It's just physical
Internally programmed growth
What is maturation?
Learning the rules of behavior of one’s culture.
What is socialization?
This reflects both traditionally male and female roles.
What is androgyny?
Changing one’s schema to include new objects and experiences.
What is accomodation?
Marcia used this term to describe adolescents who have examined issues and made their own choices
What is identity achievement?
Of early and late maturing boys and girls, this group tends to be: sports stars, self-confident and/or leaders
What are early maturing boys?
This theory of childhood development assumes all children have strong sexual and aggressive urges.
What is the psychoanalytic perspective?
This theory assumes that gender roles are learned by observing and imitating models
What is social learning theory?
Piaget said this stage is the time when a child can use mental representations of an object while thinking.
What is preoperational?
Erikson viewed this developmental stage as a time of conflict and crisis.
What is adolescence?
Eating habits and exercise but not physical strength have the greatest effect on this area of life.
What is health?
A belief held by many adolescents that they are unique and invincible.
What is the personal fable?
The four theories of gender development.
What are biological, psychoanalytic, social learning, and cognitive-development theories?
This type of intelligence is the ability to use accumulated knowledge.
What is crystallized intelligence?
During adolescence, this group generally sets the standard for you on fashion and taste in music.
What is peer group?
Over 40% of older people have one or more of these four most common chronic diseases.
A: What are diabetes, arthritis, heart disease and hypertension (high blood pressure)?
Prejudice or discrimination against the elderly
What is ageism?
He said adult men go through an age-thirty crisis and mid-life transition.
Who is Levinson?
Elkind said problems such as faulting authority, arguing, indecision, hypocrisy, self-consciousness, and “invulnerability” are due to this.
What is immature and abstract thinking?
He viewed building an identity as a unique task of adolescence.
Who is Erikson?
This physical change is a common sign of middle age
What is greying hair?
Fewer responsibilities and increased isolation and loneliness can lead to this disorder in old age
What is depression?
Oversimplified generalizations about the characteristics that apply to males and females.
What are gender stereotypes?
A small percentage of older adults will develop this disorder, characterized by memory loss, disorientation, altered personality and impaired attention
What is dementia (or Alzheimer's disease)?
He said adolescents must complete developmental tasks such as: accepting body, developing relationships, independence from parents, preparing for vocation, etc.
Who is Robert Havighurst?