PSYC 304 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Puberty, Limbic System, Trust Law
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Adolescence today: challenges, more divorced families instability stress, more pressure ex. Academic: generalizations, diversity of experiences, research in adolescence should not rely on common sense because there"s such diverse experiences so that you cant just rely on your own life to understand adolescence as a whole. Identify questions: formulate hypothesis, conduct study, we need to know how to predict behavior we cant just use common sense because of different experiences and we have errors in our memory. Influence of nature and nurture: how to improve the lives of adolescence- if we know . Then should we change driving age, drinking age, change start time for high school. Increase specialization: advances in genetic foundations, culture, public policy. Categorizing adolescent problems: externalizing problems- under control of yourself- problems turned outward (delinquency and behavioral issues, cheat, lie, argue too much, bully, stubborn, destruction of property, lose temper too easily, disobedient, demands attention.
