PSY 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Adolescent Sex, Cervical Cancer, Heterosexuality

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3105
• Professor: Philip Wall

Document Summary

Self-disclosure: communicating intimate information to another: reassurance, support about adolescent changes, understanding, sympathy, mutual trust. Sullivan: changing interpersonal needs, relationships: preadolescent need for intimacy, same-sex "chums, adolescence merges intimacy, sexual needs, erikson: young adults and intimacy versus isolation, bowlby: working models affect later relationships. "birds of a feather flock together: common interests, activities, ways of thinking behaving, other-sex friends widespread by middle adolescence. Friendship benefits and risks: high-quality versus low-quality friendships, high-quality: intimacy, trust, warmth, support, close friendship protect against victimization. From group dates to boyfriend/girlfriend: over 70% have dated by age 15, dating mostly a north american custom, traditional cultures limit teen mixed-gender socializing, asian canadian teens least likely to date. How romance develops: attachment, passion, sexual attraction merge in adolescence, early adolescent infatuation to affiliative relationships, middle, late adolescence - intimate, committed relationships, early attachment linked to romantic relationship quality, rejection sensitivity: looking for, expecting rejection.