Chapter 4
Vocabulary Identification
Be able to define the following terms from Chapter 4
Vocabulary
Initiation Rites - Ceremonies or rituals in which an individual is admitted to new status or accepted into a new position.
Puberty - A time period of mixed abilities and responsibilities in which childlike behavior changes to adult like behavior.
Menarche - an adolescent girl’s first menstrual cycle
Spermarche - an adolescent boy’s first ejaculation
Asynchrony
Rationalization
Identity Crisis
Social Learning Theory
Clique - a social group that forms because of social status
Conformity - to change into what society thinks you ought to be
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Gender Identity - searching for ones place in there gender
Gender Role
Gender Stereotype
Androgynous
Gender - Wether a person is male or female
Schema - where information is stored
G. Stanley Hall
Margaret Mead
Robert Havinghurst
1. How do Hall’s and Mead’s theories of adolescence differ?
2. Puberty: definition, ages for males and females, menarche, spermarche, asynchrony
3. How do female and male growth spurts differ?
4. In what ways do adolescents think?
5. Dr. David Elkind
6. Identity Development, Identity Crisis
7. James Marcia: Identity of Adolescents Social Learning Theory Peterson, Bandura, Mead
8. How does the role of the family change during adolescence?
9. Adolescent Rebellion
10. Why do adolescents join cliques?
11. Teenage suicide trends, teenage depression and suicide.
12. How do gender roles differ from gender stereotypes?
13. Sandra Bem, androgynous roles, Bem Sex Role Survey
14. What is a consequence of androgynous roles for adolescents?
15. Understand the gender differences from the text and class notes.
When Sanrda Bem discusses androgyny, is she talking about gender roles or gender identity?
17. Which of the