Many psychologists have called adolescence a very vulnerable time period in everyone's lives. Chapter 12 starts by focusing on developmental psychology, which studies the experience from the beginning to the end of our lives. According to some theories it seems like culture plays a major role in these type decision and human development.
Many psychologists have called adolescence a very vulnerable time period in everyone's lives. Chapter 12 starts by focusing on developmental psychology, which studies the experience from the beginning to the end of our lives. According to some theories it seems like culture plays a major role in these type decision and human development.
Many psychologists have called adolescence a very vulnerable time period in everyone's lives. Chapter 12 starts by focusing on developmental psychology, which studies the experience from the beginning to the end of our lives. According to some theories it seems like culture plays a major role in these type decision and human development.
During the early stages of adolescence, many individuals experience
body changes like growth in height and weight, the development of
sexual characteristics, skin problems and other physical changes. For example, I started getting acne in my body, especially in my face when I hit puberty. My body started to develop many different changes and I faced a lot of pressured from many different people. I got pressure from my parents, from my teachers, but mostly from my own friends and peers. Many psychologists have called adolescence a very vulnerable time period in everyones lives, it is why many teenagers want to be accepted and try to fit in the most, they want to copy their friends, be like them and try to enjoy the same activities. Doing the same thing everyone else is doing feels safe for them. It is why psychologists believe that everyone find their own voice, and who they are in their adolescence years. Chapter 12 starts by focusing on developmental psychology, which studies the experience from the beginning to the end of our lives. Development is one of the most challenging areas of psychology because it is focus on how the individual changes overtime. One asks questions about our changes from the first year of high school, or since starting a specific sport or routine. In developmental psychology, many conduct longitudinal studies, which helps compare and contrast a person to him or herself at some point in time. The chapter further explains how humans may take up to twenty years to fully develop and leave the nest. I found very interesting how now in modern times most men get married at an average age of twenty eight and most women at an age of twenty six, and according to some theories it seems like culture plays a major role in these type decision and human development. Prenatal development Albert Bandura (1967), explains clearly about the human development and learning. He talks about how observation is the individuals biggest asset and learning tool to learn new information and behaviors. Taking Banduras hypothesis to consideration I believe both the nature and the nurture play a big role in the childs development, but I also believe that what hes watching on television is what is affecting him the most because the child is observing other peoples actions along and learning new information through those actions and different behaviors and beliefs. The child observe, learns and imitates what he is seeing on screen, it is why it is important the parents are choosing carefully what their child is seeing on television. Most cartoons today are reflecting very bad things on different cultures and society, and violence is one of
them. Choosing the wrong cartoon can be extremely hazardous to the
childs development, and the parents most of the time dont see the consequences until adolescence. Cognition in Adolescence Piaget states that there are four stages of cognitive development. The first stage is the sensorimotor stage, which is the infancy stage from birth until about two years old. In this stage everything is based of behaviors and perception. The next stage is the preoperational stage; this stage is the early childhood to early elementary years from two years old to seven years old. In this stage things becomes more obvious to the child but he or she does not yet reason in logical. Then, theres the concrete- operational stage from seven years old to twelve years old. In this stage adult logic appears but the reasoning is limited and not well concrete. Finally, the formal operational stage from twelve years old through adulthood, and in this stage logical reasoning and processes are applied and the individual has a clear idea of his actions. Some psychologist think that it takes until about eighteen to twenty one years old to fully have a sense of consciousness about different actions, and knowing how to determine the difference between right and wrong.