Discuss conflict between early adolescents and parents. Be sure to include the nature of conflict at this age.
What will be an ideal response?
Early adolescence is a time when parent-adolescent conflict escalates beyond parent-child conflict. This increase is due to a number of factors involving the maturation of the adolescent and the maturation of the parents, Parent-adolescent conflict decreases from early adolescence through late adolescence. Much of the conflict involves everyday events of family life, such as chores, dress, curfews, time on the phone, etc. The conflicts rarely involve major dilemmas, such as drugs or delinquency. Adolescents reported having more conflict with their mothers than with anyone else. A high degree of conflict exists for 20 to 25 percent of families with parents and adolescents. Prolonged, intense, repeated, and unhealthy conflict is associated with a number of adolescent problems, including moving away from home, juvenile delinquency, school dropout, early marriage, membership in religious cults, and substance abuse. Many times, these conflicts do not begin in adolescence but are carried on from childhood.
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a. Pavlov b. Watson c. Skinner d. Rayner
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