Physical Development
What ages are the adolescent years?
10 - 19
What stage of Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory are adolescents in?
Formal Operational Stage
What is key to constructing a healthy identity?
Exploration
At what stage do people learn that situations are not always black and white?
Stage 5
Do girls or boys gain more gross-motor performance?
Scientific Reasoning is the ability to coordinate what two things?
Theory with evidence
Identify the three key components of constructing an identity
Defining who you are
Learning what you value
Finding direction
At what stage do people value the golden rule the most?
Stage 3
What can heighten the risk of eating disorders?
societal standards, maladaptive family interactions, certain personality traits
What is metacognition?
the awareness of thought
What are the two identity statuses associated with healthy psychological behavior?
Identity achievement and identity moratorium
What was Kohlberg trying to examine from his interview?
individual reasons about the dilemma and not the content of the response
What the the boy equivalent to menarche?
Spermarche
What are the two skill areas that can be traced back to the origins of boys’ advantages in math?
boys have a more rapid numerical memory and they have better spatial reasoning skills
How do self esteem levels change during adolescence?
In general, they drop briefly after the transition to high school but rise in mid-late adolescence
What level do people follow rules strictly because it came from an authority figure?
preconventional level