Adolescence
Tightly-knit peer groups who share similarities in demographics and attitudes. These have been popularly mistaken as being exclusionary groups, when, in actuality, they can be a source of support and companionship.
What are cliques?
A new life stage from ages 18 to 25, during which the foundation of an adult life is gradually constructed in love and work. It was adopted as educational requirements and lifespans increased.
What is emerging adulthood?
A stressful time in the early to mid-40s when adults are thought to evaluate their lives. They feel anxiety over the future and fear the fact that half of their life may be over. However, only about 10-20% of adults actually experience this.
What is a midlife crisis?
Experimental design that compares groups of people of different ages at a single point in time.
What is cross-sectional?
This jeopardy is an example of this study method in which students test their knowledge by getting objective feedback after readings and lectures.
What is calibration?
A way in which parents attempt to balance autonomy-granting and protection by staying updated on their child's whereabouts and their relationships.
What is parental monitoring?
A major psychosocial task for early adulthood (from ages 18 to 40), which is developing the capacity for making close relationships and making a permanent commitment to a romantic partner.
What is intimacy vs. isolation?
Abby's mom, who is in her 40s, helps coach Abby's soccer team, volunteers at the local food pantry, and is an elementary school teacher. Her work makes her feel satisfied and needed. What is this an example of?
What is generativity vs. stagnation?
The process of randomly distributing participants to experimental groups, ensuring each has an equal chance of placement, crucial for minimizing confounding variables in experiments.
What is random assignment?
This theory posits that, in the context of interpersonal relationships, the three components of love are an intimacy component, a passion component, and a commitment component.
What is Sternberg's triangular theory of love?
G. Stanley Hall theorized without adequate evidence that these cause adolescents to act out in extreme, unsafe, and intolerable ways.
What are "raging hormones?"
A stage in Perry's scheme of cognitive development in which knowledge is seen as dependent on the situation and thinker (it's a matter of opinion). i.e. "I can't choose between those two points because it really depends on individuals' beliefs, but they're both correct."
What is relativism?
During this procedure, sperm is placed directly into the uterus using a small catheter. The goal of this treatment is to improve the chances of fertilization by increasing the number of healthy sperm that reach the fallopian tubes when a woman is most fertile.
What is intrauterine insemination?
After she scored the winning goal in her soccer game, Sam tells his daughter, "You did great today! Your practice really paid off!"
What is process praise?
An aspect of love in which partners make a conscious decision to stick with each other for a long time and make long-term plans for future success and happiness together.
What is commitment?
Sam has prematurely committed to a set of values, beliefs, and ideas without having explored multiple possibilities. He avoids reflection and is not open to new information and ideas, especially if they contradict his chosen identity. What is Sam’s identity status?
What is identity foreclosure?
A sense of self that is coherent and consistent over time that emerging adults develop based on values, beliefs, goals, religion, sexuality, and more.
What is identity?
After Rachel's youngest child leaves home, she feels that she has more time to connect with her husband and friends and volunteer in her community. What is this an example of?
What is the empty nest?
A parenting style in which parents are warm and sensitive to their children’s needs but firm in their expectations of certain standards of behavior. Associated with the most positive developmental outcomes.
What is authoritaTive parenting?
When Nishitha wakes up in the morning (because she is still an adolescent), she feels as if she were waking up 30 minutes earlier than the day before. What is this an example of?
What is delayed phase preference?
Adolescents who reach puberty and develop earlier or later relative to peers experience psychological distress and manifest behavior problems. Girls who mature early are more likely to develop depression and anxiety, while boys who mature late are immature and unpopular adolescents. What hypothesis is this?
What is the maturational deviance hypothesis?
A culturally defined timeline for social milestones, such as a first job, marriage, having a child, and buying a home.
What is the social clock?
Ms. Daniel decides not to have children as a voluntary, fulfilling choice, and she finds that she has less distress than parents of young children, has higher levels of social activity, and is able to pursue a doctorate degree. What is this an example of?
What is childfreedom?
List one of the requirements of Sears' (1993) attachment parenting.
What is co-sleeping, baby-wearing, or breastfeeding on demand until the child decides to stop?
A multidimensional construct that is defined by factors including one's affect towards their ethnic-racial group. Research shows that having a strong connection to one's ______ is the best way to reduce the developmental risks of racial discrimination.
What is ethnic-racial identity?