Characteristics of Adolescents
Courtship and Dating
Early sexual activity, drug use, and suicide
Vocabulary Terms
Old News
100
Two things that happen to a adolescent's body during puberty
What is growth spurts (heigh and weight) and develop primary and secondary sexual characteristics
100
The meeting of people as a romantic engagement is known as...
What is dating.
100
Name one consequence of early sexual activity
What is teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, becoming less likely to finish high school.
100
Playing house as a child is a form of...
What is anticipatory socialization.
100
Coined the term "Sociology."
Who is Auguste Comte
200
3 things that distinguish young people as a separate group
What is education, work, courts
200
Dating serves several important functions. One of those functions is...
What is it is a form of entertainment, it meets basic psychological needs, and it is a mechanism for socialization.
200
Early sexual activity is more likely to occur when...
no continuous religious participation, low family income, come from single parent households.
200
The degree of attachment people have to social groups or to society as a whole is called...
What is social integration.
200
By adopting this, you can look beyond commonly held beliefs to the hidden meanings behind human actions.
What is sociological perspective
300
In the case study "The Blurring of Adolescents" what are some causes of blurring roles?
Easy access to adult information from the t.v and internet and fight/divorce battles sometimes aired in front of kids.
300
A social interaction with the express purpose of eventual marriage
What is courtship.
300
One factor associated with regular drug use by teenagers
What is having friends who regularly engage in drug use, having social and academic adjustment problems
300
The period between normal onset puberty and the beginning of adulthood is called...
What is adolescents.
300
Christopher Lasch coined this term meaning "an emphasis on personal fulfillment," and said it was a personality disorder.
What is narcissism.
400
Learning the rights, obligations and expectations of a role to prepare for assuming that role in the future
What is anticipatory socialization
400
Two traits of tradition dating are
1. man arranges date 2. pressure to conform was great 3. movie / sporting event 4. symbolic commitment
400
When a suicide of a high profile person sometimes results in other suicide attempts in a community, this is...
What is cluster effect
400
The tendency for people to marry people who have social characteristics similar to their own
What is homogamy.
400
When people interact in an effort to receive a reward or a return for their actions, this has taken place.
What is exchange.
500
The five characteristics of adolescents
What are biological growth and development, undefined status, increased decision making, increased pressure, and the search for self.
500
This person concluded through research that casual dating was a form of entertainment that had little to do with mate selection.
Who is Willard Waller
500
The principle cause of the significant rise of drug related violence
What is crack cocaine.
500
The physical maturing that makes an individual capable of sexual reproduction
What is puberty.
500
When people gather in the same place at the same time but lack the organization or lasting patterns of interaction, they form a(n)
What is aggregate.
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