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Physical Development
Puberty
Adolescent Emotional Traits
Goleman's Traits
Identity Formation
100
Growth Spurt
What is an intense period of rapid growth?
100
Hygiene
What is personal cleanliness?
100
Moodiness
What are displays of emotional highs and lows over a short time span?
100
Confidence
What is a sense of control and mastery?
100
Identity Diffusion
What is a lack of exploration or commitment to any specific identity?
200
Awkward Stage
What is the period of time when adolescents are getting used to their new size and shape?
200
Sexual Maturation
What is the point at which a teen can biologically reproduce?
200
Sense of humor
What is the ability to laugh at oneself and joke back and forth with others?
200
Curiosity
What is the sense that finding out about things is positive and pleasurable?
200
Identity Foreclosure
What is the acceptance of an identity imposed by others without extensive exploration of other possible alternatives?
300
Ossification
What is the fusing of the vertebra?
300
Growth of Facial Hair
What is the last physical change for adolescent males?
300
Stress
What is the loss of control over ones environment?
300
Communication
What is the ability to engage with others based on the sense of being understood by and understanding others?
300
Identity Moratorium
What is the exploration of many possible roles without any strong commitment to any of them?
400
Nutrition
What is obtaining food necessary for health and growth?
400
First Menstruation
What is the last physical chance for adolescent females?
400
Fickleness
What is the term used to describe it when someone moves on to new interest frequently?
400
Cooperation
What is the ability to balance one's own needs with those of others?
400
Erikson's fifth stage of development.
What is identity versus identity confusion?
500
Pubic hair
What is a common physical changes for adolescent males and females?
500
Pituitary
What is the chief endocrine gland?
500
Negative sense of self
What is it when adolescents are not happy with their appearance?
500
Self-control
What is the ability to modulate and control one's own action in appropriate ways?
500
Personal identity
What is a person's understanding of themselves as individuals?