There are multiple stages of development that all children go through. The depth and breadth of these developmental changes ebb and flow greatly as growing children move from one stage of development to the next. Overall, there are several major developmental stages in the life of a child. There are the toddler years, the prepubescent years and the adolescent/teenage years. The brief literature review that follows in this report shall focus on the last of those. To be complete with this analysis, adolescence is not the end of human development given that many suggest that development extends into the 20's and 30's. Even so, the adolescent years of development are hailed by many as being the most pivotal, at least in some regards. While many would debate the above, it is clear that the adolescent years are among the most important.Analysis
Regardless of the development or life stage that is in question, there are many developments and changes that occur during the adolescent years and they come in many forms. These forms include physical, cognitive, emotional, social and beyond. There are environmental factors that play a part including social situations, parentage and so forth. Indeed, there is very much both a nature and nurture effect in play for every teenager as they develop. While biological happenings and changes are important, what the environment of a teenager does to influence and shape those changes is important as well. One very interesting facet that perhaps people, including scholars, do not focus enough of their attention on is how the different facets of development influence each other. For example, it may not sound intuitive to many that physical activity and development would influence mental or personality development (or vice versa) but there are some that suggest that this is absolutely a factor. For example, there was a study done earlier in 2016 that focused on how tennis training has a marked and definite effect on the development of personality. This held true in younger children as well as adolescents. Of course, the manner and method of the training would dictate what those precise effects happen to be. Even so, it is clear that the physical and mental/social paradigms of development are interconnected in very vast and complex ways (Demir et al., 2016).
Something else to be cognizant of when it comes to development is that every child and adolescent grows and blossoms in an individual way. While it is preferable to act on general trends and patterns when it comes...
Adolescent Development Thirteen -- Adolescent Development Depicted in a Contemporary Film Home life, family dynamics, and Tracy's relationship with her mom, dad, brother, her mom's boyfriend. "How many times are you going to let him fuck you over," Tracy yells at her mom after finding her mom's boyfriend's clothes in the dryer. "His clothes should not be in your laundry," Tracy shouts, in an apparent mood swing brought on by her hatred for
Adolescents Aspects of Adolescent Development and Psychology What impact does technology have on today's adolescents? Technology is inextricably linked with adolescent existence. In the past decade, technology has become pervasive amongst adolescents and affects the way in which adolescents communicate with one another and with their parents. In past generations, technology was primarily limited to television and video games (and possibly a computer), but current technology has blended forms of technology that were
There is an extended family network of grandparents, aunts, and uncles that provides additional figures to serve as role models for the subject, but she remains especially close to her mother and is above all cognizant of and concerned with the needs and expectations of her family as a whole. The divorce of the subject's parents during her early adolescence necessarily had an effect on the relationship she developed with
This period is also characterized by a youth's desire to obtain privacy. Youth encounter new situations in an exploratory manner seeking insight into the situation and needing to achieve their own interpretation of the stimuli presented to them (Ohrenstein, 1986). Peer relationships are of particular importance during this time period and can be viewed by youth as being more important than family relationships (Ohrenstein, 1986). This focus aids the
Social Networks Adolescent Development, Socialization, and the Internet Evaluate how social learning theory and strain theory could be used to explain adolescent development and behavior Social learning theory suggests that adolescents learn from observing the behaviors of others, not simply in real life but also online. In fact, the mores and accepted behaviors for online interactions are often quite different from what is considered acceptable behavior offline. Teens may be emboldened by the
In other words, it makes users less rather than more able to cope with life stressors and less socially functional and engaged with the world. Rather than reaching out for help when they need it, marijuana smokers are more likely to drop out of life. The type of marijuana available today is 'not your parent's marijuana' either. From 1980 and 1997, the amount of THC, the active chemical in marijuana
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