Psychology of Adolescence

by Nicole Rosa & Kathryn Frazier

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This text is intended for an upper level Adolescent Psychology course.

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Worcester State University
Subjects
Social Sciences
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Mixed licences (each page states its own), as LibreTexts states it
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

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  1. Front Matter
  2. 1: Studying Adolescent Psychology
  3. 1.1: Human Development
  4. 1.2: Key Issues in Human Development
  5. 1.3: The Forbidden Experiment
  6. 1.4: The Lifespan Perspective
  7. 1.5: Glossary
  8. 2: Psychological Research
  9. 2.1: The Scientific Method
  10. 2.2: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches to Research
  11. 2.3: Descriptive Research
  12. 2.4: Methods of Data Collection
  13. 2.5: Analyzing Data- Correlational and Experimental Research
  14. 2.6: Correlational Research
  15. 2.7: Experimental Research
  16. 2.8: Developmental Research Designs
  17. 2.9: Challenges in Conducting Developmental Research
  18. 2.10: Glossary
  19. 3: Psychological Approaches
  20. 3.1: Understanding Theories
  21. 3.2: History of Developmental Psychology
  22. 3.3: Contemporary Psychological Approaches
  23. 3.4: Psychodynamic Approach
  24. 3.5: Behavioral Approach
  25. 3.6: Humanistic Approach
  26. 3.7: Cognitive Approach
  27. 3.8: Contextual Approach
  28. 3.9: Biopsychology and Evolutionary Psychology
  29. 3.10: Comparing Contemporary Approaches
  30. 3.11: Glossary
  31. 4: Physical Development during Adolescence
  32. 4.1: Puberty Begins
  33. 4.2: Sexual Development
  34. 4.3: Health Concerns during Adolescence
  35. 4.4: Glossary
  36. 5: Brain Development during Adolescence
  37. 5.1: Brain Basics
  38. 5.2: Brain Changes during Adolescence
  39. 5.3: Adolescent Sleep
  40. 5.4: Teens and Risk-Taking Behavior
  41. 5.5: Inside the Teenage Brain
  42. 5.6: Behavioral and Psychological Adjustment
  43. 5.7: Glossary
  44. 6: Cognitive Changes during Adolescence
  45. 6.1: Constructivist Theories
  46. 6.2: Psychological Constructivism
  47. 6.3: Social Constructivism
  48. 6.4: Information Processing Theories
  49. 6.5: Intelligence
  50. 6.6: Glossary
  51. 7: Learning, Achievement, and Work in Adolescence
  52. 7.1: Education
  53. 7.2: Understanding Learning Difficulties
  54. 7.3: Academic Achievement
  55. 7.4: Work and Career
  56. 7.5: Glossary
  57. 8: Identity Development
  58. 8.1: Identity Formation
  59. 8.2: Identity Development Theory
  60. 8.3: Domains of Identity
  61. 8.4: Glossary
  62. 9: Moral Development
  63. 9.1: Theories of Moral Development
  64. 9.2: Modern Views of Moral Development
  65. 9.3: Influences on Moral Development
  66. 9.4: Moral Reasoning in Adolescence
  67. 9.5: Glossary
  68. 10: Changing Family Relationships
  69. 10.1: Key Components of Good Parenting
  70. 10.2: Family Life
  71. 10.3: Child Maltreatment
  72. 10.4: Stress and Development
  73. 10.5: Glossary
  74. 11: Changing Peer Relationships
  75. 11.1: Peer Relationships
  76. 11.2: Sociometric Peer Status
  77. 11.3: Bullying
  78. 11.4: Teen Dating
  79. 11.5: Glossary
  80. 12: Intimacy and Sexuality
  81. 12.2: Finding Love, Intimacy, and Romance in Early Adulthood
  82. 12.1: Sexual Development in Adolescence
  83. 13: Emerging and Early Adulthood
  84. 13.1: Emerging Adulthood
  85. 13.2: When Does Adulthood Begin?
