Characteristic behaviors of adolescents

Question 1

Argumentative, disobedient, and tends to challenge family and authority

Answer 1

Early adolescence

Question 2

Shows ambivalence on emerging independence which may lead to family conflicts

Answer 2

Middle adolescence

Question 3

Emancipation (college, work, vocations, adopts an adult lifestyle)

Answer 3

Late adolescence

Question 4

Usually comfortable with body image

Answer 4

Late adolescence

Question 5

Increased interest in making body image more attractive

Answer 5

Middle adolescence

Question 6

May have mood sings; daydreams

Answer 6

Early adolescence

Question 7

Excessive physical activity alternating with lethargy can be shown

Answer 7

Middle adolescence

Question 8

Emergence of abstract reasoning

Answer 8

Late adolescence

Question 9

Reject things of childhood

Answer 9

Early adolescence

Question 10

Displays a growing need for privacy

Answer 10

Early adolescence

Question 11

May be anxious about wet dreams, masturbation, breast or penis size

Answer 11

Early adolescence

Question 12

Able to compromise as they are able to engage with their conscience

Answer 12

Late adolescence

Question 13

Able to delay gratification

Answer 13

Late adolescence

Question 14

Emergence of formal operations that lead to effective planning

Answer 14

Middle adolescence

Question 15

Understands better the consequences of behavior

Answer 15

Middle adolescence

Question 16

Feelings of omnipotence and immortality are present which may lead to risk-taking behaviors

Answer 16

Middle adolescence

Question 17

Focuses thinking on “here and now” because of a lack of understanding of consequence despite concrete thinking

Answer 17

Early adolescence