life of a teenager
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discussion on life of a teenager and the stages of development for both adolescent boys and girlsTRANSCRIPT
Life of a
Teenager
Hello Teens!
What is a
teenager?
What would you feel?
Early Adolescence
1.Period of rapid growth
2.Acquiring the ability to
reason
3.Awakening of sexual
awareness
4.Searching for self-image
5.Peer-oriented
6. Has a new sense of
history
7.Has a strong sense of
social justice
Later Adolescence
1. Introverts
2. Vacillates between idealism
and doubting cynicism
3. Craves affection
4. Capable of deeper reasoning
and understanding
Stages of
Development
How do I grow up
into a woman?
11-13 13-15 14-15
• Reproductive system develops visibly
• Internal organs grow and begin to function
• tends to be taller, heavier, and more mature than
boys
• Gets more interested in boys first than the boys
get interested in them
• Reaches the peak of intellectual
development
• Does everything to be accepted and
be popular
• Usually defies the parents rather than
be “different”
• Period of experimentation and
rebellion
• There can be an exalted move
towards religion
• Social graces begin to return and moral, religious and
spiritual problems get discussed more rationally
• Fully sets personal standards and beliefs
• She will do much for LOVE
How do I grow up
into a man?
11-13 13-15 14-17
• Less interested into other gender
• Robust, noisy, inventive, foolhardy
• More concerned in their physical
appearance
• Begin to develop interest in
abstractions
• Sense of humor is often crude and
vulgar
• Puberty proper
• Enlargement and functioning of
sex organs
• Uncouth and ungainly
• suffer emotional disturbance
and mood swings
• A constant source of annoyance
and embarrassment to parents
• Assert independence and will
“act big”
• A period of great sensitivity and
creativity
• Respond to ideas of valor and
nobility
• Wishes to do something
purposeful in life
• Though welcomes the idea of
marriage, they still have NO
REAL DESIRE TO MARRY
Erikson’s Psychosocial Development
STAGE 5
Age: 13-19
Virtue: Fidelity
Crisis: Identity vs. Role Confusion
Significant relationship: Peers, role model
Existential question: Who am I? What can I be?
Example: Social relationship
Oedipus and Electra complex
Thank you and enjoy your teenage life!!