Crash Course Psychology #20: Adolescence

A teacher answer key gives full model answers for 15 numbered items keyed to Crash Course Psychology's "Adolescence" episode, moving from Erik Erikson's identity-versus-role-confusion crisis in the teenage years through his intimacy-versus-isolation crisis in young adulthood and his eight-stage model of lifelong psychosocial development. Later items extend into adulthood and aging: the difference between fluid intelligence, which peaks in adolescence, and crystallized intelligence, which grows with experience; the physical changes of aging such as declining reaction time and hormone production; and the distinction between normal memory changes, dementia, and Alzheimer's disease. One item connects the material to the film The Breakfast Club as an illustration of the adolescent struggle between standing out and belonging.

Grades: Grades 7–12
Pages: 2
File type: Zip

Updated Feb 21, 2024

Subject: Psychology, History, Social Studies
Topic: Adolescence, Crash Course Psychology
Resource types: Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables

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Designed for middle and high school students, this supplemental resource guides learners through Crash Course Psychology's episode on adolescence. The informative video analyzes Erikson's stages of psychosocial development, focusing on the identity versus role confusion conflict common in teen years. Accompanying student materials include a digital worksheet with 15 critical thinking questions covering key concepts like physical changes during puberty, fluid and crystallized intelligence, and the integrity versus despair crisis adults face. With an answer key for educators, this engaging psychology resource works well for whole class instruction, small group discussion, or independent learning on platforms like Google Classroom.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

Explain Erik Erikson's identity-versus-role-confusion crisis and how it defines adolescent development.
Distinguish fluid intelligence from crystallized intelligence and describe how each changes with age.
Differentiate normal age-related memory changes from dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

Teaching tips

Pair the answer key with the linked Crash Course episode as a lecture-review guide, since each item gives a full explanatory answer rather than a short phrase.
Use item 8's Breakfast Club connection as a discussion hook before introducing Erikson's identity-versus-role-confusion stage.

Skills covered

Developmental-psychology vocabulary — students connect Erikson's psychosocial stages to concrete life-stage examples such as adolescence, emerging adulthood, and late-life memory change.
Distinguishing related concepts — students separate fluid from crystallized intelligence and normal memory decline from dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

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Core concepts

Erikson's psychosocial stages
Identity vs. role confusion
Fluid vs. crystallized intelligence
Dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Topics

Adolescence Crash Course Psychology Erikson's Stages Psychosocial Development Supplemental Resource

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