Download - Chapter 9- Adolescence Body and Mind
Chapter 9- Adolescence
Body and Mind
Agenda for Adolescence
•Define adolescence•Body•Brain•Puberty
Adolescence
•Definition:
•Body changes▫Weight▫Height▫Growth patterns
•Brain Growth Spurts
Puberty• Changes needed for reproductive maturity• Hormones • Pituitary gland
Sequence of development during pubertySTAGE BOYS GIRLS
1 = Preadolescent Nipple growth
2 = 1st signs of pubertal change
First pubic hairs
3 = Intermediate Enlargement of penis Height spurt
4 = Intermediate
5 = Adult characteristics
Height growth and final pubic hair growth
Final pubic hair and full breast development
Puberty, cont.
•Sleep
•Age of puberty▫Age range▫Precocious Puberty▫Genes▫Leptin▫Secular trend
Puberty, cont.
•What does all this mean for development?
•So far, what is the picture we have “painted of adolescence”?
•What are some outcomes of not being “on time” for puberty onset?
Onset of puberty
Too Early Too Late
Girls
Boys
Sexual development during adolescence• Primary and secondary sex characteristics
• Sexual experiences may begin, particularly for those early developers
How do adolescents treat bodies?• With all these changes, how do
adolescents respond to their bodies?• Nutritional intake? • How do these changes influence body
image?
Cognitive Development in adolescence
The brain remains in the growth process, influencing adolescent cognitive functioning
•Positive outcomes of brain development
Characteristics of Cognitive Development in Adolescence • Thinking About Oneself
• Adolescent egocentrism
• Personal fable
• Invincibility fable
• Imaginary audience
Cognitive Development
Formal Operational Thought
Hypothetical thought
Deductive reasoning
Inductive reasoning
Cognitive Development
Cognitive Development
Intuitive, Emotional Thought▫Adolescents find it much easier and quicker
to forget about logic and follow their impulses.
•Dual-process model▫The notion that two networks exist within
the human brain, one for emotional and one for analytical processing of stimuli.