Describe the transitions that are characteristic of adolescence including changes that occur involving physical maturation and sexuality
What will be an ideal response?
The student should discuss the pubescent growth spurt, menarche, and production of sperm in regard to physical maturation. In regard to sexuality, the struggles of determining whether one is a homosexual and the fact that most teens have had intercourse by the age of 17 could be noted. The importance of both friends and parents could be mentioned in regard to social identity.
You might also like to view...
The neo-Freudians focused on the influence of psychosocial factors rather than on the sexual determinants of behavior
a. True b. False
Interpersonal group psychotherapy
a. uses experiments and exercises to stimulate change. b. is based on Freud’s psychoanalytic principles. c. uses learning principles to modify behavior rather than cognitions. d. uses the group to teach members about interpersonal processes. e. asks members to role play to stimulate emotional experiences.
Jim is in a constant state of anxiety and also has brief, sudden periods of panic. He also believes these periods of panic will occur when he's in a public location; therefore, Jim is afraid to leave his house. Jim's diagnosis is
a. acute stress disorder. b. specific phobia. c. panic disorder with agoraphobia. d. panic disorder without agoraphobia.
Your friend has hemophilia and was worried that he could pass it to his offspring when he had children. What would you tell him?
a. He is probably correct, he will pass hemophilia on. b. Hemophilia is an X-linked disorder and it would be impossible for him to pass it to any male offspring. It would be possible for his female offspring to be carriers, though. c. X-linked disorders are not inherited; he has no worries d. Since he has hemophilia, he is probably sterile and unable to father children.