Developing the Whole Person

Question 1

Generally referred to as teenage years which start at about the age of 12 and end at the age of 21.

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Adolescence

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It refers to the physical transformation that a child experiences as sexual maturity is reached.

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Puberty

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Stages of Puberty

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Prepubescent
Pubescent
Postpubescent

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This stage of puberty is initiated by the appearance of primary characteristics and ends with the development of pubic hair. During this period, menstruation may or yet occur among women.

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Prepubescent

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During this stage of puberty, the individual’s growth become faster.

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Pubescent

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At this stage of puberty, the sudden growth of adolescents stops. This is when fertility may occur among females.

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Postpubescent

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It refers to the progression of one’s ability to think and reason out.

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Cognitive Development

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First stage of cognitive development: From birth to 2 years old. During this stage, infants discover relationships between their bodies and the environment.

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Sensorimotor

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Second stage of cognitive development that takes place or occurs from 2 to 7 years old. During this stage, objects are represented symbolically in the mind.

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Preoperational

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Third stage of cognitive development that takes place from 7 to 11 years of age. The child is concerned only with what happens and cannot consider possibilities that are not real.

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Concrete Operational

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The fourth stage of cognitive development that takes place above 11 years of age and lasts into adulthood.

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Formal Operational

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Ability to think of things that are not yet happening

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Nonconcrete or abstract thinking

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Ability to conceptualize new ideas and ask questions

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Reasoning

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Comparing and contrasting ideas

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Raising varied points of view based on different criteria

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(12-14 years old)
During this period, the adolescent makes use of more complex thinking in personal decision making him/her immediate —— home and school.

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Early Adolescence

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(15-17 years old)
This stage marks the adolescent of more complex thinking processes to include more philosophical and futuristic concerns.

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Middle Adolescence

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(18-21 years old)

During this stage, the adolescent makes use of complex thinking processes that are less self-centered.

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Late Adolescence

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According to Eric P. Hazen (2008), a practicing child and adolescent psychiatrist, states that there may be a biological basis for the increased risk taking and impulsivity in adolescence.

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Brain Development

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4 factors that may attributed to the origin of sex differences explained by Spencer Rathus.

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Biological, cultural, evolutionary, environmental

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One of the key concepts crucial in the study of adolescence.

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Identity crisis

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He was best known for his psychosocial development theory.

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Erik Erikson

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Based on this theory, Erikson asserts that the period of adolescence is the most challenging and turbulent stage in the forming if the identity of an individual.

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Psychosocial Development Theory

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The break that a person takes to search for his/her identity.

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Psychological moratorium

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Stage of psychosocial development which the issue is trust vs. mistrust.

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Infancy (to 1 year)

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Stage of psychosocial development which the issue is autonomy vs. shame and doubt.

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Toddlerhood (1-3 years old)

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Stage of psychosocial development which the issue is initiative vs. guilt

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Pre-schoolers (3-6 years old)

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Stage of psychosocial development which the issue is industry vs. inferiority

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Elementary school (6 yrs. old)

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Stage of psychosocial development which the issue is identity vs. role confusion

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Adolescence (teen years - 20s)

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Stage of psychosocial development which the issue is intimacy vs. isolation

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Young adulthood (20s - 40s)

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Stage of psychosocial development which the issue is generativity vs. stagnation

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Middle Adulthood (40s - 60s)

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Stage of psychosocial development which the issue is integrity vs. despair

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Late adulthood (60s and above)

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It refers to the way people choose to live their lives according to a set of guidelines or principles that govern their decisions about right versus wrong, and good versus evil.

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Morality

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This theory was focused on how children’s thoughts on morality are modified over time.

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Piaget’s Theory of Moral Development

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Piaget’s first stage of moral development which characterized by rigid and simplistic judgements.

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Morality of Constraint/Heteronomous Morality

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Second stage of Piaget’s theory of moral development that characterized by moral flexibility.

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Morality of Cooperation/Autonomous Morality

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An American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.

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Lawrence Kohlberg

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The three levels of moral reasoning according to Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development.

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Preconventional, conventional and postconventional

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Throughout this level, a child’s sense of morality is externally controlled.

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Preconventional

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This stage in preconventional level focuses on the child’s desire to obey riles and avoid being punished.

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Stage 1: Obedience-and-Punishment Orientation

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This stage in preconventional level expressed the “what’s in it for me?” position, in which right behavior is defined by whatever the individual believes to be in their best interest.

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Stage 2: Personal Reward Orientation

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Throughout this level in Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development, a child’s sense of morality is tied to personal and societal relationships.

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Conventional

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In this stage of conventional level, children want the approval of others and act in ways to avoid disapproval.

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Good Boy, Nice Girl Orientation

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In this stage of conventional level, the child blindly accepts rules and convention because of their importance in maintaining a functioning society.

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Stage 4: Law-and-Order Orientation

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Throughout this level in Kohlberg’s Theory of Moral Development, a person’s sense of morality is defined in terms of more abstract principles and values.

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Postconventional

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In this stage of postconventional level, the world is viewed as holding different opinions, rights and values. Those that do not promote the general welfare should be changed when necessary to meet the greatest good for the greatest number of people.

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Stage 5: Social-Contract Orientation

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In this stage of postconventional level, moral reasoning is based on abstract reasoning using universal ethical principles. Generally, the choses principles are abstract rather than concrete and focus on ideas such as equality, dignity or respect.

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Stage 6: Universal-Ethical-Principal Orientation