PS276 Chapter 9: PS276: Lesson 9, Chapter 9
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Changes in stature and physical appearance at puberty may provoke changes in how much autonomy young person is granted by adults. Adolescents" ability to think abstractly, take other perspectives into account and foresee future consequences helps weigh opinions/make independent decisions. Cognitive changes provides logical foundation for changes in thinking about social, moral, and ethical problems: helps youngster develop own system of values based on their sense of right/wrong instead of abiding rules of authority figures. Emotional autonomy: establishment of more adult-like and less childish close relationships with family members and peers. Behavioural autonomy: capacity to make independent decisions and follow through with them. Cognitive autonomy: establishment of independent set of values, opinions, and beliefs. Anna freud argued physical changes of puberty cause disruption and conflict inside family system. Intrapsychic conflict repressed since early childhood are reawakened at early adolescence by resurgent sexual impulses (oedipus/electra complex) Conflicts manifested in tension among family members, increase in arguments, and discomfort around house.
