PSYC 3206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dating Abuse, Egocentrism
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Chapter 9 moving into the adult social world. Eriikson"s 5th stage: identity vs role confusion origin of term identity crisis sucess/identity: sense of stability, self-con dence failure/role confusion: lack of direction; unprepared for adulthood. Exp lora tion adolescent egocentrism: a teen"s focus on her own feelings and experiences. includes imaginary audiences, personal fable, and illusion of invulnerability searching for identity: teens use self-re ection and experimentation. In uences on identity foundation include parents, peers, broader social context, and personality (agreeability, openness to experience) 2/3 have had sex by the end of high school. 5% end up identifying lgbt comprehensive sex ed is more effective approx. 25% of teen experience dating violence changing awareness and gender stereotypes can reduce violence sex ed: drugs: alcohol is most common (2/3 of high school seniors) 1/3 of teens try smoking depression pervasive sadness, irritability, and low self-esteem. 5-15% of adolescents (more common in girls) antidepressants are common, therapy is better.
