Match each of the terms on the left with its definition on the right. Click on the term first and then click on the matching definition. As you match them correctly they will move to the bottom of the activity.
adolescence- clinical depression cluster suicides deviancy training familism foreclosure gender identity generational forgetting identity achievement identity versus role confusion life- moratorium parasuicide parental monitoring peer pressure role confusion rumination sexual orientation suicidal ideation | Thinking about suicide, usually with some serious emotional and intellectual or cognitive overtones. Erikson’s term for the attainment of identity, or the point at which a person understands who he or she is as a unique individual, in accord with past experiences and future plans. Parents’ ongoing awareness of what their children are doing, where, and with whom. An adolescent’s choice of a socially acceptable way to postpone making identity- Several suicides committed by members of a group within a brief period of time. Destructive peer support in which one person shows another how to rebel against authority or social norms. Feelings of hopelessness, lethargy, and worthlessness that last two weeks or more. The belief that family members should support one another, sacrificing individual freedom and success, if necessary, in order to preserve family unity and protect the family from outside sources. Encouragement to conform to one’s friends or contemporaries in behavior, dress, and attitude; usually considered a negative force, as when adolescent peers encourage one another to defy adult authority. A person whose criminal activity stops by age 21. The idea that each new generation forgets what the previous generation learned. As used here, the term refers to knowledge about the harm drugs can do. A person whose criminal activity typically begins in early adolescence and continues throughout life; a career criminal. A person’s acceptance of the roles and behaviors that society associates with the biological categories of male and female. Erikson’s term for the fifth stage of development, in which the person tries to figure out “Who am I?” but is confused as to which of many possible roles to adopt. Any potentially lethal action against the self that does not result in death. (Also called attempted suicide or failed suicide.) A situation in which an adolescent does not seem to know or care what his or her identity is. (Sometimes called identity or role diffusion.) Erikson’s term for premature identity formation, which occurs when an adolescent adopts parents’ or society’s roles and values wholesale, without questioning or analysis. A term that refers to whether a person is sexually and romantically attracted to others of the same sex, the opposite sex, or both sexes. Repeatedly thinking and talking about past experiences; can contribute to depression. |