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    Meagan Lopez 11-29-12 Child/Adolescent Psychology Adolescent Observation Assignment For this adolescent observation assignment I observed four adolescents at a home get together‚ there were two girls and two guys. One girl was sixteen years old‚ while another girl was seventeen years old. Both of the guys were seventeen years old. Their names are Rebecca‚ Amanda‚ Elias‚ and Aaron. There physical appearances did not seem to have much in common. Rebecca is African American‚ Amanda is Hispanic‚

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    REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TAGUIG CITY UNIVERSITY Gen. Santos Avenue‚ Upper Bicutan‚ Taguig City ED 202 CHILD AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT Second Semester School Year: 2012-2013 “Enriching Myself as a Future Teacher Through a Broader Understanding of the Child and Adolescent" Submitted by: Delgado‚ Aicel May D. BSE Second Year Major in English Submitted to: Dr.Emelita Magsalin AIMS OF THE STUDY: * To introduce teacher education students to

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    range of sexual situations and orientations varies greatly. Issues arise throughout our lives that can have both positive and negative effects on our sexual behaviors. In this paper‚ I will discuss adolescent sexuality‚ mature adult sexuality‚ and the sexuality of physically disabled individuals. Adolescent Sexuality Anna is in her adolescent stage. It is normal for her to experience anxiety about sexual issues. She will develop and grow as an individual during this stage and she will have to face

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    Adolescent Psych Notes

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    ADOLESCENT PSYCH NOTES: Adolescence? Developmental stage (between childhood and adulthood) Preparation for Adulthood/Transition Figuring out interests/goals/ planning for the future Erickson – Moratorium Gaining maturity (e.g. Neurologically; Cognitively) Social Behavioral change is result of Cognitive Development Motivational Changes as well Being able to take reality in and really begin to understand what is happening in the world. Adulthood Being Reached

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    Adult Adolescent Parenting Inventory (AAPI-2) Pre-Test: The AAPI-2 assesses the parenting and child rearing attitudes of adult populations. The five areas assessed are: Inappropriate Expectations‚ Empathy‚ Corporal Punishment‚ Role Reversal‚ and Power Independence. Scores are presented as a Sten‚ or Standard Ten‚ which range from 1-10. Scores within the norm lie from 4 through 7. The scores are reported in a Standard ten format‚ with numbers from 1-10 representing different percentages of the population

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    acculturation was found to have both positive and negative effects. The study found that more acculturated Latino adolescents exhibited higher rates of problem behavior. The causes included higher exposure to discrimination and negative stereotypes‚ a greater susceptibility to peer pressure‚ and lessening family cohesiveness as traditional values were lost and parental authority waned. Because the adolescents adjusted more rapidly then their parents‚ the values they absorbed from their environment clashed with

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    Adolescent Case Study I. Identification A. Kathy Johnson is a 14 year old female‚ a freshman at Parkway High School‚ and resides at 789 Parkview Way‚ Bossier City‚ LA 70000. II. History of Family A. The subject lives with her biological mother and stepfather. The child’s biological father resides in Bossier City as well‚ but he has not maintained a relationship with the child since he divorced her mother in 1981. The child also has a brother who lives out of state and has no relationship

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    recommends this vaccine for all boys and girl between the ages of 11 and 12. Gaining access to adolescents for vaccination is a victory in itself. Since vaccinating adolescents is a fresher idea parents aren’t quite sure of it yet therefore adolescents go without. Also they are in their prime they are fit‚ healthy‚ and active so getting them into a doctor’s office to even explain the benefits of adolescent vaccination is a chore. At least with HPV vaccination

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    Adolescent Eating Habits

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    such as obesity‚ heart disease‚ cancers‚ stroke‚ and type 2 diabetes. Investigating and understanding adolescent eating habits is necessary to preventing diet-related diseases later in the future. This paper discusses characteristic adolescent eating habits; skipping meals‚ fast food consumption‚ frequent snacking‚ and other dieting practices of adolescents. The nutritional requirements for adolescents are also discussed. Unhealthy Dietary Habits Teens engage in dieting practices that maybe less than

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    Child and Adolescent Development The development of child and adolescents covers a large selection of human efforts that attempts to understand why a person acts the way he or she does‚ grows the way he‚ or she grows‚ and thinks the way he or she thinks. Human development has been studied since the beginning of psychology‚ in which the work of Sigmund Freud has been predominantly influential. Freud was the father of psychodynamics and the first to study human development and the inner workings

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