This occurs between 18 to 25 years old; it is known as a period of transition and is characterized by exploration and experimentation.
What is Emerging Adulthood?
100
Having lower student-to-counselor ratios, encouraging teachers to team-teach, and involving parents and community leaders are all strategies for...
What is An Effective Middle School?
100
Demonstrating warmth and respect, as well as communicating expectations for high standards are all strategies for...
What is Strategies for Parenting Adolescents?
100
This theory suggests that adolescent thinking is more abstract, idealistic, and logical than before; adolescents are more capable of hypothetical deductive reasoning, but they are not yet formal operational thinkers.
What is Piaget's Theory?
100
This is an eating disorder characterized by starvation to pursue thinness.
What is Anorexia Nervosa?
200
This is a period of rapid physical development; it is characterized by hormonal and bodily changes and occurs in early adolescence.
What is Puberty?
200
A form of education that promotes social awareness and social responsibility; students demonstrate a commitment to the community. It is thought to strengthen students' values.
What is Service Learning?
200
This is a small group averaging 5 to 6 individuals; they share similar interests.
What is a Clique?
200
This theory suggests that adolescents develop a deep egocentrism, complete with an imaginary audience and personal fable.
What is Elkind's Adolescent Egocentrism?
200
This is a sleep-inducing hormone.
What is Melatonin?
300
This is a girl's first menstruation.
What is Menarche?
300
In the last half century and the first few years of this century, these particular rates have been declining...
What is High School Drop Out Rates?
300
Two-thirds of Asian Indian adolescents accept this cultural tradition...
What is Arranged Marriage?
300
This theory emphasizes executive functioning, with a focus on monitoring and managing cognitive resources, as well as attention and the use of metacognition.
What is Information Processing?
300
Approximately 25 percent of sexually-active adolescents are expected to become infected each year.
What is a Sexually Transmitted Infection?
400
This is the "seat of emotions."
What is the Amygdala?
400
This is thought to have a positive role in adolescents' lives. It is characterized by weekly attendance and an emphasis on morals and following cultural norms.
What is Religion?
400
This is a ceremony that marks an individual from one status to another; the focus is on a transition into adulthood.
What is a Rite of Passage?
400
This psychologist first understood the importance of questioning identity during adolescence.
Who is Erik Erikson?
400
This is characterized by experiencing something beyond oneself and living a life that benefits others.
What is Spirituality?
500
Accidents, homicide, and suicide characterize this.
What is the three leading causes of death in adolescence?
500
Parents, peers, schools, and socioeconomic status greatly influence this...
What is Sociocultural Factors that Influence Career Development?
500
11 to 14 years old spend approximately 8 hours per day engaging with...?
What is Media?
500
This psychologist proposed four identity statuses: Identity Diffusion, Foreclosure, Moratorium, and Achievement.
Who is James Marcia?
500
This is contributing to the growth of ethnic minorities in the U.S. adolescent population.