adolescence (13-18 years)
Adolescence is a critical period in one's life. During the period, teens are subjected to influences from peers, physical changes for adulthood, and finding their identity and moral judgments. Listed below are some characteristics teens go through in this stage.
Abstract Logic (Age: begins at the age of 12 but continues)
By their adolescent years, teens should be able to have a formal operational way of thinking. Formal operational means "the stage of cognitive development during which people begin to thinking logically about abstract concepts." Piaget believed that this started later.
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By their adolescent years, teens should be able to have a formal operational way of thinking. Formal operational means "the stage of cognitive development during which people begin to thinking logically about abstract concepts." Piaget believed that this started later.
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Peer Influences (Age: 13-18 years)
Adolescence is when their peers start having a greater influence on them than their parents. Teens start to develop the attitude of their peers, but they thing parents have more influence on their beliefs and future plans.
Adolescence is when their peers start having a greater influence on them than their parents. Teens start to develop the attitude of their peers, but they thing parents have more influence on their beliefs and future plans.
Puberty (Age: Females: begins around 10-11, Males: begins around 14)
Puberty is "the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing." Women have their first menstrual cycle around 10-11 years old. They will then grow hips and breasts. Men will have their first ejaculation around the age of 14. They will then start growing facial hair and have deepened voices. Both sexes develop underarm and pubic hair.
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Puberty is "the period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing." Women have their first menstrual cycle around 10-11 years old. They will then grow hips and breasts. Men will have their first ejaculation around the age of 14. They will then start growing facial hair and have deepened voices. Both sexes develop underarm and pubic hair.
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Moral Reasoning (Age: 13-18 years)
Kohlberg believed that moral reasoning is the thinking of what we believe is right or wrong. He would then break the thinking up into preconventional morality (obey to avoid punishment), conventional morality (upholds laws and social rules because they are rule/law), and postconventional laws (based off of ethical principles). Adolescence begin to make more of these judgments and young adolescents are most generally in conventional morality.
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Kohlberg believed that moral reasoning is the thinking of what we believe is right or wrong. He would then break the thinking up into preconventional morality (obey to avoid punishment), conventional morality (upholds laws and social rules because they are rule/law), and postconventional laws (based off of ethical principles). Adolescence begin to make more of these judgments and young adolescents are most generally in conventional morality.
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Identity (Age: 13-18 years)
Identity is defined as " one's sense of self...the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles." Erik Erikson believed that many teens will accept their parent's expectations and values. Other teens won't follow their parents' ways but go a different path while conforming to a particular group.
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Identity is defined as " one's sense of self...the adolescent's task is to solidify a sense of self by testing and integrating various roles." Erik Erikson believed that many teens will accept their parent's expectations and values. Other teens won't follow their parents' ways but go a different path while conforming to a particular group.
(Picture:http://tasramar.com/2010/01/shooting-on-the-edge-a-teen-identity-photo-shoot-d145/)