Definitions
Gender identity
What is each person's internal and individual experience of their gender?
Effects of early physical maturation in boys
What is boys who are stronger and more athletic during their early teen years tend to be more popular, self-assured, and independent, but also more at risk for alcohol use, etc.?
Researched attachment styles (like secure attachment)
Who is Mary Ainsworth?
An infant who only cries a little when their parent leaves them with a babysitter & is excited when the parent returns
What is secure attachment?
Adolescent egocentrism
What is tendency for teenagers to focus on themselves and what others think of them & feel like everyone is focused on what they're focused on
Effects of early physical maturation in girls
What is girls who physically mature earlier may begin associating with older adolescents, suffer teasing or sexual harassment, and experience increased anxiety or depression?
Researched formal opertational thought
Who is Piaget?
Refusing to go to school because a teen has a pimple or other flaw and believes that all their classmates will be staring at them
What is adolescent egocentrism?
Post-Conventional Morality
Effects of secure attachment (in adulthood)
What is tending to feel safe, stable, and more satisfied in close relationships?
Researched post-conventional morality
Who is Kohlberg?
a person considers himself a male and is most comfortable referring to his personal gender in masculine terms
What is gender identity?
Secure Attachment
What is infants who comfortably explore environments when their caregiver is present, show only temporary distress when the caregiver leaves, and find comfort in the caregiver's return.
It's okay for someone to steal medicine to save a loved one's life because people have a right to live
What is post-conventional morality?
Formal operation thought AND age of development
1. What is the ability to ponder hypothetical situations, consider consequences, and have systematic reasoning?
2. What is around age 12?