Emotional and Social Development in adolescence

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Chapter 12

• Emotional and Social Development in adolescence

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Psychosocial development

• Erikson identity vs. ___________
• Marcias identity statuses
• self-esteem tends to ____________ during
  adolescent years

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Cognitive-developmental theories

• Piaget
• ____________ morality moral rules are rigid and
  absolute
• ________________ rules are flexible justice is
  important
• Kohlbergs stages -moral reasoning
• preconventional level (_________)
• conventional level (____________________)
• postconventional level (_____________)

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Environmental influences on moral reasoning

• _______parenting and discussions
• Years of ___________
• Intelligence not related
• Peer interaction
• Different viewpoints
• Group norms/codes
• _______________ culture
• No direct age, gender correlations
• ____________ factors

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Family relationships

• Most consistent predictor of mental health is
  _______________________
• discuss different topics with ______

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Peer relationships

• _________ 5-7 similar members
• provide ________
• Importance declines with age
• Peer pressure and conformity
• Conformity _________ during adolescence (early)
• ____________ parenting provides resistance

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• Friendships
• ________________
• ________ differences
• Further emotional and social development
• opportunities for ________________ and deep
  understanding of another
• Promote good school adjustment
• deal with _________

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Problems of development

• Depression
• Symptoms ___________ during puberty
• Twice as common for __________
• Suicide (3rd leading cause of death)
• Serious increase due to ____________ changes and
  pressures
• depression
• _____________________ is the strongest risk
  factor

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Delinquency

• Correlates
• Difficult temperament
• Low intelligence
• Poor school performance
• Peer rejection in childhood
• Association with antisocial peers

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Peers would be most likely to influence anothers

• A. religious values.
• B. choice of college.
• C choice of clothes.
• D. career plans

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Kieran has followed the religious path of his
family without exploring alternatives and tends
to be defensive when teenage friends bring up the
subject. Kieran is

• A. Identity diffused
• B. Identity foreclosed
• C. In moratorium
• D. Identity achieved