CYAF 160 Lecture 13: chapter 8

• School: UNL
• Department: Child, Youth and Family Studies
• Course: CYAF 160
• Professor: Soo- Young Hong

Document Summary

Adolescence: emotional and social development: adolescence: developmental tasks, self-concept, self-esteem, gender identity, sexual identity. Ego identity: attain a firm sense of self (identity, life goals, values and beliefs) Implications for future relationships: self-concept, more complex and abstract i. ii. Possible self/selves what you could become (ideal self, feared self: discrepancy between actual self and ideal self feelings of failure and depression iii. False self what is shown to others: why, self-esteem, fluctuates during adolescence, 8 general domains of self-concept global self-esteem i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. Close friendship: gender identity, gender intensification hypothesis. More pressure to conform to gender roles i. ii. Greater gender difference in psychological & behavioral characteristics: more gender-stereotyped self-descriptions between 6th and 8th grades, gender socialization, sexual orientation, adolescence is when sexual orientation is fully defined and understood i. ii. 2% self-identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual (lgb) Homophobia makes coming out a traumatic experience iii.