MODULE 3- Development Stages in Middle and Late Adolescence Flashcards
developmental transition from childhood to adulthood
-adolescence
stages of healthy adolescent development
-physical growth
-intellectual/cognition
-autonomy
-body image
-peer group
-identity development
12-14 ages
early adolescence
15-16 ages
middle adolescence
17-19 ages
late adolescence
puberty- rapid growth period
secondary sexual characteristics appear
physical growth (early)
concrete thoughts dominate - “here and now”
cause and effect rs is underdeveloped
stronger “self” than social awareness
intellectual/cognition (early)
challenge authority
loneliness
wide mood swings
things of childhood rejected
argumentative and disobedient
autonomy (early)
preoccupation of physical changes and critical of appearance
anxieties about secondary sexual characteristic changes
peers as standard for normal appearance
body image (early)
Serves as developmental purpose
Intense friendship with same sex
Contact with opposite sex in groups
peer group early)
“Am I normal?”
* Daydreaming
* Vocational goals change frequently
* Begin to develop own value system
* Emerging sexual feelings and
sexual exploration
* Imaginary audience
* Desire for privacy
* Magnify own problems “no one
understands”
identity development(early)
- Secondary sexual characteristic
advanced - 95% of adult height reached
physical growth (middle)
- Growth in abstract thoughts; reverts
to concrete thoughts when stressed - Cause- effect relationship better
understood - Very self-absorbed
intellectual (middle)
Conflict with family predominates
due to ambivalence about emerging
independence
autonomy (middle)
- Less concern about physical
changes but more concerned about
personal attractiveness - Excessive physical activities
alternating with lethargy
body image (middle)
- Strong peer allegiances — fad
behaviors - Sexual drives emerge and teens
begin to explore ability to date and
attract a partner
peer group (middle)
Experimentation — sex, drugs,
friends, jobs, risk-taking behaviors
identity development (middle)
- Physical maturity and reproductive
leveling off and ending
physical growth (late)
- Abstract thought established
- Future oriented; able to
understand, plan and pursue long
range goals - Philosophical and idealistic
intellectual(late)
- Emancipation: (Vocational/
technical, college and/or work) - Adult lifestyle
autonomy(late)
- Usually comfortable with body
image
body image(late)
- Decisions/ values less influenced
by peers - Relates to individuals more than
group - Selection of partners based on
individual preference
peer group(late)
- Pursue realistic vocational goals
with training or career employment - Relate to family as adult
- Realization of own limitations and
mortality - Establishment of sexual identity
and sexual activity is common - Establishment of moral and ethical
value system - More capable of intimate and
complex relationships
identity development(late)
he identified the eleven development tasks associated with the adolescent transition
Robert Havighurst
eleven development tasks associated with the adolescent transition
- must adjust to a new physical sense of self.
- must adjust to new intellectual abilities.
- must adjust to increased cognitive demands at school.
4.must develop expanded verbal skills.
5.must develop a personal sense of identity.
6.must establish adult vocational goals.
7.must establish emotional and psychological independence from his or her parents. - must develop stable and productive peer relationships.
- must learn to manage her or his sexuality.
10.must adopt a personal value system. - must develop increased impulse control and behavioral maturity
