonal changes, physical growth What might have a greater effect on adolescent behavior than hormones do?Cultural and social influencesIn what ways does a teenager’s relationship with his or her parents change during adolescence?The older they get the less time they spend with their parents, they try to be more independent
Chapter 11:3 Identity FormationHow do psychologists view identity development?Our sense of selfAccording to Erikson, what three issues must children deal with?Inferiority, failure, and incompetence.According to Erikson, what happens if a teen does not succeed in forging an identity?Thye feel isolated suffer from loneliness, depressionWhat is an identity crisis?Newly forming identities are at odd with peoples expectation and what roles they should play.What roles do gender and ethnicity play in identity formation?The feeling of needing to be belonged to something means that there are different groups based on cultures, it differs for each gender too. Different culture have different expectations. Gender, social norms all play in identity formation.

Chapter 11:1 Physical Development
In Western societies today, duties of adulthood have been delayed. Why has this happened? Education is delayed so the duties of adulthood have been delayed. Why are biological changes during adolescence greater than those of any other time in life (excluding infancy)?
What does sexual development encompass?Voice deepens, large heart and lungs, sexual organs grow, breast tissues grow, menustration, pelvic region widens.What marks the beginning of adolescence in an individual?Puberty

Chapter 11:2 Social Development
What two factors make adolescence a time of stress and storm?Hormonal changes, physical growth What might have a greater effect on adolescent behavior than hormones do?Cultural and social influencesIn what ways does a teenager’s relationship with his or her parents change during adolescence?The older they get the less time they spend with their parents, they try to be more independent

Chapter 11:3 Identity FormationHow do psychologists view identity development?Our sense of selfAccording to Erikson, what three issues must children deal with?Inferiority, failure, and incompetence.According to Erikson, what happens if a teen does not succeed in forging an identity?Thye feel isolated suffer from loneliness, depressionWhat is an identity crisis?Newly forming identities are at odd with peoples expectation and what roles they should play.What roles do gender and ethnicity play in identity formation?The feeling of needing to be belonged to something means that there are different groups based on cultures, it differs for each gender too. Different culture have different expectations. Gender, social norms all play in identity formation.** **

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