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Adolescence: Sturm und Drang ?

Adolescence: Sturm und Drang ?. What is “adolescence”? Broadly speaking, it refers to the period between the onset of puberty & adult independence – it’s getting longer Is it a time of “storm & stress”? The work of Margaret Mead & others suggests otherwise. Adolescence.

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Adolescence: Sturm und Drang ?

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  1. Adolescence: Sturm und Drang? • What is “adolescence”? • Broadly speaking, it refers to the period between the onset of puberty & adult independence – it’s getting longer • Is it a time of “storm & stress”? The work of Margaret Mead & others suggests otherwise

  2. Adolescence • Physical Changes • Growth spurts (around 10 in females, 12 in males) • Pubescence & Puberty • Pubescence: secondary sex characteristics • Puberty: primary sex characteristics (menarche in women) • Pace can have positive or negative effects on self-image • “Early” males adapt best • “Early” females or “late” males may struggle

  3. Adolescence • Cognitive Changes • Piaget: Formal Operations • David Elkind • “Imaginary Audience” • “Personal Fable” • G. Stanley Hall (“storm & stress”) v. Margaret Mead (easy)

  4. Adolescence • Critical Element: Identity • James Marcia & the “Identity Crisis” – Crisis & Commitment • Identity Achievement • Identity Foreclosure • Identity Moratorium • Identity Diffusion

  5. Adulthood • Remember Erickson! • Intimacy vs. Isolation (young adulthood) • Generativity vs. Self-Absorption (or Stagnation) • The mid-life crisis?

  6. Authoritarian • Impose rules • Expect complete obedience • “Because I said so” • Authoritative • Demanding but responsive • Rules w/ reasons Parenting / Child-Rearing Style • Permissive • Few demands made • Child’s “friend” • Rejecting/Neglecting • Disengaged, little effort • Expect little, invest little

  7. Old people receive better health care People become more rigid & inflexible as they age Sound body = sound mind Most old people are isolated, withdrawn, or lonesome Intelligence declines with age Older people are less productive than young people It only gets worse Stress is more prevalent among the elderly than other age groups Senility is inevitable as one ages You can’t teach an old dogs new tricks Old people are not active Use it or lose it Myths of Old Age

  8. The 5 Stages of Dying/Grief Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

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