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Pediatrics Ch.20.
Psychosocial and Cognitive Development of the Adolescent
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What correlates with physical growth | Sexual interest and maturity |
| What correlates with cognitive growth | Social change, Chronological age, and Placement in school |
| Regarding growth, what can increase stress in the adolescent | Physical and cognitive growth occurring at different rates |
| How are early maturing males impacted/perceived | Positively |
| How are early maturing females impacted/perceived | Low self esteem and embarrassment |
| What is necessary for developing individuality | Desire for freedom and independence |
| What must an adolescent do to desire freedom and develop individuality | Reject their childhood self and the people most closely associated with it |
| What does Erikson call the stage of adolescence | Identity vs Role confusion |
| What is a critical element in the establishment of identity | Emancipation |
| What molds an adolescent’s self concept | Demands of parents, peers, teachers, and others |
| What helps adolescents determine who they are and in what direction they want to proceed | Interaction with others |
| What complicates the adolescent’s process of determining who they are | Low income minorities, illness, broken homes, level of education |
| What may happen to young persons are unable to establish an identity or master confusion | Become rigid in actions, bewildered, depressed, or cling to conformity of peer groups long after the need should have passed – show an inordinate need for something new and exciting – experience low self esteem and alienation |
| What does dependence create for an adolescent | Hostility |
| What do wise parents do | Make themselves increasingly dispensable |
| What is closely entwined with the resolving of a person’s sense of identity | Developing intimacy |
| What does an adolescent become ready to do as they move toward adulthood | Take the risks of close affiliations and friendships |
| What might avoidance of building close relationships effect lead to | Deeps sense of isolation |
| What might disagreements with parents revolve around | Dating, family car, money, chores, grades, friends, smoking, sex, drugs |
| What characteristic is an adolescent particularly sensitive to | Hypocrisy |
| What kind of atmosphere should adults who associate with adolescents create | One of interest and understanding |
| What do adolescents need practice doing, even if it means letting them make a mistake | Making decisions |
| What should parents expect regarding limits | That they will be challenged but not exceeded |
| What is an effective tool in dealing with adolescents | Loving detachment |
| Which culture does not recognize the period of adolescence | Chinese |
| How does the Asian culture differ from American culture | Patriarchal, highly structured, distinct social roles, good of the family more important than individual, reputation is essential |
| What does focusing on body changes during early and middle adolescence contribute to | Egocentrism/self-centeredness |
| What does a preoccupation with self cause an adolescent to create | An imaginary audience |
| What may complicate or exacerbate unresolved problems of body image | Chronic illness or eating disorders |
| What phase of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development are early adolescents in | Concrete |
| When do adolescents enter Piaget’s stage of formal operations | By middle adolescence |
| What type of thinking emerges during late adolescence | Abstract |
| What must the nurse focus on when teaching early adolescents about menstruation | Concrete issues and concerns |
| What may the nurse focus on when teaching late adolescents about menstruation | The abstract meaning of menstruation relating to womanhood or motherhood |
| What can empower young adolescent girls and increase their self image in regards to teaching about menstruation | Educating them according to their intellectual and emotional developmental level |
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