  86. 13.3: Physical Development in Emerging and Established Adulthood
  87. 13.4: A Healthy but Risky Time
  88. 13.5: Gender
  89. 13.6: Sexuality
  90. 13.7: Cognitive Development in Emerging and Early Adulthood
  91. 13.8: Education and Career
  92. 13.9: Psychosocial Development in Emerging and Early Adulthood
  93. 13.10: Attachment in Young Adulthood
  94. 13.11: Relationships and Intimacy
  95. 13.12: Emerging and Established Adult Lifestyles
  96. 13.13: Intimate Partner Abuse
  97. 13.14: Parenthood
  98. 13.15: COVID-19 Impact on Emerging and Established Adulthood
  99. 13.16: Emerging and Early Adulthood (References)
  100. 14: Issues in Adolescence
  101. 14.1: Adolescent Sleep
  102. 14.2: Health During Adolescence
  103. 14.3: Eating Disorders
  104. 14.4: Adolescents' Relationships
  105. 14.5: Adolescent Sexual Activity
  106. 14.6: COVID-19 Impact on Adolescence
  107. 14.7: Teenage Drivers
  108. 14.8: Behavioral and Psychological Adjustment
  109. 14.9: Teenagers and Working
  110. 15: Supplemental Content
  111. 15.1: Adolescence
  112. 15.1.1: Growth in Adolescence
  113. 15.1.2: Adolescent Brain
  114. 15.1.3: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  115. 15.1.4: Psychosocial Development in Adolescence
  116. 15.1.5: Adolescence (References)
  117. 15.2: Adolescence
  118. 15.2.1: Why It Matters- Adolescence
  119. 15.2.2: Introduction to Physical Growth and Development in Adolescence
  120. 15.2.3: Physical Development during Adolescence
  121. 15.2.4: Brain Development During Adolescence
  122. 15.2.5: Introduction to Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  123. 15.2.6: Cognitive Development during Adolescence
  124. 15.2.7: Introduction to Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence
  125. 15.2.8: Social Development during Adolescence
  126. 15.2.9: Putting It Together- Adolescence
  127. 15.2.10: Discussion- Adolescence
  128. 15.2.11: Assignment- Build an Interactive
  129. 15.2.12: Discussion- Adolescence Interview Assignment
  130. 15.3: Adolescence
  131. 15.3.1: Introduction to Adolescence
  132. 15.3.2: Physical Development
  133. 15.3.3: Cognitive Development
  134. 15.3.4: Social Development
  135. 15.3.5: Adolescence
  136. 15.3.6: Adolescence
  137. 15.4: Adolescence
  138. 15.4.1: Introduction to Adolescense
  139. 15.4.2: Physical Development
  140. 15.4.3: Cognitive Development
  141. 15.4.4: Social Development
  142. 15.4.5: Lecture- Adolescence
  143. 15.5: Early Adulthood
  144. 15.5.1: Introduction to Early Adulthood
  145. 15.5.2: Physical Development
  146. 15.5.3: Cognitive Development
  147. 15.5.4: Psychosocial Development
  148. 15.5.5: Types of Love
  149. 15.5.6: Love Attitude Scale
  150. 15.5.7: Love Styles
  151. 15.5.8: Adolescence and Early Adulthood
  152. 15.5.9: Early Adulthood
  153. 15.5.10: Early Adulthood
  154. 15.5.11: Adolescence and Early Adulthood
  155. 15.5.12: Unit 3 Exam
  156. 15.6: Early Adulthood
  157. 15.6.1: Lecture- Early Adulthood
  158. 15.6.2: Physical Development
  159. 15.6.3: Cognitive Development
  160. 15.6.4: Psychosocial Development
  161. 15.6.5: Activity- Love Attitude Scale
  162. 15.6.6: Types of Love
  163. 15.6.7: Work and Personality
  164. 15.7: Young Adulthood
  165. 15.7.1: Emerging Adulthood
  166. 15.7.2: Health and Physical Development for Young Adults
  167. 15.7.3: Gender in Young Adulthood
  168. 15.7.4: Sexuality in Young Adulthood
  169. 15.7.5: Cognitive Development in Young Adulthood
  170. 15.7.6: Work and Education in Young Adulthood
  171. 15.7.7: Psychosocial Development in Young Adulthood
  172. 15.7.8: Young Adult Lifestyles
  173. 15.7.9: Part 4 References
  174. 15.8: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence (Ages 12 to 18)
  175. 15.8.1: What Does Psychology Say?
  176. 15.8.2: Physical Growth and Development in Adolescence
  177. 15.8.3: Puberty, Sexual Behavior, and Sexual Health in Adolescence
  178. 15.8.4: Cognition in Adolescence
  179. 15.8.5: Decision-Making and Risky Behaviors in Adolescence
  180. 15.8.6: Key Terms
  181. 15.8.7: Summary
  182. 15.8.8: Review Questions
  183. 15.8.9: Check Your Understanding Questions
  184. 15.8.10: Personal Application Questions
  185. 15.8.11: Essay Questions
  186. 15.9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood (Ages 18 to 29)
  187. 15.9.1: What Does Psychology Say?
  188. 15.9.2: Becoming an Adult
  189. 15.9.3: Physical Health and Growth in Early Adulthood
  190. 15.9.4: Sexuality in Early Adulthood
  191. 15.9.5: Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
  192. 15.9.6: Contexts - Higher Education and Work Achievement in Early Adulthood
  193. 15.9.7: Key Terms
  194. 15.9.8: Summary
  195. 15.9.9: Review Questions
  196. 15.9.10: Check Your Understanding Questions
  197. 15.9.11: Personal Application Questions
  198. 15.9.12: Essay Questions
  199. 15.10: Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence (Ages 12 to 18)
  200. 15.10.1: What Does Psychology Say?
  201. 15.10.2: Theories of Adolescent Socioemotional Development
  202. 15.10.3: Emotional and Self-Development in Adolescence
  203. 15.10.4: Identity and Culture- Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality in Adolescence
  204. 15.10.5: Social Contexts in Adolescence
  205. 15.10.6: Family and Community Contexts in Adolescence
  206. 15.10.7: Key Terms
  207. 15.10.8: Summary
  208. 15.10.9: Review Questions
  209. 15.10.10: Check Your Understanding Questions
  210. 15.10.11: Personal Application Questions
  211. 15.10.12: Essay Questions
  212. 15.11: Social and Emotional Development in Early Adulthood (Ages 18 to 29)
  213. 15.11.1: What Does Psychology Say?
