Discuss the concept of adolescence as a social construct and its validity for different cultures. Adolescence describes the transitional stage in a teenager’s life, from childhood to adulthood, where an individual evolves physically, psychologically, emotionally, cognitively and socially. It is a defined social category that is expressed through immaturity and unpredictability and allows an individual to learn and discover their sense of self and identity. The idea of adolescence came into perspective
Introduction Life has store many surprises for us as we develop throughout our whole life span. Developmental stages are the progress that occurs in humans from the time they are born until they grow old and die. Originally beginning with infants and children, development will subsequently progress into adolescence, followed by adult, and lastly elderly. The development occur in many fields, namely physical, perceptual, cognitive, moral and social. Adolescence Overview Adolescence is the
Differing perspectives towards defining youth and adolescence fall into five main perspectives which help to portray and provide a thorough guide to gain an understanding on what is youth and adolescence. The perspectives are psychological sociological philosophical biological and cultural Youth and adolescence are words which often get confused with each other. The term can get crossed over with one another as they cover a timeframe that is sometimes viewed as the same transition period. Pierre
Information about cultural or socioeconomic and about where, how, and why this new stage might be helpful Yes, I think there should be a stage of life between late adolescence and early adulthood because the socioeconomic factors are the social and economic experiences and realities that help shape my personality, attitudes, and lifestyle. Among socioeconomic factors is education. My level of education shows how I view the world and contribute to my social growth. Education has contributed to my
• • Information about cultural or socio economic and about where, how, and why this new stage might be helpful Yes, I think there should be a stage of life between late adolescence and early adulthood because the socioeconomic factors are the social and economic experiences and realities that help shape my personality, attitudes, and lifestyle. Among socioeconomic factors is education. My level of education shows how I view the world and contribute to my social growth. Education has contributed
Adolescence (12-18 years of age) stage in human development is the period between puberty to legal adulthood. During this transitional stage physical, emotional, intellectual, social and psychological changes occur. This essay will discuss about some transition on socio-cultural and cognitive aspects as well as two normative and a non-normative events occurring during this stage. Erikson’s theory of social development and Piaget’s theory of cognitive development has been used in this essay to discuss
Adolescence Development Adolescence development is the period where the growth of a child occurs after childhood and before adulthood. The ages are from 12 to 18 years. This period is one of the most crucial times in an adolescent life. They experience serious changes such as physical, sexual maturation, social and economic independence, development of identity and the skills needed to have adult relationships and roles during this time. While this period is a time of tremendous growth and development
Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory found this to be the latentcy period in which no much happens. He described this because children at this age sexual and aggressive urges are repressed ("Stages of Growth Development," 1898-1987). This paper will also discuss the changes from middle childhood to adolescence, the affects of parents and peers and the affects they have on developing children. Functional families help children in middle childhood become more productive in society and more self reliable
infancy and childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Prenatal is the time prior to birth such as conception and the bodily development of the baby up till birth. Infancy and childhood is the time since the individual was born up until about the age of twelve. Adolescence is from twelve till about twenty-five and finally adulthood is everything past the age of twenty-five. Throughout these different stages, different strategies can be given to help optimize each of these stages and to set the individuals
Adolescent Years Paper Adolescence is the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood; it generally refers to a period ranging from age 11 and 19. Adolescence has many psychological and social stages, as well as biological. The beginning of adolescence is usually marked with the beginning of puberty. Adolescence can be prolonged, brief, or practically nonexistent, depending on the type of culture in which it occurs. Adolescence is somewhere between childhood and adulthood. It is filled with