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Chapter 12. Social and Personality Development in Adolescents. Psychoanalytic Perspectives Psychosocial Perspective: Erickson. Identity versus Role Confusion Stage Primary developmental task: Achievement of personal identity
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Chapter 12 Social and Personality Development in Adolescents
Psychoanalytic PerspectivesPsychosocial Perspective: Erickson Identity versus Role Confusion Stage Primary developmental task: Achievement of personal identity • Reflects understanding of one’s unique traits and how they manifest across ages and social roles
Marcia’s Theory of Identity AchievementIdentity Statuses Statuses
Self-Understanding Components of self-understanding • More abstract definition of psychological self • Academic self-concepts from internal comparisons and external comparisons • Social self-concepts predict behavior
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall As they grow older, children and adolescents define themselves less and less by what they look like and more and more by what they feel. Figure 12.2 Changes in Teens’ Self-Descriptions
Self-Concept and PersonalitySelf-Esteem Self-esteem: Sense of global self-worth • Self-esteem patterns • High self-esteem correlates • Gender differences throughout adolescence
Moral DevelopmentKohlberg’s Theory of Moral Reasoning Preconventional reasoning: Judgments based on positive or negative consequences to the child • Protocol response to moral dilemmas • 3 levels with 2 substages each
Moral DevelopmentKohlberg’s Theory of Moral Reasoning Write a brief description of and example for each stage.
Figure 12.4 Colby & Kohlberg’s Longitudinal Study of Moral Reasoning Figure 12.5
Causes and Consequences of Moral Development Causes • Progression in age and corresponding cognitive development • Decline of egocentrism • Improvement in role-taking • Support from social environment
Causes and Consequences of Moral Development Fill in the blanks • Growth of moral reasoning associated with ______in adolescent prosocial behaviors and ______ in antisocial behavior.
Criticisms of Kohlberg’s TheoryMoral Reasoning and Emotions Nancy Eisenberg Empathy: Ability to identify with others’ emotions both cause and consequence of moral development • Inability to control emotional triggers (antisocial behaviors) • Age-related and individual differences in ability to regulate emotions
Quantifying EQ • Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS:2) • 2nd -8th grade, 9th-12th grade • Scales, Validity • Inconsistent Responding • Self criticism • Faking good • Response distribution
Self Concept Scales • Physical self concept • Moral self concept • Personal self concept • Family self concept • Social self concept • Academic/work self concept • Identity • Self concept correlated with self esteem
BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory: Youth Version (BarOnEQ-i: YV) • Ages 7-18 • 4th grade reading level • 20-30 minutes to complete • 7 classifications, markedly low to markedly high
Scales • Total emotional intelligence • Intrapersonal scale • Interpersonal scale • Adaptability scale • Stress management scale • General Mood Scale • Positive impressing (faking good) • Inconsistency index
Moral Development and Antisocial BehaviorOverview Delinquency: Adolescent behavior that breaks laws • Two sub-variations by age of delinquency onset • Child onset is more serious and likely to present into adulthood • Adolescent onset is milder and more transitory; peer group influenced
Moral Development and Antisocial BehaviorDelinquency Deliquents: • Lack empathy (for parents, victims) • Behind peers in moral reasoning • Deficits in role-taking skills
Social RelationshipsParents • Adolescents have two contradictory tasks: establish autonomy and maintain relatedness • Conflicts with parents increase but attachment still high • Individual traits and cultural factors affect degree and meaning of parent–teen conflict
Relationships with ParentsAttachment Strong attachment to parents matter! Sense of well-being more strongly correlated with quality of parent than peer attachment Strong attachments associated positive short-term and long-term outcomes
Relationships with PeersOverview Friendships • Increasingly intimate • More stable than those of younger children • Shared interests and activities important
Divorce • Where to live: Parents v. Friends v. Siblings • How much consideration to give an adolescent’s opinion? • EQ • Best Interest of the Child Factors