NAME: Module 18 Adolescence & Adulthood

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B. Cognitive and Emotional Changes 1. Which of Piagets cognitive stages do many adolescents enter into? (1 pt.)

b) What benchmarks must an adolescent achieve in order for one to say that he/she has entered this stage? (3 pts.)

2. What area of the teenage brain has not yet reached maturation, and what impact does this have on adolescent thinking? (3 pts.)

b) What risks could this impact have on decision-making (give a couple of examples)? (4 pts.)

3. Why is the adolescent brain particularly vulnerable during this stage of development? (4 pts.)

4. What aspect of the brain development makes teenagers seem more moody than children or adults? (2 pts.)

5. Outline Kohlbergs 3 levels of moral reasoning, including characteristics of each of the 5 stages: (24 pts.) Level 1: Stage 1:

Stage 2:

Level 2: Stage 3:

Stage 4:

Level 3: Stage 5:

6. What are the two criticisms of Kohlbergs theory? (include Gilligans orientation theory) (4 pts.)

7. What is the difference between authoritarian and authoritative parenting styles? (4 pts.)

7b) What kinds of effects can these different styles have on the development of adolescents? (4 pts.)

8. Who in the family unit might actually have the most influence on an adolescents development? ( 1 pt.)

9. What are the memory differences between 20 yr. olds and 50 yr. olds which might this make them good partners/teammates? (4 pts.)

10. What are the best ways to fight against age-related memory loss? (2 pts.)

11. In what ways does brain function improve as we age? (4 pts.)

12. What is positivity bias and why does it occur in people as they age? (4 pts.)

C. Personality and Social Changes 13. How do boys and girls differ in where they derive their self-esteem and in their levels of it? (8 pts.)

14. How does the stability of self-esteem fluctuate over the human life span? (4 pts.)

15. Briefly describe/outline the rest of Eriksons Psychosocial Stages: (9 pts.) Stage 6:

Stage 7:

Stage 8:

D. Gender Roles, Love, and Relationships 16. Cite the disparities between academic degrees earned by women and their presence in occupations associated with those degrees. (4 pts)

17. Why do worldwide gender roles continue, if we can all agree that they are limiting at best and stereotyping/prejudicial at worst? (2 pts.)

18. Why do all the ideal partner schemas in the world do no good when we experience passionate love for someone? (2 pts.)

19. What four problems did Gottman discover ultimately led to couples divorcing? (4 pts.)

19 b) What did he discover about couples who were happily married and stayed together? (2 pts.)

E. Research Focus: Happy Marriages 20. Explain how Gottman used facial and physiological responses in a longitudinal study to determine if marriages would last. (4 pts)

G. Physical Changes: Aging 21. What two factors impact how we age and how long we will live? What is the percentage break down of their impact? (4 pts.)

22. Define the aging process. Can it be slowed, and if so, how? (4 pts.)

H. Application: Suicide 23. What are the most common psychological problems and behavioral symptoms associated with suicide in adolescents? (4 pts.)

24. What are some of the risk factors for adolescent suicide? (4 pts.)