  214. 15.11.2: The Development of Self in Early Adulthood
  215. 15.11.3: Identity Development in Context in Early Adulthood
  216. 15.11.4: Relationships with Friends and Family in Early Adulthood
  217. 15.11.5: Contexts- School and Work Settings in Early Adulthood
  218. 15.11.6: Key Terms
  219. 15.11.7: Summary
  220. 15.11.8: Review Questions
  221. 15.11.9: Check Your Understanding Questions
  222. 15.11.10: Personal Application Questions
  223. 15.11.11: Essay Questions
  224. 15.12: Early Adulthood
  225. 15.12.1: Why It Matters- Early Adulthood
  226. 15.12.2: Introduction to Physical Development in Early Adulthood
  227. 15.12.3: Developmental Tasks of Early Adulthood
  228. 15.12.4: Physical Development in Early Adulthood
  229. 15.12.5: Sex and Fertility in Early Adulthood
  230. 15.12.6: Introduction to Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
  231. 15.12.7: Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood
  232. 15.12.8: Education and Work
  233. 15.12.9: Introduction to Theories of Adult Psychosocial Development
  234. 15.12.10: Theories of Early Adult Psychosocial Development
  235. 15.12.11: Emerging Adulthood
  236. 15.12.12: Introduction to Relationships in Early Adulthood
  237. 15.12.13: Attraction and Love
  238. 15.12.14: Trends in Dating, Cohabitation, and Marriage
  239. 15.12.15: Parenting
  240. 15.12.16: Putting It Together- Early Adulthood
  241. 15.12.17: Discussion- Early Adulthood
  242. 15.12.18: Assignment- Emerging Adulthood in the Media
  243. 15.12.19: Discussion- Dating and Marriage Interview Assignment
  244. 15.12.20: Assignment- My Development Journal
  245. 15.13: Research Methods
  246. 15.13.1: Introduction to Research in Lifespan Development
  247. 15.13.2: Research Methods
  248. 15.13.3: Correlational and Experimental Research
  249. 15.13.4: Developmental Research Designs
  250. 15.13.5: Challenges Conducting Developmental Research
  251. 15.13.6: Conducting Ethical Research
  252. 15.13.7: Extras - Keep/Delete
  253. 15.13.7.1: Research Methods
  254. 15.13.7.2: Research Designs
  255. 15.13.7.3: Developmental Research Designs
  256. 15.13.7.4: The Cohort Effect
  257. 15.14: Developmental Theories
  258. 15.14.1: Historical Theories on Development
  259. 15.14.1.1: Psychodynamic Theory
  260. 15.14.2: Contemporary Theories on Development
  261. 15.14.2.1: Psychosocial Theory
  262. 15.14.2.2: Exploring Behaviour
  263. 15.14.2.3: Exploring Cognition
  264. 15.15: Adolescence - Physical Development
  265. 15.15.1: Physical Growth
  266. 15.15.2: Brain Growth
  267. 15.15.3: Physical Changes in Adolescence
  268. 15.15.4: Adolescent Health- Sleep, Diet, and Exercise
  269. 15.15.5: Maintaining Emotional Health
  270. 15.15.6: Disorders and Syndromes
  271. 15.15.7: Summary
  272. 15.16: Adolescence - Cognitive Development
  273. 15.16.1: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
  274. 15.16.2: Cognitive Changes in the Brain
  275. 15.16.3: Cognitive Theorists- Piaget, Elkind, Kohlberg, and Gilligan
  276. 15.16.4: Information Processing Theory- Memory, Encoding, and Storage
  277. 15.16.5: Adolescence (A Time of Transitions)
  278. 15.16.6: Wisdom and Risk-Taking
  279. 15.16.7: Summary
  280. 15.17: Adolescence - Social Emotional Development
  281. 15.17.1: Erik Erikson – Theory of Psychosocial Development
  282. 15.17.2: James Marcia – Theory of Identity Development
  283. 15.17.3: Development of Identity and Self Concept - Who am I?
  284. 15.17.4: Development of Gender Identity
  285. 15.17.5: Socialization Agents During Adolescence
  286. 15.17.6: Community, Society, and Culture
  287. 15.17.7: Media- Influences on Teens
  288. 15.17.8: Development of Sexual Identity
  289. 15.17.9: Antisocial Behavior in Adolescence
  290. 15.17.10: Antisocial Behaviors, Violence, and Child Abuse
  291. 15.17.11: Violence and Abuse
  292. 15.17.12: Emerging Adulthood - The Bridge Between Adolescence and Adulthood
  293. 15.17.13: Summary
  294. 15.18: Education
  295. 15.18.1: School During Adolescence
  296. 15.19: Identity Formation
  297. 15.19.1: Moral Reasoning During Adolescence
  298. Back Matter
  299. Detailed Licensing