PSYCH 133A Lecture Notes - Fundamental Attribution Error, Anna Freud, Adolescence
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Defining adolescence: what does adolescence start and end, onset: onset of puberty, one definition: when they are no longer a kid, age = poor indicator b/c pubertal onset varies, offset: societally determined when gained (financial, psychological) autonomy. Tendency to attribute teens behavior to internal factors (e. g. , bilogy) rather than external ones (environmental) Socrates: adolescents contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers . Anna freud (1958): to be normal during adolescent period is by itself abnormal. Stanley hall (1904): 1st book on adolescent psychology. The average trends offer support for an increased risk for greater conflict, depression, risk-taking behaviors. The average trends mask individual differences among teens (e. g. , not all are experiencing increased depression) Need to understand the reasons (e. g. , psychological processes) that account for. Contradictory cross-cultural evidence the increased risks and individual differences. Margaret mead, anthropologist: based on her cross-cultural research in samoa (1929): storm & stress is not universal and therefore cannot be biologically-based.
