Adolescence

Question 1

Historical complaints

Answer 1

Hesiod - “frivolous youth”
Shakespeare - “wished no age between 16-23)
Aristotle - “adolescents prone to desires”

Question 2

Chronological definition

Answer 2

13-19yrs old

Question 3

Biological definition

Answer 3

Starts before puberty height sport to full reproductive maturity (15-18)

Question 4

Sociological definition

Answer 4

When adolescent assumes adult responsibilities (e.g. leaving home, etc)

Question 5

Tasks of adolescents (PTSD without T)

Answer 5

1) Physical changes
2) Developing identity (separate to childhood)
3) Surviving

Question 6

Heigh diff in puberty

Answer 6

Girls - 8.5cm
Boys - 9cm

Question 7

Key places for forming adult identity

Answer 7

1) Relationships
2) Work
3) Beliefs and Ideologies

Question 8

James Marcia’s Identity Status Study

Answer 8

1. Identity diffusion - I’ll go with flow until a crisis or something.
2. Foreclosure - Commitment without crisis/deep thinking, “I’ll just work in my dad’s business”
3. Moratorium - Crisis and thinking, but no commitment, “I don’t know what to do”
4. Identity achievement - crisis, thoughts, commitment

Question 9

Adolescents are risky because:

Answer 9

1) Nucleus accumbens (to seek rewards and pleasures), develops in early adolescence
2) Prefrontal cortex (planning, reasoning, self-control), develops in adulthood. Can cause IMPULSIVITY or CREATIVITY

Question 10

Synaptic pruning

Answer 10

• Early adolescence to 20s
• Used connections are kept