Defense Mechanisms
These contribute to mental health by providing relief from stressful situation
Defense Mechanisms
The main point of this theory is young children need to develop a relationship with at least one primary caregiver for normal social and emotional development
Attachment Theory
These are not yet fully developed, so a teen may experience sudden mood swings and impulsive behavior, which can lead to accidents, fights and other dangerous activities.
Frontal Lobe
The period during which a person becomes capable of reproducing
Puberty
What TYPE of personality would Danielle say Shantese has?
Type A or any variation that includes the aspects of Type A personality.
Refusal to accept reality.
Ex) Carol’s longtime pet has died. She continues to act as if it were still alive.
Denial
The healthiest form of attachment. It describes an attachment where a child feels comforted by the presence of their caregiver.
Secure attachment
Adolescence is a sensitive period for romantic relationships, and experiences during this period will be __________ for life
Imprinted / Imprinting
They (have more problems in school, more independent, more popular with the boys, more satisfied with their body image before 10th grade
Early Maturing Girls
Would Danielle ever make you take a test when the WHOLE class is not yet ready for it?
Idk. Ask her (accurate or closest to accurate answer gets it).
An attempt to justify one’s actions with an excuse.
Rationalization
The primary, enduring, relationship that gradually develops between an infant and his or her caregiver
Attachment Bond
This is manifested by crying when an unfamiliar person approaches
Stranger Anxiety
These boys are (arguably) more successful and less likely to drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes
Early maturing boys
Adolescents sense that they are onstage in early adolescence
Imaginary Audience
An attempt to project one’s feelings or self-esteem by blaming others.
Projection
In Avoidant Attachment, do children care or not care when a Caregiver leaves?
They do not care
Harry Harlow discovered that this in monkeys symbolized a safety and security need essential to the psychological development and health of infant monkeys and children.
Contact Comfort
Continue to develop until early adulthood
Frontal Lobes
Personal Fable
Adolescents sense of personal uniqueness and invulnerability
Acting as if one was back in an earlier less trouble some time in their life.
Regression
The theorist who coined Attachment Theory.
John Bowlby
This is a limited time frame during which certain development can occur, while ________ ______ is a window of time where development is more easily achieved
Critical Period v. Sensitive Period
Adolescent Egocentrism
Any one of these explanations:
Heightened self-consciousness
Belief that others are as interested in them as they are themselves
Their sense of personal uniqueness and invulnerability
Identity vs Identity Confusion
During adolescents are faced with deciding who they are, what they are all about, and where they are going in life