The Teen Brain
Adolescent’s Social Development
Emerging Adulthood
Early Adulthood Physical & Cognitive
Early Adulthood: Social
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A: Becomes thicker
Q: What happens to the cerebal cortex?
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A: Gender roles are social conventions- not how you were born but how you feel
Q: What is gender role identity?
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A: Late teen-early 20's
Q: When does emerging into adulthood occur?
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social, educational and occupation functioning
Personality disorders are inflexible patters of behavior that lead to difficulty in _____, _________, _______ _____________
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A: Closeness and connectedness
Q: What is intimacy?
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A: Become more efficient
Q: What happens to synapses?
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- Clothes - Hairstyle - Chores - All of the above
Which of the following are common disagreements between teenagers and parents?
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- Impulse buying - Accepting responsibility - Making independent decisions - Financially independent
Which of the following is not a characteristic of emerging adulthood?
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A: Hereditary
Q: What is a cause of mental health problems?
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22
In 2007 ___% of college graduates to live at home for 6 months of more.
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- For health and well-being - To make your parents happy - To be popular
Why is sleep important?
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A: A form of aggression in which electronic communications are used to intentionally inflict harm on others.
Q: What is cyber bullying?
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A: hair graying, change in visual acuity
Q: What is an example of primary aging?
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- Smoking - Eating breakfast - Regular Sleep - Exercising
Which of the following should we not be doing to live a healthy life?
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A: College loans and credit card debt
A: What is the most popular reason for college graduates to move home?
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A: Logic and Planning
Q: What occurs in the frontal lobes?
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Academically
Q: Teens who are attached to parents are more likely to be ________ successful and have good peer relationships.
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A: It deals with logic, planning and emotional control
Q: Why is the growth of the frontal lobe important?
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A: A mental disorder characterized by false beliefs, or delusions and false sensory experiences called hallucinations
Q: What is Schizophrenia?
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- Money - Children - Hunting skills - Young and healthy-
What do men look for in women?
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at least 8.5
Teenagers should be getting___ hours of sleep each night.
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A: Individuals strongly attached who are involved in the same activities.
Q: How is a clique formed?
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A: Limbic System
Q: What system is developing for response inhibition?
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formal operational thinking and abstract reasoning
The growth of frontal lobes is linked to increases in ________ __________________
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A: Establishment/Stabilization - master skills, fulfilling aspirations
Q: In Super's Stages of Career Development what is occurring from ages 25-45?
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