Theories
The transition period between childhood and adulthood.
What is adolescence?
Eating disorder characterized by binge eating, followed by purging
What is bulimia?
The stage of cognitive development that allows someone to answer abstract or hypothetical questions.
What is formal operational thinking?
A small, exclusive group of people within a larger group
What is a clique?
An oversimplified or distorted generalization about the characteristics of men and women
What is gender stereotypes?
An eating disorder characterized by refusing to eat and not maintaining weight
What is anorexia nervosa?
States that individuals develop by interacting with others
What is the Social Learning Theory?
Ceremonies or rituals in which an individual is admitted to new status or accepted into a new position
What is initiation rites?
One’s physical and biological makeup that determines whether they are male or female
What is gender identity?
Leads teens to do things with their peers that they wouldn’t usually do alone
What is the Illusion of Invulnerability?
A period of inner conflict during which adolescents worry intensely about who they are
What is Erikson's Theory of the Identity Crisis?
The ability to examine one's own thoughts and motives.
What is introspection?
A set of behaviors organized around how either a male or female should think and behave
What is a gender schema?
Causes puberty to occur too early in one's life.
What is precocious puberty?
Combining or blending traditionally male and female characteristics
What is androgynous?