Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
Mental Disorders
Identity
Juvenile Delinquency
100
This is the mental disorder characterized by extremely high highs and extremely low lows.
What is bipolar disorder?
100
These are some common symptoms / behaviors of autistic disorder (both children and adults).
What are: difficulty w/ communication skills, challenges interacting with other people, sensory sensitivities, specialized skills, obsessions with certain objects / themes, hand flapping, rocking, spinning, etc.?
100
This is the category of mental disorders characterized by constant feelings of worry and impending doom.
What are anxiety disorders?
100
This is the term used to describe when a person is unsure about who he/she is or where he/she is going in life.
What is IDENTITY CONFUSION?
100
This is the term for repeated violation of the law by adolescents.
What is JUVENILE DELINQUENCY?
200
This is the gland that secretes growth hormones.
What is the PITUITARY gland?
200
This is a socially recognized and ritualized change in status, from childhood to adulthood.
What is RITE OF PASSAGE?
200
This is the category of mental disorders characterized by changes and swings in emotions.
What are mood disorders?
200
This is a result of foreclosure, or when an adolescent accepts the identity/labels given to him/her. For example, when an adolescent is labeled as a troublemaker or a "problem child", they may develop a poor sense of self.
What is NEGATIVE IDENTITY?
200
True or False? Children whose mothers work outside the home are most likely to become juvenile delinquents. Explain.
What is FALSE? While it may seem to make sense, research shows that this isn't actually true - it is just a common myth or misunderstanding that many people have. As long as the child receives attention, support, and affection, he/she should not be affected by this.
300
Some people who have bipolar disorder suffer from ______________________, which means hearing sounds that don't actually exist.
What are auditory hallucinations?
300
This is the part of the brain that is not fully developed during adolescence. These are the functions it controls.
What is the frontal cortex? What are: advanced/complex thinking, smart decision making, analyzing risk, making connections between different pieces of information / experiences, predicting / understanding consequences, etc.
300
This is the category of mental disorders characterized by disconnection from reality, delusions, and disorganized thoughts.
What is psychotic disorders?
300
This is Marcia's term for when an adolescent has no clear sense of identity and is not trying to find one. DOES NOT KNOW DOES NOT CARE
What is DIFFUSION?
300
These are some major factors that contribute to juvenile delinquency:
What are: - aggressive father figure - parental substance abuse / criminal history - home atmosphere of chaos, conflict, disorder - poor family communication - permissive parenting (no rules, no consequences, etc.) - incomplete brain development
400
This is the term for rapid growth that is NOT orderly. Many adolescents go through at least one of these.
What is a GROWTH SPURT?
400
When someone has a fear of leaving home / familiar places, this is called...
...agoraphobia.
400
This is the specific disorder characterized by extreme sadness, typically caused by a significant loss or traumatic experience, and resulting in difficult living life as efficiently or "normally" as before.
What is severe depression?
400
This is an example of which of Marcia's identity states: "I'm going to drop out of school because my mom and older brother dropped out of school, so I shouldn't be here either." "I should join a gang because that's what people from my neighborhood do, and I don't really have a chance of doing anything different." "Even though I really want to be a high school teacher and soccer coach, I'm going to be a corporate lawyer, because both my parents are corporate lawyers."
What is FORECLOSURE?
400
True or False? Juvenile delinquency can be prevented by attempting to stop the problem from starting, even before the child is born. Explain.
What is TRUE? There are programs to educate parents about how to be confident, supportive parents who get children on the "right path" from an early age, thus preventing juvenile delinquency later on.
500
These are some of the major symptoms of schizophrenia...
What are: disorganized thought, extreme paranoia, delusions / hallucinations, distortion of reality, garbled speech (word salad), etc.?
500
Emotional ups and downs, and arguments / conflicts with parents / adults, are at their peak during this stage of adolescence.
What is EARLY ADOLESCENCE?
500
This is the specific mental disorder characterized by difficulty in developing communication and social skills.
What is autism?
500
The following are examples of which of Marcia's identity states: "In high school, I wasn't sure about what career I wanted to pursue, but I developed a strong interest in the law and a desire to provide people with legal protection during college - I am very confident that being a lawyer is the right choice for me." "When I was younger, I was moody, negative, and mean. I've realized that having that attitude gets you nowhere - and I'm fully committed to approaching life optimistically."
What is IDENTITY ACHIEVEMENT?
500
True or False? Children who attend pre-school tend to do better in school during adolescence, and tend to avoid delinquent behavior.
What is TRUE?
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