How Much Do You Know About Adolescent Psychology? Trivia Questions Quiz

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How Much Do You Know About Adolescent Psychology? When the changes in our bodies start coming in, there is much that those between thirteen to nineteen have questions to that most people can’t answer and this is where an adolescent psychiatrist comes in to help them understand their body and behaviors too. Take the quiz, and see if you have enough knowledge to help an adolescent near you.

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How Much Do You Know About Adolescent Psychology? Trivia Questions Quiz

According to the ________ view, adolescence is a sociohistorical creation. Rather that just biological, school, work, and economics are important dimensions to this view.

From 189-1820 there was a ___% increase in high school graduation. The US wanted to have a fully employed workforce, thus they pushed for better education.

Historians now call the period between 1890 and 1920 the Age of ___________.

A(n) ______ is a group of people who are born at a similar point in history and share similar experiences as a result.

______ refers to influences attributed to a person's year of birth, era, or generation, but not to actual chronological age.

Joseph Adelson coined the term _________ which refers to generalizations that are based on information about a limited, often highly visible group of adolescents

Daniel Offer and his colleagues' research found that 73% of adolescents in 11 countries had a negative self-image.

This generation was born after 1980. The first generation to reach emerging/early adulthood in the 21st century. Traits are they are incredibly savvy with technology and ethnically diverse.

This generation was born between 1965 and 1980. Their traits are they are savvy, entrepreneurial loners.

This generation was born between 1946 and 1964. Named for the spike in fertility after WWII, ending about the time of the introduction of the birth control pill.

This generation was born between 1928 and 1945. Known as the children of the Great Depression and WWII. Their name refers to their conformist and civic interests.

This generation was born before 1928. In the words of President Ronald Reagan, "they saved the world when it was young". The generation that won WWII.

____________ emphasizes the strengths of youth and the positive qualities and developmental trajectories that are desired for youth.

One of the 5 C's of PYD is ________, which involves having a positive perception of one's actions in domain-specific areas--social, academic, physical, career, and so on.

One of the 5 C's of PYD is _________, which consists of an overall positive sense of self-worth and self-efficacy (a sense that one can master a situation and produce positive outcomes).

One of the 5 C's of of PYD is _________, which is characterized by positive relationships with others, including family, peers, teachers, and individuals in the community.

One of the 5 C's of PYD is __________, which comprises of respect for societal rules, an understanding of right and wrong, and integrity.

One of the 5 C's of PYD is _________, which encompasses showing emotional concern for others, especially those in distress.

Which of these is the 5 C's of PYD?

According to Jeffrey Arnett, ________ adulthood takes place from approximately 18 to 25 years of age.

Which of these are Jeffrey Arnett's 5 key features that characterize emerging adulthood?

Which trait of emerging adulthood is this: especially in love and work, key changes in identity take place for many individuals.

Which trait of emerging adulthood is this: residential changes peak during emerging adulthood, a time in which there is also often instability in love, work, and education.

Which trait of emerging adulthood is this: According to Arnett, emerging adults are "self-focused in the sense that they have little in the way of social obligations, duties, and commitments to others, which leaves them with a great deal of autonomy in running their own lives."

Which trait of emerging adulthood is this: Many don't consider themselves adolescents or full-fledged adults. In a national survey, 45% of US 18-29 y/o adults considering themselves not quite adults, but their self-perception steadily increased during their 20s.

Which trait of emerging adulthood is this: Many emerging adults are optimistic about their future, especially for those who experienced difficult times while growing up. For them, emerging adulthood is a time when individuals have an opportunity to transform their lives.

Which of these are the 3 main characteristics of becoming an adult?

The _________ issue focuses on the extent to which development involves gradual, cumulative change of distinct stages.

____________ theories describe development as primarily unconscious (beyond awareness) and heavily colored by emotion.

In Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory, the _____ stage states that an infant's pleasure centers on the mouth.

In Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory, the _____ stage states that a child's pleasure focuses on the anus.

In Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory, the _____ stage states that the child's pleasure focuses on the genitals.

In Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory, the _____ stage states that children repress sexual interest and develops social and intellectual skills.

In Sigmund Freud's Psychosexual Development Theory, the _____ stage is a time of sexual reawakening, source of sexual pleasure becomes someone outside the family.

In an Epic Rap Battle of Stage Theories, who would win?

In __________ theory, 8 stages of development unfold as we go through life.

According to Erikson, the crisis each individual confronts at each stage is not a catastrophe but a ________ marked by both increased vulnerability and enhanced potential.

_________ theory states that individuals actively construct their understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive development.

A(n) ________ is a period of development where there is an ascendance of 1 or more characteristics that is more strong at that point than any other point.

In Piaget's __________ stage, the child can now reason logically about concrete events; understand the concepts of conservation, organizes objects into hierarchical classes (classification) and places objects in ordered series (seriation)

In Piaget's ___________ stage the adolescent reasons in more abstract, idealistic, and logical ways.

______________ is when a factor in Piaget's Formal Operational Stage where individuals think more like scientists when they solve problems. When faced with a problem, they hypothesis the problem, and deduce which could work, and test those possibilities. Develops around 15 or so.

________________ is individuals think more like scientists when they solve problems. When faced with a problem, they hypothesis the problem, and deduce which could work, and test those possibilities. Develops around 15 or so.

_________ theory emphasizes that individuals manipulate information, monitor it, and strategize about it.

Vygotsky's sociocultural cognitive theory: stage or Nah?

Information processing theory: stage or nah?

What's the best cognitive development theory out here?

According to __________ theory reinforcement and punishment important. Essentially, behavior is determined by external consequence.

In _______ social cognitive theory it is behavior, environment, and person/cognition are the key factors in development. Together, they form triangle.

_____________ ecological theory holds that development reflects the influence of five environmental systems: microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem.