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Adolescence
Research seems to favor the hypothesis that adolescents and adults think about risk in similar ways, but hold different values and thus come to different conclusions. Some have argued that there may be evolutionary benefits to an increased propensity for risk-taking in adolescence. For example, without a willingness to...
What does research indicate may affect risk-taking behavior throughout the lifespan?
{ "answer_start": [ 891 ], "text": [ "baseline sensation seeking" ] }
570da64516d0071400510c41
Adolescence
Identity development is a stage in the adolescent life cycle. For most, the search for identity begins in the adolescent years. During these years, adolescents are more open to 'trying on' different behaviours and appearances to discover who they are. In other words, in an attempt to find their identity and discover wh...
When does the search for identity begin for most individuals?
{ "answer_start": [ 110 ], "text": [ "adolescent years" ] }
570da64516d0071400510c42
Adolescence
Identity development is a stage in the adolescent life cycle. For most, the search for identity begins in the adolescent years. During these years, adolescents are more open to 'trying on' different behaviours and appearances to discover who they are. In other words, in an attempt to find their identity and discover wh...
What are some factors that make developing and maintaining an identity during the adolescent years a difficult task?
{ "answer_start": [ 543 ], "text": [ "family life, environment, and social status" ] }
570da64516d0071400510c43
Adolescence
Identity development is a stage in the adolescent life cycle. For most, the search for identity begins in the adolescent years. During these years, adolescents are more open to 'trying on' different behaviours and appearances to discover who they are. In other words, in an attempt to find their identity and discover wh...
What are two main aspects of identity development?
{ "answer_start": [ 871 ], "text": [ "self-clarity and self-esteem" ] }
570da64516d0071400510c44
Adolescence
Identity development is a stage in the adolescent life cycle. For most, the search for identity begins in the adolescent years. During these years, adolescents are more open to 'trying on' different behaviours and appearances to discover who they are. In other words, in an attempt to find their identity and discover wh...
What are the three general approaches to understanding identity development?
{ "answer_start": [ 1209 ], "text": [ "self-concept, sense of identity, and self-esteem" ] }
570da64516d0071400510c45
Adolescence
Identity development is a stage in the adolescent life cycle. For most, the search for identity begins in the adolescent years. During these years, adolescents are more open to 'trying on' different behaviours and appearances to discover who they are. In other words, in an attempt to find their identity and discover wh...
Do adolescents with a less privileged upbringing have a more or less difficult time developing their identity?
{ "answer_start": [ 1756 ], "text": [ "more difficult" ] }
570da71c16d0071400510c55
Adolescence
Research since reveals self-examination beginning early in adolescence, but identity achievement rarely occurring before age 18. The freshman year of college influences identity development significantly, but may actually prolong psychosocial moratorium by encouraging reexamination of previous commitments and further e...
Identity achievement rarely occurs before what age?
{ "answer_start": [ 125 ], "text": [ "18" ] }
570da71c16d0071400510c56
Adolescence
Research since reveals self-examination beginning early in adolescence, but identity achievement rarely occurring before age 18. The freshman year of college influences identity development significantly, but may actually prolong psychosocial moratorium by encouraging reexamination of previous commitments and further e...
Is there a final endpoint in identity development?
{ "answer_start": [ 581 ], "text": [ "no" ] }
570da71c16d0071400510c57
Adolescence
Research since reveals self-examination beginning early in adolescence, but identity achievement rarely occurring before age 18. The freshman year of college influences identity development significantly, but may actually prolong psychosocial moratorium by encouraging reexamination of previous commitments and further e...
Evidence has supported which theorist's idea concerning stages of development?
{ "answer_start": [ 432 ], "text": [ "Erikson" ] }
570da71c16d0071400510c58
Adolescence
Research since reveals self-examination beginning early in adolescence, but identity achievement rarely occurring before age 18. The freshman year of college influences identity development significantly, but may actually prolong psychosocial moratorium by encouraging reexamination of previous commitments and further e...
Does self-examination begin early or late in adolescence?
{ "answer_start": [ 50 ], "text": [ "early" ] }
570da8e2df2f5219002ed0ce
Adolescence
Egocentrism in adolescents forms a self-conscious desire to feel important in their peer groups and enjoy social acceptance. Unlike the conflicting aspects of self-concept, identity represents a coherent sense of self stable across circumstances and including past experiences and future goals. Everyone has a self-conce...
Which theorist argued that not everyone fully achieves identity?
{ "answer_start": [ 332 ], "text": [ "Erik Erikson" ] }
570da8e2df2f5219002ed0cf
Adolescence
Egocentrism in adolescents forms a self-conscious desire to feel important in their peer groups and enjoy social acceptance. Unlike the conflicting aspects of self-concept, identity represents a coherent sense of self stable across circumstances and including past experiences and future goals. Everyone has a self-conce...
How do adolescents initially define themselves?
{ "answer_start": [ 852 ], "text": [ "crowd membership" ] }
570da8e2df2f5219002ed0d0
Adolescence
Egocentrism in adolescents forms a self-conscious desire to feel important in their peer groups and enjoy social acceptance. Unlike the conflicting aspects of self-concept, identity represents a coherent sense of self stable across circumstances and including past experiences and future goals. Everyone has a self-conce...
How is Moratorium defined?
{ "answer_start": [ 2330 ], "text": [ "process of exploration" ] }
570da8e2df2f5219002ed0d1
Adolescence
Egocentrism in adolescents forms a self-conscious desire to feel important in their peer groups and enjoy social acceptance. Unlike the conflicting aspects of self-concept, identity represents a coherent sense of self stable across circumstances and including past experiences and future goals. Everyone has a self-conce...
Which researcher developed the current method for testing an individual's process along the stages of identity?
{ "answer_start": [ 1786 ], "text": [ "James Marcia" ] }
570da8e2df2f5219002ed0d2
Adolescence
Egocentrism in adolescents forms a self-conscious desire to feel important in their peer groups and enjoy social acceptance. Unlike the conflicting aspects of self-concept, identity represents a coherent sense of self stable across circumstances and including past experiences and future goals. Everyone has a self-conce...
James Marcia divides questions into how many categories?
{ "answer_start": [ 1916 ], "text": [ "three" ] }
570da9c916d0071400510c71
Adolescence
The final major aspect of identity formation is self-esteem. Self-esteem is defined as one's thoughts and feelings about one's self-concept and identity. Most theories on self-esteem state that there is a grand desire, across all genders and ages, to maintain, protect and enhance their self-esteem. Contrary to popular ...
Which term is defined as one's thoughts and feelings about one's self-concept and identity?
{ "answer_start": [ 61 ], "text": [ "Self-esteem" ] }
570da9c916d0071400510c72
Adolescence
The final major aspect of identity formation is self-esteem. Self-esteem is defined as one's thoughts and feelings about one's self-concept and identity. Most theories on self-esteem state that there is a grand desire, across all genders and ages, to maintain, protect and enhance their self-esteem. Contrary to popular ...
Is there evidence to support a drop in self-esteem during adolescence?
{ "answer_start": [ 337 ], "text": [ "no" ] }
570da9c916d0071400510c73
Adolescence
The final major aspect of identity formation is self-esteem. Self-esteem is defined as one's thoughts and feelings about one's self-concept and identity. Most theories on self-esteem state that there is a grand desire, across all genders and ages, to maintain, protect and enhance their self-esteem. Contrary to popular ...
Which type of self-esteem fluctuates rapidly and can cause severe distress and anxiety?
{ "answer_start": [ 430 ], "text": [ "Barometric self-esteem" ] }
570da9c916d0071400510c74
Adolescence
The final major aspect of identity formation is self-esteem. Self-esteem is defined as one's thoughts and feelings about one's self-concept and identity. Most theories on self-esteem state that there is a grand desire, across all genders and ages, to maintain, protect and enhance their self-esteem. Contrary to popular ...
Which type of self-esteem remains stable throughout adolescence?
{ "answer_start": [ 520 ], "text": [ "baseline self-esteem" ] }
570da9c916d0071400510c75
Adolescence
The final major aspect of identity formation is self-esteem. Self-esteem is defined as one's thoughts and feelings about one's self-concept and identity. Most theories on self-esteem state that there is a grand desire, across all genders and ages, to maintain, protect and enhance their self-esteem. Contrary to popular ...
What is the most important function of friendship?
{ "answer_start": [ 896 ], "text": [ "having someone who can provide social and moral support" ] }
570daaea16d0071400510c7b
Adolescence
In terms of sexual identity, adolescence is when most gay/lesbian and transgender adolescents begin to recognize and make sense of their feelings. Many adolescents may choose to come out during this period of their life once an identity has been formed; many others may go through a period of questioning or denial, whic...
At what age does awareness of one's sexual orientation occur on average?
{ "answer_start": [ 562 ], "text": [ "10" ] }
570daaea16d0071400510c7c
Adolescence
In terms of sexual identity, adolescence is when most gay/lesbian and transgender adolescents begin to recognize and make sense of their feelings. Many adolescents may choose to come out during this period of their life once an identity has been formed; many others may go through a period of questioning or denial, whic...
At what age does coming out to one's peers occur on average?
{ "answer_start": [ 636 ], "text": [ "16" ] }
570daaea16d0071400510c7d
Adolescence
In terms of sexual identity, adolescence is when most gay/lesbian and transgender adolescents begin to recognize and make sense of their feelings. Many adolescents may choose to come out during this period of their life once an identity has been formed; many others may go through a period of questioning or denial, whic...
At what age does coming out to adults occur on average?
{ "answer_start": [ 643 ], "text": [ "17" ] }
570daaea16d0071400510c7e
Adolescence
In terms of sexual identity, adolescence is when most gay/lesbian and transgender adolescents begin to recognize and make sense of their feelings. Many adolescents may choose to come out during this period of their life once an identity has been formed; many others may go through a period of questioning or denial, whic...
How many times higher is the suicide rate amongst LGBT adolescents than their heterosexual peers?
{ "answer_start": [ 1324 ], "text": [ "four" ] }
570daaea16d0071400510c7f
Adolescence
In terms of sexual identity, adolescence is when most gay/lesbian and transgender adolescents begin to recognize and make sense of their feelings. Many adolescents may choose to come out during this period of their life once an identity has been formed; many others may go through a period of questioning or denial, whic...
What are factors causing a hightened suicide rate amongst LGBT adolescents?
{ "answer_start": [ 1387 ], "text": [ "bullying and rejection from peers or family members" ] }
570dad1d16d0071400510cad
Adolescence
Despite changing family roles during adolescence, the home environment and parents are still important for the behaviors and choices of adolescents. Adolescents who have a good relationship with their parents are less likely to engage in various risk behaviors, such as smoking, drinking, fighting, and/or unprotected se...
Are adolescents with authoritative parents more or less likely to complete secondary education by age 22?
{ "answer_start": [ 554 ], "text": [ "more" ] }
570dad1d16d0071400510cae
Adolescence
Despite changing family roles during adolescence, the home environment and parents are still important for the behaviors and choices of adolescents. Adolescents who have a good relationship with their parents are less likely to engage in various risk behaviors, such as smoking, drinking, fighting, and/or unprotected se...
Are adolescents that have a good relationship with their parents more or less likely to smoke, drink, fight, or engage in unprotected sex?
{ "answer_start": [ 213 ], "text": [ "less likely" ] }
570dad1d16d0071400510caf
Adolescence
Despite changing family roles during adolescence, the home environment and parents are still important for the behaviors and choices of adolescents. Adolescents who have a good relationship with their parents are less likely to engage in various risk behaviors, such as smoking, drinking, fighting, and/or unprotected se...
Which researchers conducted a 2009 study that concerned adolescents, their parents, and secondary education completion?
{ "answer_start": [ 420 ], "text": [ "Adalbjarnardottir and Blondal" ] }
570dae6016d0071400510cc7
Adolescence
Much research has been conducted on the psychological ramifications of body image on adolescents. Modern day teenagers are exposed to more media on a daily basis than any generation before them. Recent studies have indicated that the average teenager watches roughly 1500 hours of television per year. As such, modern da...
Are modern day teenagers exposed to more or less media than other generations?
{ "answer_start": [ 134 ], "text": [ "more" ] }
570dae6016d0071400510cc8
Adolescence
Much research has been conducted on the psychological ramifications of body image on adolescents. Modern day teenagers are exposed to more media on a daily basis than any generation before them. Recent studies have indicated that the average teenager watches roughly 1500 hours of television per year. As such, modern da...
How many hours of television does the average teenager watch per year?
{ "answer_start": [ 267 ], "text": [ "1500" ] }
570dae6016d0071400510cc9
Adolescence
Much research has been conducted on the psychological ramifications of body image on adolescents. Modern day teenagers are exposed to more media on a daily basis than any generation before them. Recent studies have indicated that the average teenager watches roughly 1500 hours of television per year. As such, modern da...
Teenagers' views on body mass, loe self-esteem, and atypical eating patterns results in what?
{ "answer_start": [ 528 ], "text": [ "body dissatisfaction" ] }
570dae6016d0071400510cca
Adolescence
Much research has been conducted on the psychological ramifications of body image on adolescents. Modern day teenagers are exposed to more media on a daily basis than any generation before them. Recent studies have indicated that the average teenager watches roughly 1500 hours of television per year. As such, modern da...
How is "body dissatisfaction" defined?
{ "answer_start": [ 397 ], "text": [ "The concept of a person being unhappy with their own image or appearance" ] }
570dafb616d0071400510cd9
Adolescence
A potential important influence on adolescence is change of the family dynamic, specifically divorce. With the divorce rate up to about 50%, divorce is common and adds to the already great amount of change in adolescence. Custody disputes soon after a divorce often reflect a playing out of control battles and ambivalen...
What is the current divorce rate?
{ "answer_start": [ 130 ], "text": [ "about 50%" ] }
570dafb616d0071400510cda
Adolescence
A potential important influence on adolescence is change of the family dynamic, specifically divorce. With the divorce rate up to about 50%, divorce is common and adds to the already great amount of change in adolescence. Custody disputes soon after a divorce often reflect a playing out of control battles and ambivalen...
Does divorce usually result in more or less contact with the noncustodial parent?
{ "answer_start": [ 367 ], "text": [ "less" ] }
570dafb616d0071400510cdb
Adolescence
A potential important influence on adolescence is change of the family dynamic, specifically divorce. With the divorce rate up to about 50%, divorce is common and adds to the already great amount of change in adolescence. Custody disputes soon after a divorce often reflect a playing out of control battles and ambivalen...
What new theory states that traumatic events during adolescence have lifelong effects?
{ "answer_start": [ 987 ], "text": [ "epistemological trauma theory" ] }
570dafb616d0071400510cdc
Adolescence
A potential important influence on adolescence is change of the family dynamic, specifically divorce. With the divorce rate up to about 50%, divorce is common and adds to the already great amount of change in adolescence. Custody disputes soon after a divorce often reflect a playing out of control battles and ambivalen...
Does a parental divorce during childhood or adulthood have a positive or negative effect on a person during early adulthood?
{ "answer_start": [ 1408 ], "text": [ "negative" ] }
570db299df2f5219002ed0fc
Adolescence
Some examples of social and religious transition ceremonies that can be found in the U.S., as well as in other cultures around the world, are Confirmation, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Quinceañeras, sweet sixteens, cotillions, and débutante balls. In other countries, initiation ceremonies play an important role, marking the t...
What are a few examples of social and religious transition ceremonies?
{ "answer_start": [ 142 ], "text": [ "Confirmation, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Quinceañeras, sweet sixteens, cotillions, and débutante balls" ] }
570db299df2f5219002ed0fd
Adolescence
Some examples of social and religious transition ceremonies that can be found in the U.S., as well as in other cultures around the world, are Confirmation, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Quinceañeras, sweet sixteens, cotillions, and débutante balls. In other countries, initiation ceremonies play an important role, marking the t...
What are some physical ways that some cultures mark the transition into adulthood?
{ "answer_start": [ 487 ], "text": [ "tattoos and scarification" ] }
570db299df2f5219002ed0fe
Adolescence
Some examples of social and religious transition ceremonies that can be found in the U.S., as well as in other cultures around the world, are Confirmation, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Quinceañeras, sweet sixteens, cotillions, and débutante balls. In other countries, initiation ceremonies play an important role, marking the t...
Do cultural transitions into adulthood vary, or are they the same?
{ "answer_start": [ 563 ], "text": [ "vary" ] }
570db375df2f5219002ed102
Adolescence
Romantic relationships tend to increase in prevalence throughout adolescence. By age 15, 53% of adolescents have had a romantic relationship that lasted at least one month over the course of the previous 18 months. In a 2008 study conducted by YouGov for Channel 4, 20% of 14−17-year-olds surveyed revealed that they had...
Do romantic relationships tend to increase or decrease throughout adolescence?
{ "answer_start": [ 31 ], "text": [ "increase" ] }
570db375df2f5219002ed103
Adolescence
Romantic relationships tend to increase in prevalence throughout adolescence. By age 15, 53% of adolescents have had a romantic relationship that lasted at least one month over the course of the previous 18 months. In a 2008 study conducted by YouGov for Channel 4, 20% of 14−17-year-olds surveyed revealed that they had...
How many percent of adolescents have had a romantic relationship lasting one month or longer by age 15?
{ "answer_start": [ 89 ], "text": [ "53%" ] }
570db375df2f5219002ed104
Adolescence
Romantic relationships tend to increase in prevalence throughout adolescence. By age 15, 53% of adolescents have had a romantic relationship that lasted at least one month over the course of the previous 18 months. In a 2008 study conducted by YouGov for Channel 4, 20% of 14−17-year-olds surveyed revealed that they had...
At what average age did American males report their first sexual intercourse took place?
{ "answer_start": [ 501 ], "text": [ "17.0" ] }
570db375df2f5219002ed105
Adolescence
Romantic relationships tend to increase in prevalence throughout adolescence. By age 15, 53% of adolescents have had a romantic relationship that lasted at least one month over the course of the previous 18 months. In a 2008 study conducted by YouGov for Channel 4, 20% of 14−17-year-olds surveyed revealed that they had...
At what average age did American females report their first sexual intercourse took place?
{ "answer_start": [ 520 ], "text": [ "17.3" ] }
570db375df2f5219002ed106
Adolescence
Romantic relationships tend to increase in prevalence throughout adolescence. By age 15, 53% of adolescents have had a romantic relationship that lasted at least one month over the course of the previous 18 months. In a 2008 study conducted by YouGov for Channel 4, 20% of 14−17-year-olds surveyed revealed that they had...
Does the typical duration of relationships increase or decrease throughout the teenage years?
{ "answer_start": [ 576 ], "text": [ "increases" ] }
570db44716d0071400510d09
Adolescence
There are certain characteristics of adolescent development that are more rooted in culture than in human biology or cognitive structures. Culture has been defined as the "symbolic and behavioral inheritance received from the past that provides a community framework for what is valued". Culture is learned and socially ...
How is culture defined?
{ "answer_start": [ 172 ], "text": [ "symbolic and behavioral inheritance received from the past that provides a community framework for what is valued" ] }
570db44716d0071400510d0a
Adolescence
There are certain characteristics of adolescent development that are more rooted in culture than in human biology or cognitive structures. Culture has been defined as the "symbolic and behavioral inheritance received from the past that provides a community framework for what is valued". Culture is learned and socially ...
Does culture affect all, some, or none of the aspects of an individual's life?
{ "answer_start": [ 343 ], "text": [ "all" ] }
570db44716d0071400510d0b
Adolescence
There are certain characteristics of adolescent development that are more rooted in culture than in human biology or cognitive structures. Culture has been defined as the "symbolic and behavioral inheritance received from the past that provides a community framework for what is valued". Culture is learned and socially ...
What is a challenge researchers face when studying culture and adolescents?
{ "answer_start": [ 1157 ], "text": [ "not to define the culture's role in adolescence in terms of their own cultural beliefs" ] }
570db44716d0071400510d0c
Adolescence
There are certain characteristics of adolescent development that are more rooted in culture than in human biology or cognitive structures. Culture has been defined as the "symbolic and behavioral inheritance received from the past that provides a community framework for what is valued". Culture is learned and socially ...
Should culture be directly connected to a nation or ethnicity?
{ "answer_start": [ 954 ], "text": [ "not" ] }
570db50f16d0071400510d1b
Adolescence
When discussing peer relationships among adolescents it is also important to include information in regards to how they communicate with one another. An important aspect of communication is the channel used. Channel, in this respect, refers to the form of communication, be it face-to-face, email, text message, phone or...
How do adolescents use online technology?
{ "answer_start": [ 531 ], "text": [ "experiment with emerging identities and to broaden their peer groups" ] }
570db50f16d0071400510d1c
Adolescence
When discussing peer relationships among adolescents it is also important to include information in regards to how they communicate with one another. An important aspect of communication is the channel used. Channel, in this respect, refers to the form of communication, be it face-to-face, email, text message, phone or...
To what does "channel" refer in terms if adolescent communication?
{ "answer_start": [ 248 ], "text": [ "form of communication" ] }
570db50f16d0071400510d1d
Adolescence
When discussing peer relationships among adolescents it is also important to include information in regards to how they communicate with one another. An important aspect of communication is the channel used. Channel, in this respect, refers to the form of communication, be it face-to-face, email, text message, phone or...
What is a potential negative effect of using newer online channels of communication?
{ "answer_start": [ 822 ], "text": [ "cyberbullying" ] }
570db64c16d0071400510d21
Adolescence
In contemporary society, adolescents also face some risks as their sexuality begins to transform. While some of these, such as emotional distress (fear of abuse or exploitation) and sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs), including HIV/AIDS, are not necessarily inherent to adolescence, others such as teen...
What percentage of sexually active teenagers will contract an STI?
{ "answer_start": [ 436 ], "text": [ "One in four" ] }
570db64c16d0071400510d23
Adolescence
In contemporary society, adolescents also face some risks as their sexuality begins to transform. While some of these, such as emotional distress (fear of abuse or exploitation) and sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs), including HIV/AIDS, are not necessarily inherent to adolescence, others such as teen...
Girls ages 15 to 19 have higher rates of what STD than any other age group?
{ "answer_start": [ 877 ], "text": [ "gonorrhea" ] }
570db64c16d0071400510d24
Adolescence
In contemporary society, adolescents also face some risks as their sexuality begins to transform. While some of these, such as emotional distress (fear of abuse or exploitation) and sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs), including HIV/AIDS, are not necessarily inherent to adolescence, others such as teen...
What ratio of all new HIV cases occur in those under age 21?
{ "answer_start": [ 913 ], "text": [ "One-quarter" ] }
570db64c16d0071400510d25
Adolescence
In contemporary society, adolescents also face some risks as their sexuality begins to transform. While some of these, such as emotional distress (fear of abuse or exploitation) and sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs), including HIV/AIDS, are not necessarily inherent to adolescence, others such as teen...
According to a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, what percentage of parents want schools to discuss contraception with their children?
{ "answer_start": [ 1084 ], "text": [ "eighty-one percent" ] }
570db64c16d0071400510d22
Adolescence
In contemporary society, adolescents also face some risks as their sexuality begins to transform. While some of these, such as emotional distress (fear of abuse or exploitation) and sexually transmitted infections/diseases (STIs/STDs), including HIV/AIDS, are not necessarily inherent to adolescence, others such as teen...
What percent of the teenage population is affected by herpes and HPV?
{ "answer_start": [ 806 ], "text": [ "15" ] }
570db83c16d0071400510d3d
Adolescence
Adolescence is a period frequently marked by increased rights and privileges for individuals. While cultural variation exists for legal rights and their corresponding ages, considerable consistency is found across cultures. Furthermore, since the advent of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 (children her...
In what year was the Convention on the Rights of the Child created?
{ "answer_start": [ 302 ], "text": [ "1989" ] }
570db83c16d0071400510d3e
Adolescence
Adolescence is a period frequently marked by increased rights and privileges for individuals. While cultural variation exists for legal rights and their corresponding ages, considerable consistency is found across cultures. Furthermore, since the advent of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 (children her...
What two countries have not legally committed to advancing an anti-discriminaory stance towards young people?
{ "answer_start": [ 390 ], "text": [ "U.S. and South Sudan" ] }
570db83c16d0071400510d3f
Adolescence
Adolescence is a period frequently marked by increased rights and privileges for individuals. While cultural variation exists for legal rights and their corresponding ages, considerable consistency is found across cultures. Furthermore, since the advent of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 (children her...
A person below the age of majority may gain adult rights through what process?
{ "answer_start": [ 962 ], "text": [ "legal emancipation" ] }
570db83c16d0071400510d40
Adolescence
Adolescence is a period frequently marked by increased rights and privileges for individuals. While cultural variation exists for legal rights and their corresponding ages, considerable consistency is found across cultures. Furthermore, since the advent of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989 (children her...
What is legally different for an individual who has reached the age of majority?
{ "answer_start": [ 782 ], "text": [ "regarded as adults who are responsible for their actions" ] }
570db90fdf2f5219002ed120
Adolescence
In addition to the sharing of household chores, certain cultures expect adolescents to share in their family's financial responsibilities. According to family economic and financial education specialists, adolescents develop sound money management skills through the practices of saving and spending money, as well as th...
In developing countries, is it common for children to attend fewer or greater years of formal schooling?
{ "answer_start": [ 765 ], "text": [ "fewer" ] }
570db90fdf2f5219002ed121
Adolescence
In addition to the sharing of household chores, certain cultures expect adolescents to share in their family's financial responsibilities. According to family economic and financial education specialists, adolescents develop sound money management skills through the practices of saving and spending money, as well as th...
Why, in developting countries, do children often attend fewer years of formal schooling?
{ "answer_start": [ 797 ], "text": [ "so that, when they reach adolescence, they can begin working" ] }
570db90fdf2f5219002ed122
Adolescence
In addition to the sharing of household chores, certain cultures expect adolescents to share in their family's financial responsibilities. According to family economic and financial education specialists, adolescents develop sound money management skills through the practices of saving and spending money, as well as th...
According to family economic and financial education specialists, how do adolescents develop sound money management skills?
{ "answer_start": [ 280 ], "text": [ "saving and spending money" ] }
570dbdab16d0071400510d4f
Adolescence
Many cultures define the transition into adultlike sexuality by specific biological or social milestones in an adolescent's life. For example, menarche (the first menstrual period of a female), or semenarche (the first ejaculation of a male) are frequent sexual defining points for many cultures. In addition to biologic...
What word refers to the first ejactulation of a male?
{ "answer_start": [ 197 ], "text": [ "semenarche" ] }
570dbdab16d0071400510d50
Adolescence
Many cultures define the transition into adultlike sexuality by specific biological or social milestones in an adolescent's life. For example, menarche (the first menstrual period of a female), or semenarche (the first ejaculation of a male) are frequent sexual defining points for many cultures. In addition to biologic...
What word refers to the first menstrual period in females?
{ "answer_start": [ 143 ], "text": [ "menarche" ] }
570dbdab16d0071400510d51
Adolescence
Many cultures define the transition into adultlike sexuality by specific biological or social milestones in an adolescent's life. For example, menarche (the first menstrual period of a female), or semenarche (the first ejaculation of a male) are frequent sexual defining points for many cultures. In addition to biologic...
What is the term for a culture that discourages sexual activity in unmarried adolescents?
{ "answer_start": [ 502 ], "text": [ "Restrictive" ] }
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Adolescence
Many cultures define the transition into adultlike sexuality by specific biological or social milestones in an adolescent's life. For example, menarche (the first menstrual period of a female), or semenarche (the first ejaculation of a male) are frequent sexual defining points for many cultures. In addition to biologic...
What is the term for cultures that perceive sexual behavior among unmarried teens as acceptable or even encouraged?
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Adolescence
Many cultures define the transition into adultlike sexuality by specific biological or social milestones in an adolescent's life. For example, menarche (the first menstrual period of a female), or semenarche (the first ejaculation of a male) are frequent sexual defining points for many cultures. In addition to biologic...
Are males and females expected to express their sexuality in the same ways or are there discrepancies between genders and cultures?
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Adolescence
Drinking habits and the motives behind them often reflect certain aspects of an individual's personality; in fact, four dimensions of the Five-Factor Model of personality demonstrate associations with drinking motives (all but 'Openness'). Greater enhancement motives for alcohol consumption tend to reflect high levels ...
Which of the Five-Factor Model dimensions does not demonstrate an association with drinking motives?
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Adolescence
Drinking habits and the motives behind them often reflect certain aspects of an individual's personality; in fact, four dimensions of the Five-Factor Model of personality demonstrate associations with drinking motives (all but 'Openness'). Greater enhancement motives for alcohol consumption tend to reflect high levels ...
Is alcohol use a positive or negative emotion control mechanism?
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Adolescence
Drinking habits and the motives behind them often reflect certain aspects of an individual's personality; in fact, four dimensions of the Five-Factor Model of personality demonstrate associations with drinking motives (all but 'Openness'). Greater enhancement motives for alcohol consumption tend to reflect high levels ...
Which motivation for drinking alcohol results in low conscientiousness, lowered inhibition, and greater tendency towards aggression?
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Adolescence
Drinking habits and the motives behind them often reflect certain aspects of an individual's personality; in fact, four dimensions of the Five-Factor Model of personality demonstrate associations with drinking motives (all but 'Openness'). Greater enhancement motives for alcohol consumption tend to reflect high levels ...
Drinking to cope with negative emotional states correlates strongly with what behavioral qualities?
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Adolescence
Although research has been inconclusive, some findings have indicated that electronic communication negatively affects adolescents' social development, replaces face-to-face communication, impairs their social skills, and can sometimes lead to unsafe interaction with strangers. A 2015 review reported that “adolescents ...
According to research findings, does Internet use have a positive or negative effect on teen physical health?
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Adolescence
Although research has been inconclusive, some findings have indicated that electronic communication negatively affects adolescents' social development, replaces face-to-face communication, impairs their social skills, and can sometimes lead to unsafe interaction with strangers. A 2015 review reported that “adolescents ...
How can the Internet be beneficial for socially anxious teens?
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Adolescence
Although research has been inconclusive, some findings have indicated that electronic communication negatively affects adolescents' social development, replaces face-to-face communication, impairs their social skills, and can sometimes lead to unsafe interaction with strangers. A 2015 review reported that “adolescents ...
Why do research findings believe the Internet has a negative effect on teen physical health?
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Adolescence
Although research has been inconclusive, some findings have indicated that electronic communication negatively affects adolescents' social development, replaces face-to-face communication, impairs their social skills, and can sometimes lead to unsafe interaction with strangers. A 2015 review reported that “adolescents ...
Which online activity has been consistently associated with increased liklihood of depression?
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Adolescence
Following a steady decline, beginning in the late 1990s up through the mid-2000s, illicit drug use among adolescents has been on the rise in the U.S. Aside from alcohol, marijuana is the most commonly indulged drug habit during adolescent years. Data collected by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that between ...
What is the most commonly abused substance during adolescent years in the U.S.?
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Adolescence
Following a steady decline, beginning in the late 1990s up through the mid-2000s, illicit drug use among adolescents has been on the rise in the U.S. Aside from alcohol, marijuana is the most commonly indulged drug habit during adolescent years. Data collected by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that between ...
The heightened usage of what drug is most likely due at least in some part to the rising popularity of rave culture?
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Adolescence
Following a steady decline, beginning in the late 1990s up through the mid-2000s, illicit drug use among adolescents has been on the rise in the U.S. Aside from alcohol, marijuana is the most commonly indulged drug habit during adolescent years. Data collected by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that between ...
Aside from alcohol, what is the most commonly indulged drug habit during adolescent years?
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Adolescence
Following a steady decline, beginning in the late 1990s up through the mid-2000s, illicit drug use among adolescents has been on the rise in the U.S. Aside from alcohol, marijuana is the most commonly indulged drug habit during adolescent years. Data collected by the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that between ...
From the late 1990s to mid 2000s, was drug use in teens on the rise or decline?
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Adolescence
Until mid-to-late adolescence, boys and girls show relatively little difference in drinking motives. Distinctions between the reasons for alcohol consumption of males and females begin to emerge around ages 14–15; overall, boys tend to view drinking in a more social light than girls, who report on average a more freque...
During what ages do reasons for alcohol consumption between males and females begin to diverge?
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Adolescence
Until mid-to-late adolescence, boys and girls show relatively little difference in drinking motives. Distinctions between the reasons for alcohol consumption of males and females begin to emerge around ages 14–15; overall, boys tend to view drinking in a more social light than girls, who report on average a more freque...
Do boys or girls view drinking in a more social light?
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Adolescence
Until mid-to-late adolescence, boys and girls show relatively little difference in drinking motives. Distinctions between the reasons for alcohol consumption of males and females begin to emerge around ages 14–15; overall, boys tend to view drinking in a more social light than girls, who report on average a more freque...
Which gender reports most frequently using alcohol as a coping mechanism?
