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Adolescence

Adolescence. Hormones out of control?. living on the edge. piercings, tatoos. Who am I???????. Choices, decisions. Get Up!!!!!!!!!!. get your room cleaned up, do the dishes is your homework done? the laundry is not going to do itself. Get good grades!.

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Adolescence

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  1. Adolescence • Hormones out of control?

  2. living on the edge

  3. piercings, tatoos........

  4. Who am I???????

  5. Choices, decisions........

  6. Get Up!!!!!!!!!! • get your room cleaned up, • do the dishes • is your homework done? • the laundry is not going to do itself

  7. Get good grades! • Hey teacher, leave those kids alone! • go to university • get a job • move out • you’re an adult now????? • Why do you still treat me like a kid

  8. Worldwide ?

  9. More choices......

  10. abstinence

  11. do this, don’t do that...

  12. Just do it......

  13. do you belong ?? • rap • emo • rock • country • classical • jazz • punk • gothic

  14. When does it begin.... • that transition period between childhood and adulthood • Initiation rites...vision quest, bar mitzvah, sweet 16, graduation......... • puberty: sexual maturation; the end of childhood and the point when reproduction is first possible

  15. Theories: • G. Stanley Hall (1904) a transitional stage...”great storm and stress” • Margaret Mead (1935) not all adolescents go through storm and stress...that storm and stress comes from industrialized society • 1988- only 11% of adolescents experience difficulty. 32% have sporadic problems....

  16. .....robert havighurst • and...57% enjoy a relatively positive experience through their adolescent years. • Havighurst (1972) 9 developmental tasks which must be mastered.......

  17. p. 95 • 1. accepting one’s physical makeup and acquiring a masculine or feminine gender role • 2. Developing appropriate relations with age-mates of both sexes • 3. Becoming emotionally independent of parents and other adults

  18. cont.. • 4. Achieving the assurance that one will become economically independent • 5. Deciding on, preparing for, and entering a vocation • 6. Developing the cognitive skills and concepts necessary for social competence

  19. cont.... • 7. Understanding and achieving socially responsible behavior • 8. Preparing for marriage and family • 9. Acquiring values that are harmonious and appropriate

  20. Physical changes • physical size- weight and height • sexual maturation...spermarche, menarche

  21. ch ch ch changes • turn and face the strain • time may change me, but • i can’t trace time

  22. Personal Development • 4-2 • Cognitive development • piaget....formal operations...thinking becomes more abstract • rationalization....a process that an individual seeks to explain an often unpleasant emotion or behavior in a way that will preserve their self esteem

  23. David Elkind 1984 • Finding fault with authority figures • Argumentativeness • Apparent Hypocrisy • Self-Consciousness (that zit!) • Invulnerability

  24. Identity Development • Erik Erikson claims there is an identity crisis.... • Identity formation vs identity confusion

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