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    From Girl to Woman: Gender Roles and Socialization in Adolescence Reviving Ophelia: A Brief Overview Adolescence is one of the most difficult times for development. This difficulty is experienced very differently for boys and girls. This paper will examine how gender role socialization effects girls more specifically‚ the emergence of eating disorders and depression in adolescent girls. Mary Pipher‚ Ph.D. in her book "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls"‚ discusses extensively

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    their multiple caregivers‚ therefore become more egocentric. In the long term‚ this characteristic can be harmful as the child may not be able to socialise well with others due to lack of experience of social play. Erikson developed the eight psychosocial stages in 1959‚ stating that each stage is vital for a normal personality and morals. The stages start at birth and continue throughout life. If an individual fails to fulfil each stage‚ it prevents them from advancing to the next stage‚ therefore

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    Adolescence and Addiction Nelly Leenman Liberty University Adolescence and Addiction Using alcohol‚ illegal drugs and tobacco among adolescents has become very common and is therefore a serious public health problem. Though the number of adolescents who smoke tobacco has declined‚ this too remains a problem of serious concern. Alcohol‚ tobacco‚ and illegal drugs are addictive which means that the body can become dependent on them in order to function properly. “Use of alcohol as well as other

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    Friday December 7th 2012 Developmental Psychology Final Paper Temperament: An Integrative Approach Temperament is not only interesting but a vital field of study. Temperament is considered to be on a continuum with personality disorders. When certain characteristics of a person’s temperament become dominant and begin to impair function over a prolonged period of time then these characteristics meet the requirements for a personality disorder which is in essence an exaggeration of traits

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    Child development is the process of change and stability in children from conception through adolescences (Papalia‚ Olds & Feldman‚ 2008). Throughout history child development was not looked at as a priority and little attention was paid to the many advances in cognitive abilities‚ physical growth‚ and language use. Children were viewed as miniature adults and also considered a burden. Children were treated like adults‚ such as their responsibility of work‚ marriage‚ monarchy‚ and even their style

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    Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development‚ as articulated by Erik Erikson‚ explain eight stages through which a healthily developing human should pass from infancy to late adulthood. In each stage‚ the person confronts‚ and hopefully masters‚ new challenges. Each stage builds upon the successful completion of earlier stages. The challenges of stages not successfully completed may be expected to reappear as problems in the future. However‚ mastery of a stage is not required to advance to the

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    According to Jon Piaget ’s theory of cognitive development‚ there are four stages of cognitive development. These stages are all assigned to a specific age where Piaget‚ after observing and interviewing both his own children and other children as well‚he concluded these stages were to begin and end. These four stages begin with the sensorimotor stage that begins at birth until about age two. During this stage an infant observes his or her environment through his or her mouth‚ primarily by sucking

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    Erikson’s Psychosocial stage theory was exemplified multiple times in Lab 2. The example I am providing focuses on stage 2: Autonomy versus Shame and Doubt. B.‚ 3 years 5 months‚ was playing outside on the playground. She spent a lot of her time on the foam playground slide. When she was first using it‚ she would bear crawl up to the top‚ using her hands as guides. When she got to the top‚ she would sit and slide down on her bottom. When she got to the bottom‚ she looked at the teacher who

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    children at later ages. That completely disregards the importance of independence in the early childhood stage per Erikson’s theory. In addition‚ Erikson also doesn’t consider experiences such as gender bias‚ poverty‚ cultural differences‚ race‚ cognitive differences‚ etc. Each of these must be considered when analyzing child development. While there are many strengths of Erikson’s theory‚ the weaknesses must be considered as

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    Introduction Psychosocial assessment is a social work tool that helps a social worker summarize a client’s problems that need to be worked on and to understand a client’s mental health‚ social well-being‚ support systems‚ strengths‚ and barriers they face. The following paper is a psychosocial assessment written by a Wayne State University student based on a fictitious case study. The case study follows Tara‚ an African-American teen‚ who has run away from multiple foster homes and has come to live

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