Psychology 1000 Quiz: Adolescence continued

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Adolescence: period of development and gradual transition between childhood and adulthood: 12-18yrs of age, puberty is an important milestone, early maturation, early females: greater social and sexual pressures fewer negative effects for early males. Adolescent brain brain growth slows from late childhood to adolescence neural restructuring in the prefrontal cortex, planning, coordination. Adult brain: brain declines later in adulthood tissue loss is a part of normal aging. Intellectual changes cross sectional: fluid declines in early adulthood crystallized declines in late adulthood. Wisdom system of knowledge about the meaning and conduct of life understanding of: facts: procedures lifespan, values, uncertainty. Baltes and staudinger: wisdom scores increased steadily from 13-25, stable through 75. James marcia-identity status: identity diffusion: pre identity crisis, foreclosure: committed to identity before experiencing a crisis, moratorium: currently in identity crisis, identity achievement : successfully resolved identity crisis most people are in identity diffusion or foreclosure before adolescence.