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TRU PSYCH 3451
Diana Baumrind; according to her, two aspects of the parent's behaviour toward the adolescent are
critical: - parental responsiveness
parental demandingness
Hormones that are important in puberty, carry their instructions by activating brain cells called... -
gonadotroping-releasing hormone (Gn...
TRU PSYCH 3451
Diana Baumrind; according to her, two aspects of the parent's behaviour toward the adolescent are
critical: - parental responsiveness
parental demandingness
Hormones that are important in puberty, carry their instructions by activating brain cells called... -
gonadotroping-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons
The adolescent period has lengthened in the past 100 years because... - physical maturation
occurs earlier
individuals delay going to work/marriage
puberty has 3 main physical manifestations - 1. rapid acceleration in growth
2. development of primary sex characteristics
3. development of secondary sex characteristics
Are new hormones produced at puberty? - No, some levels just increase or decrease
early sexual feelings prior to puberty may be stimulated by the maturation of the adrenal glands -
adenarche
onset of puberty is triggered by an increase in the brain chemical called... - kisspeptin
what chemical stimulates the production of kisspeptin - leptin
what chemical surpresses the production of kisspeptin - melatonin
marker of closing puberty is... - epiphysis
,the development of secondary sex characteristics is typically divided into 5 stages, called the... -
tanner stages
the 2 most important environmental influences on pubertal maturation are... - nutrition and
health
secular trend - over past two centuries, for individuals to be larger in stature, and to reach
puberty earlier, primarily because of improvements in health and nutrition
Pheromones - a class of chemicals secreted by animals that stimulate certain behaviors in other
members of the species (the presence of a stepfather may expose the adolescent girl to pheromones
that stimulate pubertal maturation)
Deductive reasoning - a type of logical reasoning in which one draws logically necessary
conclusions from a general set of premises, or givens
Metacognition - the process of thinking about thinking itself
adolescent egocentrisim 2 parts - imaginary audience
personal fable
imaginary audience - adolescents' belief that they are the focus of everyone else's attention and
concern
personal fable - type of thought common to adolescents in which young people believe
themselves to be unique and protected from harm
Piagetian perspective; says that cognitive development proceeds through 4 stages - sensorimotor
(birth-2yrs)
preoperational (2-5yrs)
, concrete operational (6-early adolescence)
formal operations (early adolescence-adulthood)
cognitive-developmental view - a perspective on development, based on the work of Piaget, that
takes a qualitative, stage-theory approach
According to Piagetian theorists, what is the chief feature that differentiates adolescent thinking from
childrens - abstract logical reasoning
Information-processing perspective - A perspective on cognition that derives from the study of
artificial intelligence and attempts to explain cognitive development in terms of the growth of specific
components of the thinking process (such as memory).
selective attention - the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus, and tuning out
another
divided attention - paying attention to more than one thing at a time
working memory - short-term storage of information being actively processed
reminiscence bump - the fact that experiences from adolescence are generally recalled more than
experiences from other stages of life
functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) - a technique used to produce images of the brain,
often while the subject is performing some sort of mental task
Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) - a technique used to produce images of the brain that shows
connections among different regions
Electroencephalogram (EEG) - a technique for measuring electrical activity at different locations
on the scalp
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