Adolescence Development Flashcards
(70 cards)
What are the 4 myths in adolescence?
- transitional stage
- necessarily tumultuous
- unavoidable generation gap
- alike
In this myth, it highlights the bridge between childhood and adulthood; emphasizes preceding stages than adolescence itself.
Transitional stage
In this myth, it is based on G Stanley Hall that adolescent’s body and its hormones are experiencing chaotic upheaval; and so with its psyche but M Mead argued that not necessarily.
Necessarily tumultuous
In this myth, it was originally termed by Margaret Mead to describe the tension between the parent generation and adolescent generation as a whole unit.
Generation gap
In this myth, it places an overemphasis on troubled behavior and influence of the peer group.
Alike
What are the different theories of adolescence?
- Biological
- Biosocial
- Psychological
- Sociological
- Anthropological
- Psychosocial
- Developmental
In this theory, G Stanley Hall used biological speculation to apply the principles of evolution to human development; adolescents are a cross between savages and civilized people with primitive and human impulses in constant conflict - a time of sturm and drung.
Biological theory
In this theory, it refers to the biological phenomena and social relationships and contexts constitute processes of human development over the life course.
Biosocial perspective
In this theory, Sigmund Freud proposed a complex theory of human development based on instinctual drives.
Psychological Theory
In this theory, it refers to the effects of the environment and its expectations on behavior.
Sociological
In sociological theory, ____ _____ translated Gestalt philosophy into social experience involving people who should be considered as wholes instead of being composed of discrete parts.
Kurt Lewin
According to Kurt Lewin, this refers to the entirety of the adolescent life.
Life space
What are the 3 components of life space according to Kurt Lewin?
- Forces (push and pull you)
- Equilibrium (strike a balance between the forces)
- Change (change caused by the equilibrium)
In this theory,________ ____ studied the similarities and differences among cultural groups questions the universality of any pattern of development.
- Margaret Mead
- Anthropological
In anthropological theory, ________ noted in his studies (1954) that some societies emphasized the contrast between children and adults.
Benedict
In this theory, _______ (1974) links stress with poor socialization; stable loving families that grant children appropriate rights and responsibilities foster adolescents who are well socialized; conventional and conforming.
- Psychosocial
- Bandura
In psychosocial theory, _______ (1955) identified 3 patterns of growth in adolescence; stormy, calm, and dynamic where experience varies across individuals.
Spranger
In psychosocial theory, _____ did an extensive study on 73 adolescent boys and revealed 3 patterns of growth that remain consistent:
- Offer
- Continuous
- Surgent growth
- Tumultuous growth
According to Offer under psychosocial theory, this refers to good genetics and environmental background, stable families who encouraged independence.
Continuous
According to Offer under psychosocial theory, this refers to developmental spurts, exhibiting cycles of progression and regression.
Surgent growth
According to Offer under psychosocial theory, this refers to considerable inner turmoil, behavioral problems, self doubts, and conflict with parents.
Tumultuous growth
In this theory, life consists of a sequence of invariant stages, each qualitatively different from the other.
Developmental theory
What are the 3 stages according to developmental theory?
- Logical relationship between stages.
- Each individual ”learns his way through life”.
- Timing is important since there are critical, sensitive periods of learning.
According to Anna Freud, what are the 7 stages of ego and the mechanisms of defense?
- Repression
- Denial
- Projection
- Displacement
- Regression
- Sublimation
- Rationalization
