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Adolescence Chapter 2 – Today’s teen book

Adolescence Chapter 2 – Today’s teen book. Adolescence. Stage of great growth and development/change between childhood and adulthood Challenging Accepting. A dolescent. Person who is going through the stage of life between childhood and adulthood. Unique – one of a kind.

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Adolescence Chapter 2 – Today’s teen book

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  1. AdolescenceChapter 2 – Today’s teen book

  2. Adolescence • Stage of great growth and development/change between childhood and adulthood • Challenging • Accepting

  3. Adolescent • Person who is going through the stage of life between childhood and adulthood

  4. Unique – one of a kind

  5. Adolescent Developmental Tasks • Preparing for your future • Post graduation goals • Money management • independence

  6. 5 Types of Development • Moral • Physical • Intellectual • Emotional • Social M. P.I.E.S.

  7. 1. Physical Development • Puberty – the time when teens start to develop the physical characteristics of men and women • Hormones – chemical substances in your body will reach a high level, stimulate body changes and development of the male and female reproductive systems

  8. Age range 10 – 17 • Body shapes change • Girls usually mature 1st (by 2 years on average) • Individual growth rate • Growth spurt – period of rapid growth • Larger muscles • Better use of muscles

  9. Males – physical changes • Neck Thickens • Facial Hair • Voice Deepens • Shoulders Broaden • Body Hair

  10. Females – physical changes • Hips Widen • Breasts Enlarge • Hour Glass Shape • Menstruation • Body Hair

  11. Body changes • Acne • Nutrition, heredity, environment • Body odor • Activity level, proper grooming, heredity

  12. Take Care of Yourself (as you develop, only 1 body) • Eat nutritious foods • Get enough sleep • Exercise regularly • Avoid harmful activities (smoking, drinking, drugs, & premarital sex)

  13. Social Development • Better able to relate to others • Peers become more important to you • Peers – people approximately your age • Share interests and attitudes with peers • Need to feel as if you belong (peer group) • Acquire values & morals • Friends of same gender, then mixed groups

  14. Social Development • Friendships in childhood are usually a matter of chance, whereas in adolescence they are most often a matter of choice. David Elkindhttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/adolescence.html

  15. Emotional Development • new and confusing feelings – normal • Emotions – feelings about people and events in your life • Intense emotions – strong • Get upset more easily • Moody, feelings change quickly

  16. Ways to deal with negative emotions • Participate in physical activities – increase endorphins • Wait before confronting someone • Talk to someone you trust • Apologize if you are wrong • Write down emotions

  17. Intellectual Development • Increased experiences/knowledge • Solve complex problems • Think ahead to consequences • Listening skills broaden • Better able to express own thoughts • See other’s viewpoints (less egocentric) • Egocentric – self-centered, selfish

  18. Moral Development • Make more difficult choices • Knowing the difference between right and wrong • Telling the truth even when it is hard • Setting personal standards (how you measure whether you are successful) • Turn to those you trust (parents, teachers, counselors, religious leaders)

  19. Self-Concept • The mental picture you have of yourself, and the way you think others see you.

  20. Self-Esteem • The confidence and worth you have in yourself.

  21. Those with Positive Self-Esteem • Rely on own judgment • Resist pressure from others • Stand up for what is important to them • Feel in control of own life • Able to achieve own goals

  22. Personality • the combination of feelings, traits, attitudes and habits • Heredity – traits and characteristics passed from parents to children • Eye color, height, hair color, personality traits, skills • Environment – everyone around you (people, places, things and events) • Dress, behaviors, attitude, personality traits, etc.

  23. Maturity • Reaching full development • Make wise decisions • You have to work at becoming mature in all areas, does not just happen

  24. “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise” • Alden Nowlan • http://thinkexist.com/quotes/alden_nowlan/

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