Adolescence Life Span Flashcards
Theorist’s of Adolescence
- G. Stanley Hall
- Daniel Offer
G. Stanley Hall View
- storm and stress view
Daniel Offer View
- happy most of the time
- have self-control
- value work and school
- can cope with life
- positive feeling toward their family
Changes in Adolescence
- puberty and body image concerns
- thinking more abstractly and logically
- More responsibility and autonomy
- Moving from small homogenous
classrooms into impersonal large
heterogeneous classrooms - More stress on achievement
- Top dog phenomenon/dominance
hierarchy
Puberty
- The period where a young person becomes capable of sexual reproduction
- Period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that occur primarily during early adolescents
Health and Safety Concerns
- Unhealthy diet/Energy drinks
- Eating disorders
- Depression/Suicide/Anxiety
- Tobacco use/Vaping/E-cigarettes
- Alcohol/Drug use
- Sexual activity leading to pregnancy or Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
- Unintentional injury or violence
How to Ensure Health and Safety
- honest programs about difficult topics (programs providing info, encourage abstinence, promote condom use, encourage fewer partners, teach sexual communication skills)
- Increase health-enhancing behaviours and reduce health-compromising behaviours
Piaget Stages
- Sensorimotor stage
- Pre operational stage
- Concrete operational stage
- Formal operational stage
Sensorimotor stage
- 0 - 2
- child begins to interact with world
Pre-operaitonal stage
- 2 - 6 or 7
- child begins to represent the world symbolically
Concrete operational stage
- 7 - 11 or 12
- child learns rules such as conversation
Formal operational stage
- 12 - adulthood
- Thinking shifts from the real to the possible
- Ability to think about things never experienced
- Generate ideas about things that never happened
- Make predictions about hypothetical or future events
- Think about thinking
Adolescent Egocentrism
- heightened self-consciousness of adolescents that contributes to their social thinking
(imaginary audience, personal fable)
examples of adolescent egocentrism
- “I want to skip school
because I am having
a bad hair day and
everyone with notice
and laugh at me” - “I can drive at
150km/hour, no
one can handle
high speeds like
me” - “Nobody understands
me, especially not my
parents or teachers”
Understanding Others
- adolescents develop better understanding of others by attaching beliefs and attitudes to important life issues through…
- promotion of community service/volunteer work
- engaging in extracurricular activities
Adolescence - socioemotional development
Identity
Self-portrait of many pieces including:
- career and work path chosen
- political, religious, and relationships
- achievement and intellectual abilities
- sexual and cultural
- interest, personality, and physical
Erikson’s Adolescence Stage
identity vs. role confusion
- Adolescents must find out who they are, what they value, and a direction for their lives. They must be given opportunities to explore alternative options and roles for the future
Identity Status
Identity Achievement
- ✔️ Explore options|✔️ Made commitments
Identity Moratorium
(most common in highschool students)
- ✔️ Explore options|❌ Made commitments
Identity Foreclosure
- ❌ Explore options|✔️ Made commitments
Identity Diffusion
- ❌ Explore options|❌ Made commitments
Ethnic Identity
ones sense of identity concerning racial or ethnic group membership
- Self-identification as a member of a group
- Feelings of belonging/commitment to the group
- Positive/negative attitudes toward the group
- Sense of shared attitudes and values
- Practicing of ethnic traditions
Cultural Appropriation
adoption of one cultures elements by members of another culture without recognition for the originating culture
Cultural Appreciation
when parts of a culture are used honouring the source they came from through respect and value
ways to know if a culture is appropriated or appreciated
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