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Lifespan 14,15,16
Berger
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The period of biological, cognitive, and psychosocial transition from childhood to adulthood, usually lasting a decade or so. | adolescence |
| An area at the base of the brain that, in addition to regulating several maintenance activities (eating, drinking, and body temperature), directs the production of hormones via the pituitary gland. | hypothalamus |
| A gland that, inresponse to a biochemical signal from teh hypothalamus, produces hormones that regulate growth and control other glands, including adrenal glands. | pituitary gland |
| A pair of glands located above the kidneys tha tsecrete the hormones epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (nonadrenaline), which help to arouse the body in time of stress. | adrenal glands |
| The hypothalamus/pituitary/adrenal axis, a route followed by many kinds of hormones to trigger the changes of puberty and to regulate stress, growth, sleep, appetite, sexual excitement, and various other bodily changes. | HPA axis |
| In Piaget's theory, the fourth and final stage of cognitive development; arises from a combination of maturation and experience. | formal operational thought |
| Thought that includes propositions and possibilities that may or may not reflext reality. | hypothetical thought |
| Reasoning from a general statement or principle, through logical steps, to a specific conclusion. | deductive reasoning |
| Reasoning from one or more specific experiences or facts to a general conclusion | inductive reasoning |
| A lack of fit between a person and his or her environment that causes the person to become angry, hostile, or depressed. Such a situation is said to be typical of teenagers and school. | volatile mismatch |
| A consistent definition of one's self as a unique individual, in terms of roles, attitudes, beliefs, and aspirations. | identity |
| Various ideas of who one might be or might become, each of which is typically acted out and considered as possible identity. | possible selves |
| Erikson's term for the attainment of identity, or the point at which a person understands who he or she is as a unique individual, in accord with past experiences and future plans. | identity achievement |
| Erikson's term for premature identity formation, which occurs when an adolescent adopts parents' or society's roles and values wholesale, without questioning and analysis. | foreclosure |
| An identity that is taken on with rebellious defiance, simply because it is the opposite of whatever parents or society expect. | negative identity |
| A situation in which an adolescent does not seem to know or care what his or her identity is. | identity diffusion |
| Erikson's term for a pause in identity formation that allows young people to explore alternatives without making final identity choices. | identity moratorium |
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