My age and physical development matches the adolescent’s category. Itis the period of life from about age 13 to the early twenties‚ during which a young person is no longer physically a child but is not yet an independent‚ self-supporting adult (Ciccarelli & Meyer‚ 2006‚ p.274). My numerical age and development is twenty years old. Starting in my adolescence stage‚ I have grown a beard‚ have grown taller‚ gained more weight and have also have developed more muscle. Cognitively‚ according to (Piaget
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Lifespan development‚ also known as human development‚ is a field of study that is devoted to understanding constancy and change throughout a person’s lifespan (Berk‚ 2010). Lifespan development begins with infancy and looks at several points in a person’s life in which significant change takes place. The study of children did not begin until the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (Berk‚ 2010). Throughout the years‚ there was much speculation about how people grow and change and when combined
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STAGE THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT 1Although all psychologists agree that people change over time‚ they disagree considerably over how to conceptualize those changes. One group sees us as changing gradually with age; the other school of thought sees people as going through a series of abrupt changes form one stage to the next. Those who see gradual changes generally lean more toward a “molding” view by which they interpret behavior as gradually changing‚ mostly due to increasing experience. Those
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Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory Name School Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory Lawrence Kohlberg developed a theory of moral development and moral reasoning based on many of the ideas of Piaget’s stage theory of cognitive development. Development occurs through qualitative stages. Kohlberg was interested in the ways that people make moral decisions and how this changes throughout development. He believed that early stages of moral reasoning are characterized by immediate and concrete
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psychosocial development means psychological development in a social realm. That is‚ psychosocial development is how a person’s mind‚ emotions‚ and maturity level develop throughout the course of their lifetime. Different people will develop psychosocially at different speeds depending on biological processes and environmental interactions. Infancy (birth to 18 months) Early Childhood (2 to 3 years) Preschool (3 to 5 years) School Age (6 to 11 years) Adolescence (12 to 18 years) Young Adulthood
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C. GILLIGAN’S GENDER & MORALITY DEVELOPMENT Carol Gilligan compared the moral development of girls and boys in her theory of gender and moral development. She claimed that boys have a justice perspective meaning that they rely on formal rules to define right and wrong. Girls‚ on the other hand‚ have a care and responsibility perspective where personal relationships are considered when judging a situation. Gilligan also studied the effect of gender on self-esteem. She claimed that society’s
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Developmental Theories While theorists have different ideas and perspectives‚ insight on child and adolescent development can assist teachers and parents in helping children reach their full developmental and learning potential. Having knowledge about the development of a child and adolescent provides clues in understanding behavior and what is "normal‚" or typical‚ in growth and development in the early months and years of life. Three developmental theories are broken down to understand the
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memorization. Psychoanalytical Theory (Freud) This theory describes the developmental process as an unconscious act. Freud believed that humans need for the basic necessities of life‚ food‚ shelter‚ and warmth. Fulfilling these instincts‚ through development‚ becomes the foundations for human sexuality. Progression of children through various stages such as the oral‚ anal and phallic‚ is a “gradual organization of the libidinal drives‚ but one still centered on the child’s own body” (Quigley‚ 1998)
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AVOIDANCE Avoidance is both an unassertive and an uncooperative conflict style. Those who favor the avoidance style tend to be passive and ignore conflict situations rather than confront them directly. They employ strategies such as denying there is a conflict‚ using jokes as a way to deflect conflict‚ or trying to change the topic. Avoiders are not assertive about pursuing their own interests‚ nor are they cooperative in assisting others to pursue theirs. Accommodation is an unassertive but cooperative
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and Adolescents Development Theories The first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development was Jean Piaget in the 1920’s. “Piaget believed that human beings organize new information in two ways: through assimilation and through accommodation” (Rathus 241). He showed that children think in dramatically different ways than adults. There are three basic components to Piaget’s Cognitive Theory are schemas‚ the processes of adaption‚ and four stages of development. Piaget described
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