Adolescent Self Portrait
Adolescent Self Portrait
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Adolescent Self-Portrait Paper Identify specific changes that tend to be the most striking and have the greatest effect on personality. Adolescent differs according to culture and takes place when an individual transitions from a child into adulthood. The term adolescent means “to grow in maturity “and it comes from the Latin verb adolescere. In our society, there is not a specific age when adolescent will begin, however it usually takes place around 11 or 12 to late teens or even early twenties. There are many changes that place during this time, such as biological, social, and psychological changes. In biological changes, the most striking change which occurs is puberty. Puberty is a time when hormones are secreted by the endocrine glands. These hormones stimulate growth of the sexual organs and characteristics of the individual. Some changes which take place are growth spurts, along with primary and secondary sex characteristics. These include hair growth, breast developing, menstruation, voice changes, and skin changes. The greatest effects that these changes will have on an adolescent personality are issues with their self concept and body image. As girls develop they will become very critical and unhappy with how they look and it is during this period depression tends to be higher for girls than boys. During adolescence boys will have bigger changes in their brains than girls do which may lead to a more aggressive behavior. Boys who enter puberty earlier tend to become more nervous, hostile and depressed than boys who started puberty at a later time. This is because they are not ready emotionally or intellectually to handle what they are experiencing in life. In Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of psychological development, he writes about the adolescent going through the crisis of identity versus role confusion. This is Erikson’s stage 5 of his psychological development. It is during this stage the
BSHS/325
Adolescent Self-Portrait Paper Identify specific changes that tend to be the most striking and have the greatest effect on personality. Adolescent differs according to culture and takes place when an individual transitions from a child into adulthood. The term adolescent means “to grow in maturity “and it comes from the Latin verb adolescere. In our society, there is not a specific age when adolescent will begin, however it usually takes place around 11 or 12 to late teens or even early twenties. There are many changes that place during this time, such as biological, social, and psychological changes. In biological changes, the most striking change which occurs is puberty. Puberty is a time when hormones are secreted by the endocrine glands. These hormones stimulate growth of the sexual organs and characteristics of the individual. Some changes which take place are growth spurts, along with primary and secondary sex characteristics. These include hair growth, breast developing, menstruation, voice changes, and skin changes. The greatest effects that these changes will have on an adolescent personality are issues with their self concept and body image. As girls develop they will become very critical and unhappy with how they look and it is during this period depression tends to be higher for girls than boys. During adolescence boys will have bigger changes in their brains than girls do which may lead to a more aggressive behavior. Boys who enter puberty earlier tend to become more nervous, hostile and depressed than boys who started puberty at a later time. This is because they are not ready emotionally or intellectually to handle what they are experiencing in life. In Erik Erikson’s 8 stages of psychological development, he writes about the adolescent going through the crisis of identity versus role confusion. This is Erikson’s stage 5 of his psychological development. It is during this stage the
References: Steinberg, Ph.D., L. (2013). Adolescence - Puberty, Cognitive transition, Emotional transition, Social transition. Retrieved from http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/14/Adolescence.html