University:
California State University, Northridge
Course:
PSY 313 | Developmental Psychology
Academic year:

2005
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258

Pages:

7
Author:

pakovskiaba

Adolescence Adolescence • Recent stage of development (late 19th c) – Move from agricultural to industrialized societies – Career passed down by previous generation • Industrialization – Movement towards urbanization – Education rates soared – New choices for vocation, values, & role models – Forming of youth culture • Transitional period between childhood and adulthood Storm and Stress? • Late 1880s, G. Stanley Hall– Period of storm and stress • “lack of emotional steadiness, violent impulses, unreasonable conduct, lack of enthusiasm, and sympathy…The previous selfhood is broken up…and a new individual is in the process of being born. All is solvent, plastic, peculiarly susceptible to external influences.” • Exaggeration??? • Mead – Culture-specific • Adolescence as great celebration and pride – Samoan girls do not experience adolescence 1 Rites of Passage • Many cultures mark period of adolescence with rites of passage – Reproductive fertility – Genital mutilation • Adolescence is a socially constructed phenomenon Physical Development • Growth spurt – a period of very rapid growth in height and weight • Puberty – period of maturation during which the sexual organs mature – Girls start ~ 11 or 12 – Boys begin ~13 or 14 U.S. View of Adolescence • Period of time - individual is looking to the future and future roles • Expectations from peers, family, and others change • Physical changes occur • Three Parts of Adolescence – Early Adolescence (12-14) – Middle Adolescence (15-16) – Late Adolescence (17-18) – Emerging Adulthood (18-25) 2 The Changes of Sexual Maturation During Adolescence Relationship of puberty change to body image. Boys maintain positive images through puberty. Girls self-image declines Body Image • Early Maturation – Boys – Girls • Late Maturation – Boys – Girls 3 Nutrition and Food: Fueling the Growth of Adolescence • Obesity- most common nutritional concern – 20% of adolescents are overweight • Anorexia nervosa and bulimia - afflict primarily women between the ages of 12 and 40. Family Relationships • Changing parent-child relations – Increasing time spent w/peers – become more distant from parents – More likely to turn to peer than parents • Independence – Autonomy – having independence and sense of control over one’s life Parent-Adolescent Conflicts • Conflict patterns – Frequency - highest early adolescence – Decreases over time – Due to amount of time spent with parents? • Intensity of conflicts – Increases from early from early to mid- adolescence – Eventually decreases • Generation gap – a divide between parents and adolescents in attitudes, values, aspirations, and worldviews 4 Conflicts (con’t) • Parents have own concerns – Increased responsibilities at work – Own parents are aging, may need special care • Adolescents continue to discuss important issues with parents – connectedness Parental Influences • Parents continue to play important roles in adolescents’ lives • Fuligni & Eccles – time spent with peers and turned to them for advice depends on how parents’ behavior changed in response to adolescent’s growing up Changing Views of Parents 5 Friendships • Important to boys and girls • Look to each other for help in confronting and making sense of uncertain situations • Difference in quality of friendships – Boys - less close, more numerous – Boys are more concerned with establishing independence Relationships with Peers • Reference group – any group of people with whom one compares oneself • Clique • Crowds The Social World Of Adolescence 6 • Peer pressure • Undersocialized delinquents • Socialized delinquents 7

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