The Teen Brain
Adolescent’s Social Development
Emerging Adulthood
Early Adulthood Physical & Cogn
Early Adulthood: Social
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True
True or false, the changes in the brain during adolescence facilitate planning and logic.
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Identity
__ is a sense of self-continuity.
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From the late teens to the early 20s when individuals explore options prior to committing to
When does emerging adulthood occur?
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Secondary
___ aging is the product of environmental influences, health habits, or disease, and it is neither inevitable nor experienced by all adults.
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Intimacy
__ is the capacity to engage in a supportive, affectionate relationship without losing one’s own sense of self
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Prefrontal
The ___ cortex matures rapidly during adolescence and contributes to advances in executive processing.
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C. Moratorium
A crisis is in progress, but no commitment has yet been made is known as: A. Identity diffusion B.Identity achievement C. Moratorium
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A. Jeffery Arnett
Who proposed that the educational, social, and economic demands that modern cultures make in individuals experiment with options prior to taking on adult roles? A. Jeffery Arnett B. Kohlberg C. Lawrence Walker
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Bacterial
__ STDs are caused by microorganisms that can be eradicated through the use of antibiotic medications.
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C. Erikson
Who developed the stage of intimacy versus isolation? A. Piaget B. Plato C. Erikson
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Between ages 13 and 15
When does the first major brain growth spurt occur in the teen years?
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B. Gender role
Which of the following is NOT one of the four identity statuses: A. Foreclosure B. Gender role C. Identity Diffusion
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Differently
Emerging adults must approach the work and romantic domains ____ than they did as adults.
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True
True or False, AIDS is NOT a single disease.
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All the roles an individual occupies, all of his or her relationships, and the conflicts by creating new life structures.
What does a life structure include?
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B. Executive Processing
What is the prefrontal cortex responsible for? A. Movement B. Executive Processing C. Developmental processing factors
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James Marcia
Who argued that adolescent identity formation has two key parts: a crisis and a commitment?
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Skills needed to keep friends and the process of adapting to rules (conduct) are highly similar.
What skills are the same in high school and college according to Glenn Roisman?
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Maximum oxygen uptake
What is the most common measure of overall aerobic fitness?
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As a result of a struggle between a person’s inner thoughts, feelings, and motives and society’s demands.
How do psychoanalytic theories view adult development?
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The frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex are the focus of development. This area of the brain controls logic and planning, changing how the teen deals with problems that require cognitive functions.
Explain what happens during the second adolescent brain growth spurt.
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Adolescents are in the genital stage, a period during which sexual maturity is reached. Erikson viewed adolescence as a period when a person faces a crisis of identity versus role confusion.
What happens during Erikson’s identity-versus-role-confusion stage?
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The parts of the brain that underlie rational decision making, impulse control, and self-regulation mature during these years. This results in individuals making poorer decisions about matters such as risky behaviors early on in this phase of life.
Explain why emerging adulthood is a unique period of life.
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A. Thymus
What is the largest gland in adolescence and declines dramatically thereafter in both size and mass? A. Thymus B. Pineal C. Pancreal
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Validating couples express mutual respect and are good listeners whereas volatile couples argue often and do not listen well.
Explain the difference between validating couples and volatile couples.
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