HESC 1403: FINAL
50 Cards in this Set
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What best describes adolescence?
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Adolescence has no clear beginning and ending
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The term presbyopia refers to what?
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a nearly universal decline in close vision that occurs around age 40
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In comparison to individualistic cultures, people who live in cultures that are more collectivistic have...
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lower expectations for experiencing passionate love
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T or F. When it comes to romance, opposites attract
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False
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T or F. According to Erikson, the key focus of adolescent psychological development is the resolving the identity crisis
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True
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Adolescents are most likely to receive mixed messages about sexuality in _____ cultures
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Semi-restrictive
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Cardiovasular problems may also lead to...
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Cognitive Decline
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According to James Mercia, the status of adolescents who prematurely commit to an identity without adequetly exploring alternatives is called..
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Identity Forclosure
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16 year old Sally primps in front of every mirror she comes across and believes that she is the focus of everyones attention. Sally is demonstrating what?
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Imaginary audience
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A strength of the labeling theory of passionate love is that it explains what?
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How people define love for themselves
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Groups of 2 to 12 people whose members have frequent social interactions with one another are called what?
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Cliques
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Health risks during adolescence are mostly a function of what?
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Behaviors
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The theory that individuals experience romatic love when two events occur together; intense psychological arousal and situational cues suggesting that the arousal is due to love is called what?
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Labeling theory for passionate love
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Regarding adolescent peer groups, the terms skater, nerd, jock and emo are referred to as what?
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Crowds
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According to sternberg, the component of love that encompasses feelings of closeness, affection and connectedness is called what?
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Intimacy component
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The tendency to marry someone who is similar in age, race, education and religion is reffered to as what?
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Homogamy
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In regard to the US, one difference from the current adolescent experience as compared to how an adolescence was experienced a few decades ago is what?
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Adolescence is becoming elongated. (lasting longer)
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One theory of aging is that, as cells divide ____become shorter, resulting in decreased cellular function.
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Telomeres
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The visible aging signs of sexual maturity that do not directly involve sex organs are called what?
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Secondary sex characteristics
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The view held by some adolescents that what happens to them is unique, exeptional and shared by no one else is called what?
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Personal Fable
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A condition in which the bones become brittle, fragile and thin often brought about by a lack of calcium in the diet is called what?
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Osteoperosis
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T or F. On social, political and religious issues, parents and adolescents tend to be out of sync with each other.
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False
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When the production of the protein beta-amaloid precursor protein , which normally produces neurons, goes awry and produces clumps of cells that trigger inflammation and deterioration of nerve cells, this is called what?
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Alzheimers disease
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T or F. It is likely that as people grow older, nearly half of them will be able to rely on their adult children to provide them with care
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False
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One factor contributing to population aging is what?
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Increased abitily to access birth control
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Which of the following is most likely to occur in individualistic, western cultures?
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Higher rates of divorce
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The secular trends refers to what?
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an increasingly earlier age of menarche among girls
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T or F. It was discused that people in the US have higher divorce rates becaues they have higher expectations for passionate love for their romantic partners
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True
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What is the term for the onset of menstruation?
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Menarche
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Erikson believed that because of the pressures related to the identity versus the identity confusion stage, many adolescents...
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Pursue a "psychological moratorium" during which they take time off from upcoming responsibilities of adulthood to explore alternative roles and possibilities.
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Myelation of neurons is a process that continues up untill around what age?
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the mid to late 20's
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What is a by product that is produced by metabolism of energy in the body and has been related to aging?
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Oxygen Free Radicals
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Paiget's final stage of cognitive development is what?
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Formal operations
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James Macia suggests that adolescent identity can be seen in terms of 2 characteristics, which are what?
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Crisis and Commitment
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T or F. Between ages 11 and 13, mean height is greater for girls than for boys.
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True
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The part of the brain that is involved in reasoning, higher order thinking and impulse control is what?
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The prefrontal cortex
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What is the term for the part of the protective area(s) or tip of DNA that grows shorter every time the cell divides?
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Telomeres
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T or F. Over the next 2 decades the population of the US is expected to grow significantly older.
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True
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According to James Marcia, an adolescent who has experienced an identity crisis and has made commitments to a specific identity is classified as which identity status?
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Identity Achievement
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The segment of the population that is experiencing the most rapid growth is the US consists of those who are how old?
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85 years and older
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Which of the following term focuses on sexual maturation?
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Puberty
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Information processing in kids is characterized by an increase in what abilities?
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-Use of control strategies
-Automatization of repeated cognitive tasks
-Metacognitive abilities
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Molly is a 27 year old female who looks years older than her actual age. She lives a high risk lifestyle that includes regular use of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs and she never exercised regularly. Mollys behavioral choices have likely brought about... what ?
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Secondary Aging
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What is true for early maturing boys as compared to their later maturing peers?
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They are more athletic
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The theory that mechanical functions of the body simply wear out with age is called the...
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Wear-and-tear theories
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Girls begin their growth spurt around age ____, while boys begin their growth spurt around age ____
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10; 12
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One point that was made in lecture and in class video is that our country will soon have to come to grips with....
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Large numbers of old people who need medical care
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T or F. Adolescents can exercise longer and more strenuously than children
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True
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According to one theory of love, people who have an anxious ambivilant attachment style are like to exhibit what characteristics in their romantic relationships?
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Over dependence on their romantic partner
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According to Sternberg, love that has the componants of intimacy and commitment, but no passion is labeled ____ love
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Companionate
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HESC 1403: FINAL