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Chapter 1 Adolescence

Published on Jan 12, 2016

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Introduction

to Adolescence
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How do we define adolescence?

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Early History

  • Aristotle
  • Plato
  • Rousseau
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20th-21st century

  • G. Stanley Hall (storm and stress)
  • Margaret Mead (sociocultural view)
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Other Important ideas

  • The Inventionist View
  • Cohort effects
  • Millenials
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Stereotypes

Adolescent generalization gap
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A positive view of adolescence

  • 73% of adolescents had a positive self-image (1988)
  • Acting out and testing boundaries are ways adolescents move towards accepting parental values.
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Positive Youth Development (PYD)

  • Competence
  • Confidence
  • Connection
  • Character
  • Caring/compassion
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Positive Youth Development (PYD)

  • Competence
  • Confidence
  • Connection
  • Character
  • Caring/compassion
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Adolescents in the US

Social Contexts and Social Policy
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Context

  • Where development occurs
  • Socioeconomic, ethnic, cultural, gender, age and lifestyle differences.
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Social Policy

  • Influence welfare of its citizens.
  • 20% of US 15 y.o. have meaningful relationships outside of family.
  • 19.7% of children and adolescents live in poverty. (Compared with 9% Canada, 2% Sweden)
  • The longer 7-13 year olds are in poverty the higher their stress
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The Global Perspective

Changes and Traditions
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The same or different?

  • The Global Perspective, Page 12 Bullet Points
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A global perspective

  • Health and well-being
  • Gender
  • Family
  • School
  • Peers
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What are the developmental stages we experience?

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Adolescence:

  • Period of transition between childhood and adulthood
  • biological, cognitive and socioemotional changes
  • 10-13 years old through late teens
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How do we know you are no longer an adolescent?

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Emerging adulthood

  • Identity expoloration
  • Instability
  • Self-focused
  • Feeling in-between
  • The age of possibilities...
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THREE ASSETS TO POSITIVE TRANSITIONS TO ADULTHOOD:

  • Intellectual development
  • Psychological/ emotional development
  • Social development
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How do we help them grow?

  • Provide them opportunities to contribute.
  • Give candid, quality feedback.
  • Create positive connections.
  • Challenge them to become more competent.
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Developmental Issues

  • Nature vs. nurture
  • Continuity-discontinuity
  • Early-later experience
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