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Lifespan Chapter 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anorexia nervosa | a disorder marked by a persistent refusal to eat and an irrational fear of being overweight |
| Bulimia nervosa | involves alternating between periods of binge eating and purging through self-induced vomiting or with laxatives |
| Body Image | Girls are more critical of their appearance and are likely to be dissatisfied Boys are more likely to be pleased with appearance |
| Brain development | Brain systems sensitive to reward reach maturity. Brain systems responsible for self-control are not fully specialized until adulthood |
| Physical development | During the adolescent growth spurt, girls gain as much as 15 pounds a year and boys 17 pounds a year Body parts do not mature at the same rate |
| Puberty | consists of two changes that mark the change from childhood to young adulthood: the growth spurt and growth of breasts or testes |
| Egocentrism | that is characteristic of teenagers as they search for identity |
| 4 Identity Statuses of Teenagers | Diffusion: overwhelmed by the task of achieving an identity and does little to accomplish the task Foreclosure: determined by adults Moratorium: has yet to find one that's satisfactory. Achievement: chosen a specific identity |
| Delinquent behavior | consists of relatively minor criminal acts by those who aren't consistently antisocial |
| Antisocial behavior | is antisocial behavior that emerges at an early age and continues throughout life |
| Teens and depression | during adolescence involves pervasive feelings of sadness, emptiness, irritability, anger, poor sleep, low self-esteem, and inability to concentrate |
| Substance Use | Drinking is more likely when parents and peers drink and when teens are coping with stress |
| Causes of death among teens | Adolescents take risks that many adults find unacceptable, like reckless driving, using drugs or alcohol, or other high-risk behaviors |
| Teens and Part-Time Employment | About 20% of American high school students hold part-time jobs, typically in retail |
| Holland’s Personality Type Theory | work is fulfilling when it fits important facets of personality |
| Holland’s Personality Types | Realistic, Investigative, Social, Conventional, Enterprising, Artistic |
| Teens and Dating Violence | which can include physical violence, emotional violence, sexual violence, or stalking, is reported by 25% of girls and 15% of boys |
| Teens and Sexual Behavior | two-thirds of adolescents will have had intercourse at least once. Being sexually active is predicted by parents’ or peers’ sexually permissive attitudes, extraversion and impulsivity, and characteristics of settings, such as when they’ve been drinking |
| Self-Esteem | is based on their self-perception, the social comparisons they make, and reflected appraisals |
| Self-Concept | The organized set of beliefs and perceptions adolescents have about themselves, including their traits, abilities, values, and roles. |
| Erikson's Identity vs Role Confusion | involves adolescents’ balancing between selecting a single self-versus trying out many possible selves |
| Characteristics of Adolescent’s Thinking | the shift to more abstract, logical, self-aware, and idealistic ways of thinking, along with a tendency toward egocentrism. |
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