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| Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDS): |
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| Diseases spread by sexual contact. |
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| Identity status, described by Marcia, in which a person is currently considering alternatives (in crisis) and seems headed for commitment. |
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| According to Erickson, a coherent conception of the self, made up of goals, values, and beliefs to which a person is solidly committed. |
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| Identity VS Role confusion |
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| Erickson’s fifth stage of psychosocial development, in which an adolescent seeks to develop a coherent sense of self, including the role he or she is to play in society. Also called identity VS Role confusion. |
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| Marcia’s term for states of ego development that depend on the pretense or absence of crisis and commitment. |
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| Identity status described by Marcia that is characterized by absence of commitment and lack of serious consideration of alternatives. |
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| Identity status, described by Marcia, that is characterized by a commitment to choices made following a crisis, a period spent in exploring alternatives. |
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| Identity status, described by Marcia, in which a person who has not spent a lot of time considering alternatives (that is, has not been in a crisis) is committed to other people’s plans for their life. |
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| Marcia’s term for a period of conscious decision making related to identity formation. |
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| Marcia’s term for personal investment in an occupation or system of beliefs. |
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| Pattern of emotional turmoil, characteristic of a minority of adolescents, which may involve conflict with the family, alienation from adult society, reckless behavior, and rejection of adult values. |
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| Addiction (physical or psychological, or both) to a harmful substance. |
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| Repeated, harmful use of a substance, usually alcohol or other drugs. |
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| Trend that can be seen only by observing several generations, such as the trend towards earlier attainment of adult height and sexual maturity, which began a century ago. |
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| Secondary Sex Characteristics: |
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| Physiological Signs of sexual maturation such as breast development and growth of body hair that do not involve sex organs. |
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| Acquired skills stored in long term memory |
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| Primary Sex Characteristics: |
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| Organs related directly to reproduction, which enlarge and mature during adolescence. |
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| Preconventional Morality: |
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| First level of Kohlber’s theory of moral reasoning in which control is external and rules are obeyed in order to gain rewards or avoid punishment. |
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| Postconventional morality (or morality of autonomous moral principals): |
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| Third level of Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning in which people follow internally held moral principles and can decide among conflicting moral standards. |
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| Elkind’s term for conviction that one is special, unique, and not subject to the rules that govern the rest of the world. |
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| Elkind’s term for an observer who exists only in an adolescent’s mind and is as concerned about the adolescent’s thoughts and actions as the adolescent is. |
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| Hypothetical deductive reasoning: |
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| Ability, believed by Piaget to accompany the stage of formal operations, to develop, consider, and test hypotheses. |
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| Drugs such as alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana, the use of which tends to lead to use of more addictive drugs. |
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| Piaget’s final stage of cognitive development, characterized by the ability to think abstractly. |
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| Acquired knowledge stored in long-term memory. |
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| Second level in Kohlberg’s theory of moral reasoning in which standards of authority in figures are internalized. |
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| Acquired interpretive understandings stored in long term memory |
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| Eating disorder in which a person regularly eats huge quantities of food then purges the body by laxatives, induced vomiting, fasting, or excessive exercise. |
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| Descriptive and evaluative beliefs about one’s appearance. |
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| Eating disorder characterized by self-starvation. |
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| Personal involvement in schooling, work, family life, or other activity. |
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