Key Terms
Stereotyping or discriminating based on age.
Ageism
Adolescence ends when a person is fully ____.
Independent
Biological changes marking the end of a woman’s ability to reproduce.
Menopause
Teens make better decisions when given time and ____.
Space
Eating disorder involving self-starvation.
Anorexia
A set of expected behaviors for males or females.
Gender Role
In the United States, adolescence is getting ____.
Longer
Empty nest syndrome often brings more ____.
Happiness
Adolescents prioritize peer relationships over ____.
Family
Eating disorder involving overeating and vomiting.
Bulimia
Mental structures organizing information based on gender.
Gender Schema
Erikson’s focus for changes in adolescence.
Social
A term describing the failure to find a way to contribute.
Stagnation
The theory of predictable grief stages has been ____.
Debunked
Erikson’s identity conflict during adolescence
Identity Crisis
The study of death and dying.
Thanatology
What remains stable during adolescent development?
Temperament
Care aimed at making a dying person’s last days pleasant.
Hospice
Adolescents develop formal operational thinking, increasing
Reasoning
Brain disorder that gradually affects personality and intellect.
Alzheimer’s
A defense mechanism involving self-justifying explanations.
Rationalization
The part of the brain responsible for starting puberty.
Hypothalamus
The willingness to promote well-being for younger generations.
Generativity
Erik Erikson believed intimacy involves ____.
Love (the ability to form close, trusting, and emotionally open relationships with others)
A chronic condition involving memory loss and disintegration.
Senile Dementia