HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

ADOLESENCE

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LESSON 3

ADOLESCENCE
POSITIVE PHYSCIAL COGNITIVE
PSYCHOLO DEVLOP DEVELOP
MENT
GY
MENT

SOCIO

EMOTIN
AL

ADOLESENCE
DEFINATION
TRANSITION FROM

CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD

STARTS @ 10-12 YEARS (PUBERTY)

AFFECTED BY MANY FACTORS

EHTNIC,CULTURAL,HISTORICA
L,GENDER,SOICIOECONMIC.

ENDS@ 18 TO 21 YRS

(PUBERTY)

PUBERTY

DEFINATION

SETS IN 2 YEARS
EARLIER IN GIRLS

A PERIOD OF RAPID
SKELETAL AND SEXUAL
MATURATION TTHAT
OCCURS MAINLY IN
EARLY ADOLESENCE

SEXUAL MATURATION

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

ADOLECENCE

IS NOT A
TIME OF

1.REBELLIO
N

2.CRISIS,

3.PATHOLOY,
4.DEVIANCE
TO
AUTHORITY.

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY

1.EVALUATION

ADOLESENCE
IS A TIME

2.OF DECISION
MAKING
OF IDENTITY
SEARCH

3.COMMITMET,
4.OURAGEOUS
BEHAVIOR

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
COMPETENT ADOLESENT DEPENDS ON
EG
LEGIMATE
QUALITY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION,PARENTAL
GROWTH
,COMMUNITY
SUPPORT

EG
ACCESSS TO GOOD
JOBS

POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
DEVELOPING POSITIVE IMAGE
BECOMING SELF MOTIVATING

EG
STRUCTURED ACTIVITIES
IE

SPORTS,THE ARTS,
PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES
PARTICIPATION IN ORGANIZATIONS

SUMMARY
POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY EMPAHAZIES
THAT
THE
ADOLESCENT
IS
NOT
CHARACTERIZED BY THE STEREOTYPED
ABNORMAL AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR
ALL THE BEHAVIOURS ARE NORMAL FOR THAT
DEVELOPMENTAL
STAGE.
BEING
RADICAL,UNNERVING, DIFFERENT TO ADULTS

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN
ALDOLESCENCE
PUBERTY-PERIOD OF RAPID SKELETAL AND SEXUAL
MATURATION THAT OCCURS IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE.
FACTORS AFFECTING PUBERTY
GROWRH
SPURT

1.HOIRMONES
STARTS @9YRS
FOR GIRLS@
11YRS FOR
BOYS

2.SOCIO(STRESS

HORMONES
TESTOSTERONE FOR BOYS

OSTROGENS FOR GIRLS

COGNITIVE DEVELPOMENT
1.PIAGETS THEORY
4TH STAGEFORMAL
OPERATIONAL THINKING

2.ALDOLESENT EGOCENTRISM

@11-15 YRS
HYPOTHETICAL-DEDUCTIVE
A=B B=C THEREFORE A=C

ABSTRACT,IDEALISTIC,LOGICAL
THINKING,SPECULATION

BELIEF THAT OTHERS ARE

PREOCCUPIED WITH THE
ADOLESCENT AS HE OR SHE
IS. UNIQUE

IDENTITY STATUS
POSITION ON
IDENTITY
OCCUPATION
DIFFUSION
AND IDEOLOGY

IDENTIITY
FORCLOSURE

IDENTITY
MORATORIUM

IDENTITY
ACHIEVEMENT

EXPLORATION

ABSENT
E.G WANTING
TO BE A
DOCTOR
BECAUSE YOUR
PARENTS
WANT YOU TO
BE ONE

PRESENT

PRESENT

(MOST
COLLEGE ARE
HERE, MANY
OPTIONS BUT
NO
COMMITMENT
YES)

IN LATE
ALDOLESENCE

(INVESTIGATIN
G)

COMMITMENT
(MAKING
DECISION)

ABSENT
IN EARLY
ALDOLESENCE

ABSENT

PRESENT(COM ABSENT
MITING
BEFORE
INVESTIGATING
ALL OPTIONS)

PRESENT

DEVELOPING POSITIVE IDENTITY

BE WARE THAT
2.MAKE THE
YOUR IDENTITY
MOST OF YOUR
IS COMPLEX AND COLLLEGE YEARS
WILL TAKE A
LONG TIME TO
DEVELOP

3.EXAMINE IF
EXPECT YOUR
YOUR IDENTITY
IDENTITY TO
IS YOUR OWN OR CHANGE
YOUR PARTNERS

IDENTITY IS
ACHIEVED IN BITS
PIECES OVER
YOUR LIFETIME

FORCLUSURE
BEFORE ENOUGH
EXPLORATION,DO
YOU WANT TO A
DOCTOR
BECAUSE YOUR
PARENTS WANTS
YOU TO BE.

COLLEGE
ENCOURAGES
EXPLORATION,EX
POSURE TO IDEAS
AND VALUES

YOUR WORLD
WILL CHANGE
AND YOU WILL
CHANGE.

ADULT DEVELOPMENT AND AGING

PHYSIC COGNIT SOCIO

AL
IVE
EMOTI
ONAL
DEVELO DEVELO DEVELO
PMENT PMENT PMENT

POSITIV
E
PSYCHO
LOGY
AND
AGING

LESSON 4
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT