PSYC 4070 : Test 3
Document Summary
Adolescent development: adolescent egocentrism- due to advanced social perspective ability to. Piaget: used to be dominant but some parts were proved wrong. Identity- an individual"s sense of uniqueness or belonging; built on self- understanding (who you are, your values, and goals) Josselson: teens confused- behavior can upset parents, psychological moratorium- time out between childhood and adulthood. Identity moratorium- pause in forming identity, teens explore alternatives without a final choice than parents attitudes and values: four stage process. Identity brings a sense of possibilities and alternative choices and integrative continuity: individuation- see they"re different from parents and can hold other, practice and experimentation stage- rely on friend"s advice rather. Offer"s 5 aspects of adolescent self: psychological self- relates to mood and emotion and feelings about one"s. Internal characteristics that decline gradually: reaction time to light increases, speed of neural transmission slows down, most physical changes in early adulthood only minimal effect daily life, most people stop growing in adolescence.
