Ch 9
This brain system develops earlier than the prefrontal cortex and is associated with heightened emotional responses.
What is the limbic system?
This developmental period involves exploration and delayed commitment to adult roles.
What is emerging adulthood?
The body’s ability to maintain internal stability (like temperature) is called this.
What is homeostasis?
Thinking that recognizes multiple solutions and integrates experience is called this.
What is postformal thought?
A study found that students who study less and socialize more tend to have worse outcomes after college.
Who are Arum and Roksa?
A teenager believes everyone is watching and judging them at all times, even when others are not paying attention.
What is the imaginary audience?
Living together in an intimate relationship without being married is called this.
What is cohabitation?
The cumulative “wear and tear” on the body from chronic stress over time.
What is allostatic load?
The ability to solve novel problems declines with age and is referred to as this type of intelligence.
What is fluid intelligence?
This type of thinking combines objective logic with subjective experience.
What is integrative thinking?
An adolescent explores different belief systems and career paths but has not yet committed to any.
What is moratorium?
A relationship pattern characterized by control, fear, and dominance rather than mutual conflict.
What is intimate terrorism?
Extra capacity that allows organs to function under stress before failing.
What is organ reserve?
Knowledge and expertise that increase over time are referred to as this type of intelligence.
What is crystallized intelligence?
A mismatch between physical maturity and cognitive control contributes to this behavioral tendency.
What is adolescent risk-taking?
A teen engages in risky behavior despite knowing the consequences, due to an imbalance between emotional and control systems.
What is asynchronous brain development (limbic > prefrontal)?
Having too many choices (e.g., dating apps) leads to dissatisfaction and difficulty making decisions.
What is choice overload?
Aging influenced by lifestyle and environmental factors rather than biology alone.
What is secondary aging?
The continued formation of new neurons in certain areas of the brain.
What is neurogenesis?
Cultural expectations for when major life events should occur (e.g., marriage, career)
What is the social clock?
An adolescent believes they are unique and invulnerable to harm, which contributes to risky decision-making.
What is the personal fable?
A cultural value in which individuals prioritize family obligations over personal goals.
What is familism?
Repeated stress exposure without recovery leads to long-term physiological strain through this process.
What is allostasis?
An older adult adapts to sensory decline by modifying their environment to maintain independence.
What is compensation (adaptive compensation)?
Chronic stress combined with lack of recovery and multiple stressors leads to this broader concept.
What is cumulative load?