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Adolescence. The transition period from childhood to adulthood. Is adolescence getting longer or shorter?. Physical Development. Puberty: the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing. It all begins with puberty. What is the time period of adolescence?.
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Adolescence The transition period from childhood to adulthood.
Physical Development Puberty: the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing. • It all begins with puberty
What is the time period of adolescence? What produces puberty? What is the reason for puberty? Physical Development
Primary Sexual Characteristics • The body structures that make sexual reproduction possible Testicles Ovaries
Secondary Sexual Characteristics Deepening of male voice Female breasts • Nonreproductive sexual characteristics Body hair Jalo’s Hips
When does puberty start?The Landmarks • First ejaculation for boys • Menarche for girls Do we remember these things?
Puberty How might timing differences effect an adolescent socially? Would maturing early benefit girls and/or boys? Why or why not? Sequence is way more predictable than the timing.
Cognitive Development • Have the ability to reason but……. • The reasoning is self-focused. Assume that their experiences are unique. • Experience formal operational thought
Lawrence Kohlberg and his stages of Morality • Preconventional Morality • Conventional Morality • Postconventional Morality
Preconventional Morality • Morality of self- interest • Their actions are either to avoid punishment or to gain rewards.
Conventional Morality Morality is based upon obeying laws to • Maintain social order • To gain social approval
Postconventional Morality • Morality based on your own ethical principles.
Talk is CheapHow do we turn morality into action? • Teach Empathy • Self-discipline to delay gratification • Modal moral behavior
Social Development Its all about forming an identity!!!
Identity • One’s sense of self. • The idea that an adolescent’s job is to find oneself by testing various roles. • Comes from Erik Erikson’s stages of Psychosocial development.
Identity • Some teenagers take their identity early by sharing their parents values and expectations. • Some teenagers will adopt a negative identity- opposition to society, but conforms to a peer group.
Intimacy • Towards the end of adolescence, intimacy becomes the prime goal. • Can you list the intimacy differences between men and women?
