ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Ana M. Duke

Overview of Adolescent Psychology/EDD 563

February 18, 2013

Phyllis A. Clemmer

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Adolescence is a stage of development in which a child start becoming an adult.

Adolescence is characterized for a series of physical, social and psychological changes.

Adolescence is a period to start making moral decisions.

KEY STAGES OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Girl’s stages of adolescence Physical Development

Early Adolescence (Between 10 and 11 years of age)

Slight growth of pubic hair. Increase of perspiration and oil production in hair and skin. Breast and hip development onset of menstruation. Height spurt begins.

Middle Adolescence (Between 11 to 14 years of age)

Physical growth continues (vagina, ovaries, labia, and uterus).

Late Adolescence (Between 14-16 years of age)

Young women are fully develop, their breast is develop completely as well as their overall bodies.

Table 1Stages of Adolescent Development

KEY STAGES OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

Boys' stages of adolescence Physical Development

Early Adolescence (Between 11 and 13 years of age)

Growth in testicles, penis, wet dreams, and pubic hair.Height spurt begins.

Middle Adolescence (Between 13 to 16 years of age)

Voice changesRapid growth of sexual organsGrowth of axillary hair.

Late Adolescence (Between 16-19 years of age)

Young men continue to gain weight, height, muscle mass and body hair.

Table 2Stages of Adolescent Development

COGNITIVE, MORAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Cognitive Development

As mention by Piaget, adolescence is a formal operational stage, in which boys and girls start thinking abstractly and do more critical thinking.

COGNITIVE, MORAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Moral Development

During adolescence there is a more deep moral thinking. Adolescents can analyze their behavior. And identify if it is right or wrong, and try to improve themselves.

COGNITIVE, MORAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Social Development Adolescents are

experiencing the next situations:

Struggle finding their identities to fit in.

Tend to move away from parents and get closer to peers.

Have a bigger interest in privacy.

Serious intimate relationships begin to develop

Increase their need of independence.

COGNITIVE, MORAL, SOCIAL, AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Emotional DevelopmentAdolescents are experiencing

the next situations: Change in their moods. Management of emotions. Experiment with feelings of

love and passion. Growing independence in

decision-making.

MORAL REASONING AND SELF-CONTROL

Adolescents moral reasoning may vary depending on their age and also the people around them.Younger adolescents tend to follow the values that have been taught to them at home. Older adolescents tend to make their own decisions based on their abstract thinking and their own views about right and wrong.Adolescents are influenced by their parents, peers, siblings, teachers and adult people around them.

MORAL REASONING AND SELF-CONTROL

Self-Control Early adolescence stage:

There is not much self-control.

Teenagers act in a more impulsive and instinctive way.

Late adolescence stage:

Signs of self-control are starting to show.

Teenagers act in a more analytic and intuitive way.

INFLUENCES IN MORAL AND SOCIAL ADOLESCENT’S

DEVELOPMENT

There are two types of influences in moral and social adolescent's development:

Intrinsic Influences:

These are related to adolescents own thoughts, views and values.

INFLUENCES IN MORAL AND SOCIAL ADOLESCENT’S

DEVELOPMENT

There are two types of influences in moral and social adolescent's development:

Extrinsic Influences:

These are related to what adolescents observed from others and from their environment.

CONCLUSION

Adolescences is a stage of development. This development is physical, social and

psychological. Adolescents are influenced by intrinsic and

extrinsic factors. Parents and peers influence adolescent in

different ways. Teachers need to understand adolescent

development to help their students.

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