Unit 5: DevelopmentChapter 11: Adolescence

Warm Up 11/19• Have you changed since middle

school? How?

Physical Development• transitioning from childhood to

adulthood

Physical Development• growth spurt - rapid growth

o between 8-12”o girls earlier than boyso may result in feeling gawky for a while

Physical Development• Puberty

o physical changes that result in the ability to reproduce

o primary & secondary sex characteristics

Physical Development• Puberty

o changes in hormone levels boys - deeper voices, facial hair, more

muscle tissue girls - menstruation

• Maturation rateso are there social differences?

Social Development• Parents

o more independence safely still need parents for important things

o maintain emotional attachment

Vocabulary Chapter 11• adolescent growth

spurt• puberty• primary sex

characteristics• secondary sex

characteristics• anorexia nervosa• bulimia nervosa• juvenile delinquency• status offenses

• menarche• cliques• crowds• identity crisis• identity status• identity moratorium• identity foreclosure• identity achievement• identity diffusion• identity achievement

Warm up 02/111.In which of Piaget’s cognitive stages

does a child exhibit egocentrism?2.Which psychologist developed moral

stages of development?3.Which inborn reflex causes a child

to turn its face toward a source of food?

Social Development• Peers

o friendship several hours a day with friends “besties” - loyalty is important similar outlook on life

o cliques & crowds

Social Development• Peers

o peer pressureo dating

Identity Formation• Identity Development

o Erikson - committing to role or occupation no identity...lost forever?

o try different values, beliefs, roles, etc.o identity crisis - examine values &

determine which ones fit best

• Identity Statuso Marcia - adolescence decisions will

determine the life you have?

• Identity Statuso moratorium - delaying making decisionso foreclosure - making decisions that

leave out other paths o diffusion - not committed to a set of

personal beliefso achievement - committed yourself to a

role in life

• Gender o Erikson - theory applies to mostly boys

interpersonal relationships important in identity

women connected to role of wife & mothero today more likely to approach identity

formation like men

• Ethnicityo two sets of cultural values

reconcile the differenceso prejudice & discriminationo father & mother from different cultural

background have to figure out where they stand

o http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/10/changing-faces/schoeller-photography

Write a letter to yourself….It can be whatever you wantthings to consider

musical tastestelevisiongoalsfamily planning

Self-address the back ...I will mail it to you in ~10 years.

Warm up 02/18• Do you think it is difficult to be a

teenager?• Why?

Challenges of Adolescence • Eating Disorders

o Bulimia nervosa binge eating & vomiting mostly female also can involve fasting, strict dieting,

vigorous exercise

• Eating Disorderso anorexia nervosa

self-starvation & distorted body image men can have it too but less frequently

o Cultural pressureo treatment

counseling rehab like programs

• Substance Abuseo http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/high-school-youth-trends

o coping with stress?o addiction at an early ageo drug prevention - DARE

http://montana.methproject.org/index.php

• Sexualityo http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/sexualbehaviors/

o several risks with teenage motherhood to health of both mom and baby

• Juvenile Delinquencyo status offenses - less serious offenses

that are only prohibited to minors truancy, drinking, smoking, running away

from home

Warm up 11/201.What type of conditioning is

operated on a schedule of rewards & punishments?

2.Who experimented with a Bobo doll?

3.What is eidetic memory?