PSYC 3500- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 24 pages long!)

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3500
• Professor: Mariela Shibley

Document Summary

Identity formation: personal identity, ethnic identity, career identity, religious identity, political identity: adolescence a time where they think about where they stand in these areas. Theories of adolescence: biological, adolescence is not a time of extreme storm or stress. Individualistic vs collectivistic cultures: ecological, person develops within a complex system of relationships, affected by multiple levels. Individual, microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem: developmental-contextual model, culture, society, parents, every factor interacts and depends on the situation, and can change overtime, emerging adulthood (18-25) Instability: self-focus, feeling in-between (not adult but not adolescent, can be positive because allows for the exploration of possibilities. How cultures respond to puberty: puberty rites recognize transition to adulthood, separation, transition, incorporation, rites for boys are typically harsher and more painful. Mood: hormones, mood, and social stressors affect each other, emotional swings reduce later in adolescence as there are less new experiences, feelings, and changes occurring.