Adolescence Cognitive and Socioemotional Development

Question 1

Exploring Sexual Desire

Answer 1

• First sexual feelings programmed by adrenal androgens at around age 10
• An interplay of nature/nurture heightens sex hormones y

Question 2

Sexual Activity affecting self esteem

Answer 2

• for girls, having non committed sex with a number of partners is a risk factor for depression
• for boy’s have non committed sex a number of partners promoted higher self esteem

Question 3

Sexual Double standard

Answer 3

Cultural Code > gives men greater sexual freedom than woman
Both genders prioritize intimacy

Question 4

Adolescents

Answer 4

• G. Stanley Hall in 1904 described adolescence as a state of “storm and stress”
• Intense Moodiness
  -Emotional sensitivity
• risk taking tendencies

Question 5

Roosevelt Admin

Answer 5

• Great depression limited jobs
• By 1939 Roosevelt admin had 75% of all teens attending high school

Question 6

Theories helping to understand teenage mind

Answer 6

• Piagets formal operational stage (decision making)
• Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Judgement (how they view themselves)
• Elkind’s Adolescent Egocentrism

Question 7

Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Judgment

Answer 7

• Preconventional level (response focused on personal punishment)
• Conventional Level (obeying society’s rules and norms)
• Post conventional (inner moral guidelines apart from society)

Question 8

Carol Gilligan

Answer 8

Feminist psychologist who argued Kohlberg’s theory was male dominated

Question 9

Elkind’s Adolescent Egocentrism

Answer 9

• Adolescent becomes aware of others flaws > leading to them thinking about their personal traits

Question 10

Two Facets of Adolescent Egocentrism

Answer 10

• Imaginary Audience (feeling of everyone is watching me)
• personal fable (main character moment)

Question 11

Aspects of storm and stress

Answer 11

• adolescents are socially sensitive
• usually risk takers
• more emotional, more emotionally disturbed or both ?

Question 12

Identifying At risk teenagers

Answer 12

• Identify problems with executive function
• Poor family relationships
• Loving in a non-nurturing environment

Question 13

Teens who flourish

Answer 13

• close family relationships
• executive functions
• prosocial friends
• academic success
• develop a passion or hobby
• strong religious faith or commitment

Question 14

Teen-Parents Relationship

Answer 14

• most conflicts occurs based on rules not societal issues
• Teens are most upbeat with friends

Question 15

Keep in mind

Answer 15

• romantic interests start in middle school
• regulation of emotions!
• creating classes that are hands on would improve teenage behavior in high school