Hillman Week 6 Checkpoint: Changes from Adolescence Through Adulthood PSY/210 For each of three developmental domains: physical‚ cognitive‚ and social/personality‚ identify two major changes or challenges associated with that developmental stage (adolescence‚ young adulthood‚ middle adulthood‚ and late adulthood). |Stage of Development |Physical Development |Cognitive Development |Social/Personality Development | |Adolescence |The main change
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Adolescence and Adulthood PSY/202 November 13‚ 2011 Professor Mason Psychosocial development stage during adolescence happens during this stage. This is when you are testing‚ trying to find who you are‚ your strengths‚ and what kinds of roles are best suited to play for the rest of your life (Feldman‚ 2010). This stage is where you discover your identify. I discovered my own role and personality I believe I was around twelve years old. I realized I was good with others‚ had lots of patience
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What is Adolescence? The term adolescence is commonly used to describe the transition stage between childhood and adulthood. Adolescence is also equated to both the terms “teenage years” and “puberty.” However adolescence is not exclusive to either of these terms. Puberty refers to the hormonal changes that occur in early youth; and the period of adolescence can extend well beyond the teenage years. In fact‚ there is no one scientific definition of adolescence or set age boundary. There are key
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Name: Course: Tutor: Date: During the early stages of growth‚ this being from birth to twelve years‚ one is considered a child. Parents and teachers play a particularly significant role in teaching the child the way of life. However‚ after thirteen years a child is no longer referred to as a child but a grown young adult. Although one does not stop learning at this age‚ one is considered to know the difference between wrong and right which are the foundations of
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The transition from childhood to adulthood‚ obviously change people. This transition‚ and events that happen during it‚ defines the personality of someone. Either it makes them a good person or a bad person‚ a strong or weak person‚ someone who likes to challenge himself or someone who just waits for things to occur by itself. During this transition‚ people go through different events that marks them‚ and makes them who they are today. A couple of events occurred during my transition from childhood
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Adolescence describes the teenage years between 13 and 19 and can be considered the transitional stage from childhood to adulthood. Adolescence can be a time of both disorientation and discovery. The transitional period can bring up issues of independence and self-identity; many adolescents and their peers face tough choices regarding schoolwork‚ sexuality‚ drugs‚ alcohol‚ and social life. Peer groups‚ romantic interests and external appearance tend to naturally increase in importance for some time
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Introduction Children live in the present; adolescents begin to think about the future. Becoming an adult involves much more than becoming physically mature‚ though that is an important part of the process. The transition from childhood to adulthood also involves changes in patterns of reasoning and moral thinking‚ and adjustments in personality and sexual behavior. Though the process is complex‚ most adolescents cope reasonably well with their changing circumstances. (Kassachau‚ 1995) Majority
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The entering of a young adult into adulthood is a monumental step in a person’s life thatg requires many major changes in decision-making‚ responsibilities‚ and behaviors. It appears there are gender differences between males and females‚ as females appear to go through the major transitions to adulthood at a younger age and leave home faster than men (Holloway‚ 2010). My hypothesis is that females have an earlier transition to adulthood and will leave home at a younger age than males because females
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Psychology – Adolescence and Adulthood Adolescence – a transition period from childhood to adult hood‚ extending from puberty to adulthood Physical Development 1) Puberty: a period of sexual maturation during which one first becomes capable of reproducing a) Primary Sex Organs develop * Body structures that make sexual reproduction possible‚ e.g. ovaries‚ testes‚ penis b) Secondary Sex Organs develop * Non-reproductive sexual characteristics‚ e.g. enlarged breasts‚ hips‚ facial
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Adolescence and Adulthood Stages Adolescence transitions into adulthood‚ a stage that an individual will remain in for the rest of their time on the Earth. Though the transition exists it may be important to remember that many changes still occur in adolescence‚ changes which allow for an individual to become an adult. Once the adult stage of life has been reached it can be broken down into three modes which give us early‚ middle‚ and late adulthood. As with other stages and periods of life
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