soc sci 1 Flashcards
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a transitional period between childhood and adulthood. (Rathus, Spencer 2014).
adolescence
4 standpoints
- biological
- cognitive
- emotional
- social changes
3 phases of adolescence
- early adolescence (12-14)
- middle adolescence (15-16)
- late adolescence (17-19)
onset of puberty
early adolescence (12-14)
high expectations for self and poor concept
middle adolescence (15-16)
thoughts about one’s role in life
late adolescence (17-19)
identy us role confusion
erik erickson
a period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes
puberty
hormones secreted by endorine glands
- androgen
- estrogen
male sex hormone
androgen
female sex hormone
estrogen
androgen that plays an important role in mile puberty development
testosterone
estrogen that plays an important role in Female pubertal development
estradiol
2 phases of puberty
- adrenarche
- gonadarche
involves hormonal changes in the adrenal glands, located just below the kidneys.
adrenarche
follows adrenarche by about 2 yrs in the period most people think as puberty
gonadarche
-ovaries in female
-testes in male
primary sexual characteristics
- pubic hair
-breast
-genital development
secondary sexual characteristics
4 stages of cognitive development
- sensorimotor
- properational
- concrete operation
- formal operation
mental concept, basic building block, of intelligent behavior
schema
synonymous to self worth or self image ; global evaluate dimension of the self
self esteem
domain specific evaluation of self evaluation
self concept
emphasizes that biological, psychological and social factors interact to produce the problems adolescents develop
biopsychosocial approach
adolescents problems are believed to be caused by malfunctioning of the body
biological factors