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Adolescence
Until mid-to-late adolescence, boys and girls show relatively little difference in drinking motives. Distinctions between the reasons for alcohol consumption of males and females begin to emerge around ages 14–15; overall, boys tend to view drinking in a more social light than girls, who report on average a more freque...
Does age bring a greater or smaller desire to drink for pleasure rather than coping?
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Adolescence
Adolescence (from Latin adolescere, meaning "to grow up") is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority). The period of adolescence is most closely associated with the teenage years, though its physical, p...
From which language does the word "adolescence" originate?
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Adolescence
Adolescence (from Latin adolescere, meaning "to grow up") is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority). The period of adolescence is most closely associated with the teenage years, though its physical, p...
What is the Latin meaning of the word "adolescere"?
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Adolescence
Adolescence (from Latin adolescere, meaning "to grow up") is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority). The period of adolescence is most closely associated with the teenage years, though its physical, p...
What is another term for legal adulthood?
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Adolescence
Adolescence (from Latin adolescere, meaning "to grow up") is a transitional stage of physical and psychological human development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority). The period of adolescence is most closely associated with the teenage years, though its physical, p...
Physical growth and cognitive development generally observed in adolescents can extend to what age?
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Adolescence
Within the past ten years, the amount of social networking sites available to the public has greatly increased as well as the number of adolescents using them. Several sources report a high proportion of adolescents who use social media: 73% of 12–17 year olds reported having at least one social networking profile; two...
In recent years, has the amount of social networking sites available to the public increased or decreased?
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Adolescence
Within the past ten years, the amount of social networking sites available to the public has greatly increased as well as the number of adolescents using them. Several sources report a high proportion of adolescents who use social media: 73% of 12–17 year olds reported having at least one social networking profile; two...
What percentage of teens say they text every day?
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Adolescence
Within the past ten years, the amount of social networking sites available to the public has greatly increased as well as the number of adolescents using them. Several sources report a high proportion of adolescents who use social media: 73% of 12–17 year olds reported having at least one social networking profile; two...
What percentage of 12-17 year olds claim to have at least one social networking profile?
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Adolescence
Within the past ten years, the amount of social networking sites available to the public has greatly increased as well as the number of adolescents using them. Several sources report a high proportion of adolescents who use social media: 73% of 12–17 year olds reported having at least one social networking profile; two...
What percentage of teens report visiting social netorking sites daily?
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Adolescence
Within the past ten years, the amount of social networking sites available to the public has greatly increased as well as the number of adolescents using them. Several sources report a high proportion of adolescents who use social media: 73% of 12–17 year olds reported having at least one social networking profile; two...
What ratio of teens are "heavy" social media users, using two types of media daily?
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Adolescence
For girls, early maturation can sometimes lead to increased self-consciousness, though a typical aspect in maturing females. Because of their bodies' developing in advance, pubescent girls can become more insecure and dependent. Consequently, girls that reach sexual maturation early are more likely than their peers to ...
Are girls reaching sexual maturation early more or less likely to develop eating disorers?
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Adolescence
For girls, early maturation can sometimes lead to increased self-consciousness, though a typical aspect in maturing females. Because of their bodies' developing in advance, pubescent girls can become more insecure and dependent. Consequently, girls that reach sexual maturation early are more likely than their peers to ...
Nearly half of Americam high school girls hope to achieve what goal with their diet?
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Adolescence
For girls, early maturation can sometimes lead to increased self-consciousness, though a typical aspect in maturing females. Because of their bodies' developing in advance, pubescent girls can become more insecure and dependent. Consequently, girls that reach sexual maturation early are more likely than their peers to ...
Are early or late maturing girls more exposed to alcohol and drug abuse?
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Adolescence
For girls, early maturation can sometimes lead to increased self-consciousness, though a typical aspect in maturing females. Because of their bodies' developing in advance, pubescent girls can become more insecure and dependent. Consequently, girls that reach sexual maturation early are more likely than their peers to ...
Do early or late maturing girls have more unwanted pregnancies?
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Adolescence
For girls, early maturation can sometimes lead to increased self-consciousness, though a typical aspect in maturing females. Because of their bodies' developing in advance, pubescent girls can become more insecure and dependent. Consequently, girls that reach sexual maturation early are more likely than their peers to ...
Who performs better in school: sexually experienced or inexperienced teen females?
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Adolescence
Another set of significant physical changes during puberty happen in bodily distribution of fat and muscle. This process is different for females and males. Before puberty, there are nearly no sex differences in fat and muscle distribution; during puberty, boys grow muscle much faster than girls, although both sexes ex...
Is change in bodily distribution of fat and muscle the same or different between males and females during puberty?
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Adolescence
Another set of significant physical changes during puberty happen in bodily distribution of fat and muscle. This process is different for females and males. Before puberty, there are nearly no sex differences in fat and muscle distribution; during puberty, boys grow muscle much faster than girls, although both sexes ex...
Do boys or girls experience a more significant increase in body fat?
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