Psychological Development in Young Adults
Psychological Development in Young Adults
Introduction
In order to be a great teacher, one must first understand the psychological differences between the students that they teach. Teachers must revolve their lessons and classroom structures around the mental frameworks that reside in their students’ minds. From the knowledge of their learner’s psychological make-up, the teachers can then effectively guide and improve their students’ skills and education. All developmental characteristics are important including the physical, social, cognitive, and moral developmental yet all characteristics differ from age to age. Younger students have limited knowledge and few experiences to build off of, which makes college students psychology exceptionally hard to navigate and understand. Late high school children and college students have many experiences prior in their life that can impact their development. In many cases, because of the mishandling of their development earlier in life, some college students might be dealing with a developmental transition that was supposed to take place in high school, therefore making it a complex issue.
Cognitive Development Cognitive development in young adults is at an advanced stage, but still in the process of growing and developing (Slavin, 2012, pg. 37). During this stage of their lives, young adults begin to integrate their identity with their intellectual development, and internalize a personal set of beliefs, and while doing so, Piaget believes that they are grounded in the formal operation state (Slavin, 2012). Their thinking is more systematic and move from one stage to the next, yet while doing also can deal with hypothetical situations (Slavin, 2012) . Because young adults are in this stage, many college professors demand students to argue different points of view because cognitively they are able to defend either side no matter how they personally feel about at an issue (Slavin, 2012). One
Introduction
In order to be a great teacher, one must first understand the psychological differences between the students that they teach. Teachers must revolve their lessons and classroom structures around the mental frameworks that reside in their students’ minds. From the knowledge of their learner’s psychological make-up, the teachers can then effectively guide and improve their students’ skills and education. All developmental characteristics are important including the physical, social, cognitive, and moral developmental yet all characteristics differ from age to age. Younger students have limited knowledge and few experiences to build off of, which makes college students psychology exceptionally hard to navigate and understand. Late high school children and college students have many experiences prior in their life that can impact their development. In many cases, because of the mishandling of their development earlier in life, some college students might be dealing with a developmental transition that was supposed to take place in high school, therefore making it a complex issue.
Cognitive Development Cognitive development in young adults is at an advanced stage, but still in the process of growing and developing (Slavin, 2012, pg. 37). During this stage of their lives, young adults begin to integrate their identity with their intellectual development, and internalize a personal set of beliefs, and while doing so, Piaget believes that they are grounded in the formal operation state (Slavin, 2012). Their thinking is more systematic and move from one stage to the next, yet while doing also can deal with hypothetical situations (Slavin, 2012) . Because young adults are in this stage, many college professors demand students to argue different points of view because cognitively they are able to defend either side no matter how they personally feel about at an issue (Slavin, 2012). One
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