Myers PSYCHOLOGY Seventh Edition in Modules

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Myers PSYCHOLOGY Seventh Edition in Modules

• Module 9
• Adolescence
• James A. McCubbin, Ph.D.
• Clemson University
• Worth Publishers

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Adolescence

• Adolescence
• the transition period from childhood to adulthood
• extending from puberty to independence
• Puberty
• the period of sexual maturation
• when a person becomes capable of reproduction

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Adolescence

• Primary Sex Characteristics
• body structures that make sexual reproduction
  possible
• ovaries--female
• testes--male
• external genitalia
• Secondary Sex Characteristics
• nonreproductive sexual characteristics
• female--breast and hips
• male--voice quality and body hair
• Menarche (meh-NAR-key)
• first menstrual period

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Adolescence

• In the 1890s the average interval between a
  womans menarche and marriage was about 7 years
  now it is over 12 years

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Adolescence

• Throughout childhood, boys and girls are similar
  in height. At puberty, girls surge ahead
  briefly, but then boys overtake them at about age
  14.

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Body Changes at Puberty
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Kohlbergs Moral Ladder

• As moral development progresses, the focus of
  concern moves from the self to the wider social
  world.

Morality of abstract principles to
affirm agreed-upon rights and personal ethical
principles
Postconventional level
Conventional level
Morality of law and social rules to
gain approval or avoid disapproval
Preconventional level
Morality of self-interest to avoid punishment or
gain concrete rewards
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Postconventional stage

• Children under the age of 9, however some adults
  never get past this stage.
• Example Heinz was wrong to steal the drug
  because he might get caught and put in jail or
  Heinz was right to steal the drug because he
  would have his wife around longer.
• Will I be punished?
• Will I get what I want? Does the victim deserve
  it?

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Conventional stage

• This type of reasoning is typical of most adults.
• Appears during Piagets formal operational stage.
• Example Heinz was wrong to steal because he was
  breaking the law, or Heinz was right because he
  had to protect a family member.
• Will my family or friends get mad at me?
• Is it right according to law?

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Postconventional stage

• Most people dont even reach this final level.
• Example Heinz was right because everyone has a
  right to live and he was simpky helping his wife
  or Heinz was wrong because everyone must respect
  the property of others.
• Is there a higher good that can come from the
  action I do?

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Examples

• 1. Katie has five tests in one day. She is a
  good student but didnt have time to study for
  her Psychology test. The girl that she sits next
  to is also a good student. That girl has copied
  from Katie numerous times before. Katie thinks
  that should never have had five tests in one day.
• 2. Josh thought about leaving school early and
  going to a hockey game. He stayed in school
  because he was afraid of getting caught.
• 3. Ashleys friends were at the mall and someone
  suggested that they do a little shoplifting.
  Ashley doesnt participate abd said that stealing
  is wrong.
• 4. Hope lives in a war-torm region of the world.
  She secretly distributes food to orphans living
  in the streets because this activity is against
  the law in the part of the world.

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Eriksons Stages of Psychosocial Development
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Eriksons Stages of Psychosocial Development
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Adolescence Social Development

• Identity
• ones sense of self
• the adolescents task is to solidify a sense of
  self by testing and integrating various roles
• Intimacy
• the ability to form close, loving relationships
• a primary developmental task in late adolescence
  and early adulthood

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Adolescence Social Development

• The changing parent-child relationship