Vocab
Public schools with the freedom to establish their own teaching practices and curriculum.
What are charter schools?
This perspective sees families as complex, interconnected relationships
What is Family Systems Theory?
Strict, traditional parenting style where parents say "because I said so!"
;Spare the rod, spoil the child; Red from that 70s show
What is authoritarian?
The practice of grouping students by age
What is age-grading?
The Supreme Court ruling that ended segregation in schools
What is Brown V. Board of Education
Small, close-knit friend groups
What are cliques?
Baumrind's classification system along dimensions of warmth/support and expectations/demandingness
What are parenting styles?
What adolescents and parents typically argue about
Everyday matters such as "garbage and galoshes"
Jocks, brains, and nerds are some examples.
What are crowds?
Bush era legislation trying to enforce academic standards
What is No Child Left Behind
When a bully interprets something ambiguous as intentionally hostile
What is hostile attribution bias?
Argues that life events activate underlying genetic predispositions
What is diathesis-stress?
Different forms of the same gene
What are alleles?
Form of bullying characterized by lies and manipulation
What is relational aggression?
Rough estimate of how many enrolled college students will graduate in 6 years
What is 60%?
This cultural value emphasizes the role of the family
What is familism?
Birds of a feather flock together; most important thing for cliques and close friendships in adolescence
What is similarity?
The theorized link between marital conflict and adolescent behavior problems
What is emotional insecurity?
Term for cultures where teenagers teach adults
What are prefigurative cultures?
The single most important school-related factor for learning. Hint: not money
What is classroom climate?
When you try to do something helpful but it also causes negative consequences; group-based interventions for adolescent delinquents
What are iatrogenic effects?
The biologically-derived theory of dandelions and orchids
What is differential susceptibility theory?
Adolescents are likely to experience adjustment issues for this length of time following divorce
What is one to two years?
Most common form of bullying
What is physical?
Tough behavioral policy shift following the Columbine shooting
What is zero tolerance?