Module 15&16

Question 1

The period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing

Answer 1

Puberty

Question 2

A compound structure at the end of chromosomes

Answer 2

Telomeres

Question 3

For some people in modern cultures, a period from the late teens to the mid-twenties, bridging the gap between adolescent dependence and full independence and responsible adulthood

Answer 3

Emerging adulthood

Question 4

Our sense of self; according to Erikson, the adolescent’s task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles.

Answer 4

Identity

Question 5

The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence.

Answer 5

Adolescence

Question 6

Mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned

Answer 6

Rote

Question 7

Exploring who they are as individuals

Answer 7

Role confusion

Question 8

When you plan to recall or decline something

Answer 8

Prospective memory

Question 9

You quick gut decision, something that kicks in when put under pressure

Answer 9

Moral intuition

Question 10

What tends to focus on the whole moral package, feeling, and doing the right thing?

Answer 10

Character education

Question 11

What happens during elementary school years? This stage happens when children learn the pleasure of applying themselves to tasks, or they feel inferior

Answer 11

Competence vs. inferiority

Question 12

What type of example is the following “Sometimes rules need to be set aside to pursue higher principle?”

Answer 12

Postconventional morality

Question 13

Erik Erikson’s model of lifelong psychological development sees adolescence as a struggle to ____________________, a sense of self, out of social roles adolescents are asked to play

Answer 13

Form an identity

Question 14

___________________ neural processing speed peaks in ten years, and declines thereafter

Answer 14

Myelin- enhanced

Question 15

What compares the attributes of the same people as they change over time?

Answer 15

Longitudinal studies

Question 16

When someone is re-evaluating one’s life plan and success does not seem to peak at any age?

Answer 16

Mid-life crisis

Question 17

What are some causes of mid-life crisis?

Answer 17

Emotional crisis, the trigger seems to be the challenge of major illness, divorce, job loss, or parenting

Question 18

Identity and role confusion (name the psychologist)

Answer 18

Erik Erikson

Question 19

Generativity (name the psychologist)

Answer 19

Erik Erikson

Question 20

Conventional Morality (name psychologist)

Answer 20

Lawrence Kohlberg

Question 21

Intimacy

Answer 21

Erik Erikson

Question 22

Moral intuition

Answer 22

Jonathan Haidt

Question 23

Social clock

Answer 23

Erik Erikson

Question 24

Love vs.work

Answer 24

Sigmund Freud

Question 25

What abilities decline when we age? How can excise help?

Answer 25

Visual activity, both sharpness and brightness, hearing especially sensing a higher pitch, reaction time and general motor abilities, neural processing speed especially for complex and novel tasks. Excise can build muscles and bones as well as stimulate neurogenic is and new neural connections as well as maintaining telomeres.

Question 26

What are some of the differences between commitment to love and work?

Answer 26

The desire to commit to a loving relationship may have human children survive long enough to reproduce. (Love) Work roles can largely adult identity especially in individualistic capitalist societies (work)

Question 27

What are the three levels of moral reasoning?

Answer 27

Pre conventional morality, post conventional morality, and conventional morality