CHD3243 Contexts of Adolescence Spring 2015 Exam 3 Study Guide Note this is a guide it is not intended to be an exhaustive list of exam topics Make sure to read all assigned chapters and view all videos lectures Chapter 11 Premarital Sexual Behavior o Reasons for first intercourse At first the interest is self centered focusing on the adolescesnts bodily changes and observations happenings Spend a lot of time looking in the mirror at their body parts Then they become interested in others body s and questions arise about others Also begin with experimentation and touching themselves As they gain more interest they are motivated by curiosity then part by desire for sexual stimulation and release a part for the need of love and affection intimacy and acceptance from another person In some adolescesnts that need for emotional fulfillment and reassurance is a stronger motive for sexual participation than is physical fulfillment o General sense of How many adolescents have had sex 4 9 by age 13 40 of girls and 45 of guys by 10th grade Sexual activity increases during the middle teenage years and by senior year more than half of adolescesnts are sexually active Only about 15 20 of American 20 year olds are virgins Who they are having sex with age of partner relationship type Most have partners near their own age Girls are more likely to have partners older than themselves Two thirds of girls have partners one to three years their senior and about one fourth have partners 3 5 years their senior Most teens have sex with older teens Most guys say their first sex experience the opportunity Girls Love Most girls said it was unwanted and done because they guy wanted to to please him Males claimed it was more physically satisfying Most increases happened in the 1960 s Declined in the 1990s due to makes and increased awareness about STDs and HIV Sexual pluralism o Few Americans wait until they are married to have sex The preferred method is serial monogamy About 15 percent of high schoolers are involved in concurrent relationships Teenage boys are more likely than girls to separate love from sex The older they are the more likely to have had sex African American report a higher incidence of sex at an earlier age Asian Americans are less likely to have had sex and postpone kissing or petting until the 20s Hispanic Americans are less restrictive but more than Whites and AA Socioeconomic takes more account than race CHD3243 Contexts of Adolescence Spring 2015 Exam 3 Study Guide o Abstinence o Commitment o Friends with benefits ulterior motives for se Sexual aggression and saying no to unwanted sex Contraceptives and STDs o What kinds of contraceptives are adolescents most likely to use o What are the most common STDs among adolescents o Why contraceptives are not used o Access to contraceptives can adolescents get contraceptives What impact does this availability have on sexual activity among teens Teen pregnancy o outcomes for mothers and fathers o differences in rates between US and other countries Gay and lesbian youth o theories of determinants of sexual orientation o youth adjustment Sex education o Approaches and their effectiveness Chapter 12 Views on education o Traditionalists vs progressives o Performance goal structure vs task mastery structure Middle schools o Characteristics of effective schools o Problems with junior highs traditional middle school structures Dropping out o dimensions of alienation powerless meaningless normless o Risk factors for dropping out Why are these risk factors Chapter 13 Theories of vocational choice o Ginzberg s Compromise with Reality Theory o Gottfredson o Holland s Occupational Environment Theory Influences on vocational choice o family peers schools Gender differences in vocational choice SES differences in vocational choice Effects of youth employment CHD3243 Contexts of Adolescence Spring 2015 Exam 3 Study Guide Career education Chapter 14 o Tech prep programs apprenticeships internships school based enterprises What does it mean to say that risk behaviors tend to cluster Types of runaways o intent vs transient runaways o reasons for running away Depression o depression in adolescents vs adults Risk factors of suicide Self injurious behavior Eating disorders o Anorexia Nervosa o Bulimia Juvenile delinquency o status crimes o causes of juvenile delinquency o correctional systems Conduct disorder ODD ADHD Chapter 15 Physical addiction and psychological dependency Patterns of drug use o Experimental social recreational circumstantial situational intensified compulsive Reasons for first drug use Family factors in drug use Types of treatment o Alcoholics Anonymous behavioral therapy traditional psychiatric and counseling approaches family systems therapy therapeutic community treatment Tobacco use incidence among adolescents Smoking prevention programs What are the physical consequences of alcohol use Why is this particularly important for adolescents Alcohol abuse and alcoholism
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