PSYC 216 Quiz: PSYC 216 EXAM 1: STUDY GUIDE
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Adolescence- the development period that extends from childhood to adulthood; involves biological, cognitive, and socioemotional changes; begins at approximately 10 to 13 years of age and ends in the late teens. Inventionist view: adolescence development is result of what history is around them and the context. (for example kids in the 50s behave differently from the 21st century kids) Cohort effects- effects due to a person"s date of birth, era, or generation, but not to actual chronological age. Millennials- the generation born after 1980, the first to come of age and enter emerging adulthood in the new millennium; two characteristics: ethnic diversity, connection to technology. Stereotype- a generalization that reflects our impressions and beliefs about a broad group of people; all stereotypes refer to an image of what the typical member of a specific group is like. Adolescent generalization gap- adelson"s concept of generalizations about adolescents based on information regarding a limited, often highly visible group of adolescents.
