Psych Ch 11 Test Questions – Flashcards
Flashcard maker : Ray Collins
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What are two types of puberty?
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1. Overall body growth 2. Maturing of sexual organs/characteristsics
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What are primary and secondary sexual characteristics?
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Primary = reproductive organs needed to have kid. Secondary = visible on outside of body like hair, breasts
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What is a secular trend?
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generational change, especially in indsutrialized nations. i.e. puberty is starting earlier and earlier
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What is body image?
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Conception and attitude toward physical appearance
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What is biological perspective on adolescence and who?
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Puberty and storm and stress by STanley Hall
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Social perspective on adolescence?
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Margaret Mead: Social and cultural influences
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Five types of eating disorders?
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Anorexis nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating, Muscle Dysmorphia, Eating Disorder NOS
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Homosexuality and heredity?
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X-linked, prenatal sex hormones, birth order
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What are three self-conscious and self-focusing trends?
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Imaginary audience, personal fable, invincibility fable
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What factors lead to teen pregnancy?
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1. Sex ed reaches few 2. Low-cost, convenient contraceptvies are scarce 3. Families in poverty encourages teen to take risks
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What is formal operational stage? Who and when?
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Piaget, age 11. Kids develop capacity for abstract, systematic, scientific thinking
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Hypothetico-deductive reasoning?
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Start with hypothesis and then test the variables
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Porpositional thought?
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Can evaluate logic of verbal statements without referring to real world instances. i.e. dog bigger than elephant
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Parenting styles and grades?
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Authoritative = good grades / Permissive and authoritarian = lower grades / Uninvolved = worst grades and worsening school performance
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Ways to prevent dropout?
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Counseling and mentors / high-quality vocational training / address factors in students life/ extracurricular activities
