Psych 100 1H Focus Questions Chapter 12 pg 456 end Class 26 10 25 2013 1 Provide an overview of what happens during adolescence in regard to relationships with parents and peers How does control play a role in parent adolescent relationships a Adolescence youth i Puberty hormonal onset of secondary sexual changes 11 25 20 25 for ii Erikson s 5th stage males identification vs identity diffusion iii Gilligan females intimacy vs isolation b Shifting from Parents to Peers for Intimacy and Guidance i Becoming autonomous breaking away from total parental rules to ii Peer relationships increasing emotional support from age mates than establish some of ones own from parents iii Breaking down gender separation older vs younger groups 1 Cliques same sex small groups mainly younger 2 Crowds mixed sex larger groups mainly older iv Peer vs parental influence 1 Choosing friends based upon similar interest goals 2 Maintaining group membership dependent on maintaining group 3 Group behavior culturally determine whether positive or negative approved behavior to adult culture 2 Describe and provide evidence for the different explanations of why recklessness and delinquency increases in adolescence a Universal phenomenon i Current brain research indicates pre frontal cortex cognitive control not completely developed in young adolescents ii Myth of invulnerability idea that immune to catastrophe iii Sensation seeking enjoying the rush of danger iv Heightened aggressiveness lower emotional control b Why adolescents prefer peers i Earlier sexual development with few social outlets ii Longer period of preparation for adult roles iii Segregation from adults iv Deliberate reactions to separate self from adult world 1 Extreme reckless and dangerous behavior 2 Alternative life styles hair make up clothing activity c Young male syndrome i Willingness to take risker physical chances to show competencies sex driving stunts drugs fighting ii Part of dominance and leader motivation also seen in many animals iii Often seen in less intellectual members iv Height of female aggressiveness in adolescence also 3 How do adolescents advance on Kohlberg s scale of moral reasoning What do studies of morally committed adolescents tell us a Theory of moral development i Pre conventional Stages 1 2 3 various pressures to obey the expected rules ii Conventional Stage 4 acceptance of values iii Post conventional stage 5 going beyond accepted values b Carol Gilligan s female theory of moral development i Women not as rule bound ii Women more likely to cut a break c A person s own morality no specific process i Some imitated some in reaction to events ii Often morality based upon valued positive parental principles d Sexual explorations i 4 What are problems associated with emerging sexuality in adolescence Is there a sex difference in sexual eagerness Why How does rearing affect teenage sexuality a Problems i Approval of youthful sexual images ii General social disapproval of sexual expressions b Unprotected sex STDs and pregnancy i Too many unwed mothers in poverty to provide for offspring ii Sex education far behind rest of advanced world c Sex difference i Vestiges of double standard 1 Breaking down in US ii Celibacy vs promiscuity 1 An evolutionary perspective a Women are more selective sexually than men for good reason i Carrying offspring for 9 months ii Caring for offspring for years 2 Sexuality and parental rearing a Partner fidelity depended upon cultural expectations especially of male b Greater promiscuity in cultures with little male care of d Rearing affect Sexuality young i Love ii Employment 1 Romantic vs companionate love 2 Marital satisfaction 1 Occupational self direction balance work and home life 2 Parents as occupational models 3 Subsitence vs maintinence work iii Growing Old 5 How can romantic love be viewed as adult attachment What factors contribute to marital success a life a a 6 Discuss the value of occupational self direction How do adults balance work and home 7 What happens during old age in terms of one s outlook on life Include a discussion of socioemotional selectivity theory in your response What happens to memory in old age How do humans prepare for death
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