Development Through the Lifespan Chapter 4 Developmental Theories

Development Through the Lifespan Chapter 4

Developmental Theories - Piaget • Jean Piaget • Deals with • Basic Concepts – – – Assimilation

Developmental Theories - Piaget • Sensorimotor – – Stranger Anxiety • – Pretend Play –

Developmental Theories - Piaget • Concrete Operational – Logic – • Formal Operations – –

Developmental Theories – Bowlby / Freud • Attachment theory • Attachment measured by the

Developmental Theories – Bowlby / Freud • Attachment theory – Secure – – Anxious Avoidant –

Developmental Theories - Harlowe • Studied • • Human Correlates of attachment Studies

Developmental Theories – Parenting Styles • Authoritarian • • • Goldilocks Parenting?

Developmental Theories - Ericson • Erik Ericson • Focuses on lifespan throughout the

Developmental Theories - Kohlberg • Lawrence Kohlberg • Focuses on

Developmental Theories - Kohlberg • Stage

Biological, Social and Cognitive Development DEVELOPMENT IN ACTION : ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

Physical Changes in Adolescence • • Physical Maturation – Gender Differences – Male – Female

Physical Changes in Adolescence • Endocrine System & Puberty • • Hormone /

Physical Changes in Adolescence • Timing and Variation in Puberty • Diet

Physical Changes in Adolescence • Early / Late Onset of Puberty • The Adolescent Brain •

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Adolescent Sexuality • Adolescent sexual identity • • Body Image

Eating Disorder • • Bulimia Nervosa • Bigorexia ( )

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The Adolescent Mind • Adolescent egocentrism – – • Information processing

Adolescent Cognition • Piaget (ages 11 on) – Formal Operations • • Thought

Adolescent Cognition • Evaluating Piaget’s Theory •

Adolescent Cognition • Intuitive / Emotional Thought

School and the Adolescent • Transition from Elementary to Junior High/Middle School

Identity – Who Am I? • Self is made up of different identities – Vocational/Career – – Religious – Relationship – – – Cultural/Heritage – Interests – -

Erikson’s Fifth Stage: Identity v Role Confusion • Identity v Role Confusion – Age 12 – 20

Identity • Search for Identity does not start at adolescence

Identity • Development of Identity • pattern

Identity - Influences • Family •

Identity – Four Areas • Religious • • Political / Ethnic •

Peers • Friendships • Peer Pressure • Peer Selection

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Sexuality • Development of Relationships • • Homosexuality

Dating and Romantic Relationships • Adolescent Heterosexual Relationships • Adolescent Homosexual Relationships

Learning About Sex • Peers • • School

Adolescent Morals • Postconventional (some older children/adults – rare-) – Become members of the society, have roles to full fill • Heinz – He did right by stealing the drug

Adolescent Morals • Why? – No husband should sit back and watch their wife die. – It’d be OK because the judge would look at the fact that he was trying to save his wife – No jury would convict him of trying to do the right thing

Moral Development • Critics of Kohlberg – Moral thought/behavior – – Families and moral development –

Problems in Adolescence • Juvenile Delinquency • Depression & Suicide – Self Harm –

Culture and Adolescence • Rites of Passage