Edpy 304 Adolescent Development Midterm

A belief that the cause of an outcome is relatively stable or variable

A belief that the cause of an outcome is something about the person (internal) or about the situation (external)

The process through which children acquire the attitudes, beliefs, behaviours and skills that their parents and culture consider appropriate

A system in which an increase of decrease in one connected factor leads to a change in the same direction in the other connected factor

A system in which a change in one connected factor leads to a change in the opposite direction in the other connected factor

In a family system, a situation in which there is significance change in a family member or in a relationship between family member

a period of change in a family system during which minor events may have far-reaching consequences

A single set of parents & their children

A family that includes grandparents, aunts, uncles and other kin, as well as parents & children

A dimension of child rearing that includes giving praise, warmth, and affection and paying attention to children's wants, needs, and concerns

A dimension of child rearing that includes setting rules, stating expectations clearly & monitoring the child to make sure rules are followed & expectations are met

Those who are both responsive and demanding

Those who are demanding, but not responsive

Those who are responsive, but not demanding

those who are neither responsive nor demanding

The relationship between the demands & expectations of parents & the temparment of the child

An ability to act independently and a willingness to take responsibility for one's actions

the ability to function without having to rely on others such as parents, to provide a sense of comfort and security

The ability to make one's own decisions and take responsibility for them

the rules & limits parents place on their child's activities

trying to control children by acting on their thoughts and feelings

The emotional bond that develops between parents & children; may include secure, resistant, avoidance & disorganized/disoriented attachment

The basic positive or negative concepts that children form about other people and about themselves

The process by which adolescents break away from their parents

A person's genetic makeup, as contrasted with the phenotype of the way genetic makeup is expressed by the person

A method for interring the influence of genes & environment by studying people who are genetically related

research that compares identical & fraternal twins to assess the effects of nature/nurture

research that compares adopted children with their biological & adoptive parents to asses the effects of nature/nurture

are those aspects of experience that tend to make siblings similar to eachother

are those that tend to make siblings different to each other

A situation in which parents create environments that are associated with their own genetically influenced traits which are similar to those of their child

A situation in which a child has genetically influenced traits that evoke particular responses from others

A situation in which children seek out settings that are congenial to their genetically influenced traits

a situation in which a particular genetic predisposition is expressed in one environment but not in another

A process in which siblings deliberately define themselves as different from one another by taking up different interests, activities, friends etc

A situation in which siblings form coalitions that encourage deviate or problem behaviour

adolescents who are without adult supervision after school & on vacations days, usually because parents work outside of the home

teens use other teens as a source of information, a standard of comparison and source of praise & criticism

someone who is roughly the same level in age, social status or level of functioning with another

The social custom of grouping people such as children, and adolescents on the basis of their chronological age

the idea that there is a sharp divide between the value systems and goals of adolescents and adults

a culture in which social change is slow & younger generations need to acquire the knowledge & skills of their elders

a culture in which social change is fairly rapid & both older and younger generations come to have knowledge & skills that require each other

a culture in which social change is very rapid & older generations need to replace obsolete knowledge & skills with those of the younger generation

the idea that adolescents as a group have customs, values and beliefs that separate them from the culture of adults

doing as others are doing or what is urged of you, whether or not it fits with personal inclinations, values & beliefs

acting like others because there is a social norm that prescribes doing as others do

acting like others because of a belief that others have better information about the correct thing to do

'leaders of the pack'

the process of comparing one's status or performance with that of a particular reference group

rewarding or punishing oneself for what one considers a good or bad outcome of one's actions

the drive to be part of the social group and to feel accepted by others

competing social influences from different sources

Research tools used to study the structure & inner connections of social groups

the degree to which a person is chosen as liked (and not chosen as disliked) by others in a social group

the degree to which a person is chosen either as liked or disliked

a label for those who are high in both social preference and social impact

a label for those who are low in social preference but high in social impact

a label for those who are very low in social impact & neutral in social preference

a label for those who are very high in social impact but neutral in social preference

a label for those who are near the middle on both social preference and social impact

a tendency to assume that ambiguous actions by others are the result of hostile intent and to respond in a hostile fashion

trying to hurt someone by attacking their personal and social relationships for example through ridicule, exclusion and malicious gossip

the ability to reason effectively about people and social relationships

the capacity to infer or image the thoughts, perceptions and emotions of other people

the deliberate victimization of another person through verbal, social or physical attacks

the use of the internet to sent nasty messages to victims or to spread malicious rumours

1. Education

2.Assessment

3. Intervention

4. Policy

a small, close knit group of friends, generally of the same age, sex and social status

a social category for which membership is based largely on observed characteristics, reputation & stereotypes

a school that tries to educate the whole pool of teens by placing them in different tracks according to their presumed abilities & future economic roles

an approach that saw equality & democratic citizenship as central goals of the education system

Grades 7,8, & 9 intended to meet the special needs of young adolescents & be a bridge between elementary & high school

a school that typically includes grades 6,7, and 8 & has become more common than junior high schools

A focus on competitive success and a tendency to interpret outcomes as a sign of ability or lack of ability. Also called "Ability-Goal orientation"

A focus on learning & mastering tasks and on personal improvement. Also called Task-Goal orientation

placing obstacles in the way of one's performance in order to avoid having to attribute a possible failure to low ability

The practice of assigning students to a particular curriculum or set of courses on the basis of their presumed abilities

the general learning atmosphere in a school, including attitudes of students and staff, order and discipline and student participation

The sense that students have a being connected & committed to their school and its positive functioning

The belief that the cause of an outcome is under your control

where parents educate their children at home with oversight of local education authorities

students who are considered to have unusually strong talents or abilities that makes more challenging educational efforts advisable

those students who have physical, cognitive or developmental problems that interfere with their progress in school

an intensive high school class that leads to nationwide advanced placement exam in a subject - can get a university credit

school sponsored & supportive voluntary activities that aren't part of the formal education curriculum

A term used to describe those teens who finish high school but don't go on to college or university. 1/4

a non familial adult who provides a young person with guidance & support

a network of personal & social relationships that makes it easier to be effective in accomplishing one's goals

the belief that working brings positive personal benefits such as strengthened character in addition to whatever goods the work produces

having a disposable income with few responsibilities which give teens an unrealistic attitude towards money

a system in which teens divide their time between school & on the job training, leading to a certificate/diploma in their chosen field

The feeling of close connections & shared purpose that unites the person with others in the group

the feeling of mistrust & welfare of the community because teens think the community doesn't care about them

A relatively stable system of shared norms, beliefs, values and behaviours that are passed across generations

the tendency to see the world from the standpoint of one's own cultural values & assumptions

research that involves comparing how the same process or phenomenon is expressed or experienced by different cultural groups

A worldview that focuses on the uniqueness & independence of autonomous individuals and stresses the importance of personal rights, goals and needs

A worldwide view that focuses on the connectedness of the person to the family or group & stresses the importance of upholding the goals, norms and beliefs of the group

the process by which children and adolescents acquire the social norms, rules and behaviours of their family and society

the process by which children and adolescents acquire the attitudes, believes and psychological aspects of their culture

a group of people who share characteristics such as race, religion, national origion, linguistic background, cultural heritage and customs

giving up their own culture and identifying with the majority culture

rejecting both their own culture and the majority culture

identifying only with their own group and rejecting the majority culture

retaining their identification with their own ethnocultural group while also identifying with the majority culture

a term for adolescents who have successfully integrated their identificaitons with both their culture of origin and the majority culture

a person's place or status in society as indicated by wealth, income, education, living conditions, prestige and influence

an approach to understanding how adolescents choose which media to attend to & what they get from their choices