1. Adolescence Module 5

2. Adolescence The transition period from childhood to adulthood, extending from puberty to independence

3. Puberty The period of sexual maturation, during which a person becomes capable of reproducing

4. Cognitive Development

5. Adolescent Reasoning Jean Piaget’s formal operational stage – Formal logic, abstract thinking, and hypothetical reasoning are now possible – Age when one tends to focus on the self, often imaging that one’s own feelings are particularly unique

6. Morality One’s sense of right and wrong.

7. Lawrence Kohlberg’s Moral Ladder: Pre-conventional moral reasoning: Avoid punishment or gain reward

8. Conventional Moral Reasoning: fit in and play one’s role as a good citizen

9. Post-Conventional Reasoning: Universal ethical principles that represent the rights or obligations of all people

10. Social Development

11. Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Development

13. Identity: One’s sense of self Experimentation Rebellion “Self”-ishness Optimism and Energy

14. Intimacy In Erikson’s theory, the ability to form close, loving, open relationships; a primary task in early adulthood.

15. Independence

16. Most adolescents achieve independence with relatively little friction in the family. Sometimes however, things can get intense!

17. Key Developmental Issues Continuity and Stages: Development relies on both Stability and Change: – Temperament and values are most likely to stay constant – Relationships and certain behaviors are more likely to change Nature and Nurture