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lifespan.11

lifespan.11.physical.cognitive.adolescence

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adolescence -372 developmental stage between childhood & adulthood
adolescence 372 starts jus before teenage year & end just after them
awa tribe p372 symbolically celebrating the onset of the physical changes that turn a child's body into adult
adolescence growth spurt p 372 boy 4.1 inc/year - girls 3.5 inches/year
begin grow spurt p372 girls 10 - boys 12
puberty p372 period in which the sexual organs mature
androgens p373 male hormones
estrogens p373 female hormones
do males produce female hormones? yes p373
menarche p373 age of onset earlier=wealth
fat/leptin in age of menarch p374 (blank)
secular p.374 pattern of change occuring over several generations
primary sex characteristics p375 sex organs
secondary sex characteristics p375 visible signs of sexual maturity - beard
spermache age 13 p375 (blank)
menarch psychological p375 (blank)
early maturation p375 boys-good girls - bad
early maturation germany p375 (blank)
late maturation p375 boys-bad girls-OK
anorexia nervosap378 (blank)
calorie intake p378 calcium & iron needed-girls
iron-deficiency anemia p378 (blank)
obesity p378 what chance become adults? (can't see)
anorexia p379 15-20% starve themselvies to death-white affluent
anorexia - boys p 379 (blank)
bulimia p379 binging & purging-laxatives
anorexia -psychological p380 perfectionism, overdemanding parents-US
anorexia - not in ASia except Japan & HOng kong
neurons p380 (blank)
prefrontal cortex 380 impulse control - biologically immature in adolescence
gray matter - oversupply p381 pruned back 1-2% per year
prefrontal cortex p381 think-evaluate-impulse control
dopamine p381 more sensitive to stress-
p382-teens & death penalty (blank)
sleep deprivation need 9 hrs., up later sleep later
p383 Piaget ex pendulum - what determines speed of pendulum (length of string)
p384 formal operational stage people develop ability to think abstractly
formal operational stage around age 12
systematic reasoning p 384 general theory about what produces particular outcome, then explanations for specific situations
propositional thought p385 abstract logic in the absence of concrete examples
formal operational full p385 age 15-or later (research)
p386 abstract reasoning ability leads to arguments
Piaget - problems with theories p386 piaget is good at describing (not explaining) - his stages are too late - cognitive abilities are different in different cultures
Other theories p386 LABOUVIE-VIEF, Giesala postformal thinking
information processing perspectives model that seekes to identify the way that individuals take in, use, and store information
metacognition p387 knowledge that people have about their own thinking processes, their ability to monitor their cognition
general intelligence IQ stable, but improves memory capacity
memory capacityp387 know how much time they need to study
adolescent egocentrismp388 state of self-absorption in which world is viewed from one's own point of view
imaginary audience adolescents-his behavior is focus of others' attentions and concerns
surfistas - brazil p388 (blank)
personal fables p389 what happens is uique, exceptional and shared by no one else
grade inflation p390 (blank)
US compared to other countries p390 math poor
high school graduation p391 US 24th in world - only 78% graduate
p391 reason for gap (blank)
p391 socioeconomic status relationship with educational achievement
p391 poor children lag behind school success builds on earlier achievement
p391- achievement levels -Af. am & hispanic (blank)
p392 OGBU, John - forced immigrants vs. willing immigranst
p391 Af. Am beliefs believe they can succeed despite poor grades
cyberspace p392 learn to sort through huge bodies of information to identify what is most useful and discard what is not
p393 online activity - chart (blank)
p393 digital divide 77% of black students use computer vs. 87% white
p393 school drop out earn 42% less - males more -
p393 poverty (blank)
p394 drugs at age 12 "garbage head"-died at 16
p395 addictive drugs drugs that produce a giological or psychological dependence in users, leading to powerful cravings
p395 (blank)
p. 395 marijuana 50$ of high school seniors have uses
p395 maslow 1) physiological needs, then safety & security needs - love & belongingness
p396 marijuana use going down since 1999 (blank)
p397 biological addiction- body needs; cannot function in their absence
p.397 drugs escalate use (blank)
p397 alcohol - statistics on use (blank)
p397 binge drinking 5 or more drinks (male) 4 or more (female)
p397 false consensus effects "everyone is doing it"
p. 397 alcoholics alcohol problems, learned to depend on alcohol & are unable to control their drinking
p. 398 list of signs - drug or alchohol (blank)
p 398 - National Institutue Drug Abuse (blank)
p 399 smoking on rise among girls - Austria, Norway & Sweden - girls higher
p399 "uptown" cigarettes American smokes to teens worldwide
p 400 smoke 10 cigarettes early in life 80% chance of becoming a smoker
p400 sexually transmitted infections (blank)
p400 AIDS krista blake died
p400 sexually transmitted infections (STI) an infection that is spred through sexual contact
p 401 Human Papilloma virus (HPV) transmitted through genital contact-cause cervical cancer
p. trichomonisasis - chlamydia antibiotics ch-can lead to sterility
p 401 - chart - STI'sp 402 - use condoms!!
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