David Elkind Adolescent Egocentrism

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David ElkindAdolescent Egocentrism

• Breanna Leatham

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Background

• American Psychologist
• Author
• Professor (Tufts University)
• Perceptual, social, and cognitive development
• Enjoys sailing/gardening/ sailing

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David Elkinds Works

• 500 items and includes research, theoretical
  articles, book chapters and eighteen books
• The Hurried Child
• A Sympathetic Understanding of the Child Birth
  to Sixteen
• All Grown Up and No Place to Go Teenagers In
  Crisis
• Miseducation Preschoolers at Risk
• Ties In That Stress The New Family Imbalance
• Children and Adolescence

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http//www.youtube.com/watch?v5-_b8Q0DIUk
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Influences

• Jean Piaget
• Adolescent Egocentrism from his 1951Theory of
  Cognitive Development
• Self and Other differentiation

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Theory- Adolescent Egocentrism

• The belief that other are as preoccupied with
  his appearance and behavior that constitutes the
  egocentrism of the adolescent
• The underlying process affecting how adolescents
  perceive and experience their lives is
  multifaceted, defying simplistic theory

• Often self-critical and self-admiring
• Always presenting to an imaginary audience

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Critique

• Daniel Lapsley (Moral) Gardner Murphy (Social
  and Personality)
• His theories fell into interpersonal
  understanding and social development
• Lots of other Theoretical and Empirical Scrutiny

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Classroom Applications

• Learning Through Play
• Better understanding of students
• Understanding of how adolescents perceive and
  experience their lives in multifaceted,

• Media access has transformed parent-child
  relationship
• Cultural differences are central in
  understanding adolescents
• The dynamic nature of adolescence is further
  intensified by the dynamic nature of the
  permeable family

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References

• http//www.jstor.org/stable/1127100 (Egocentrism
  in Adolescence by David Elkind)
• http//psyc526final.wikispaces.com/file/view/Crisi
  sOfAdolescents.pdf (Alan Oda Ph.D. in
  Developmental Psychology, University
• of California, Riverside, 1993)
• www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/val
  ueofplay/learningthroughplay.html
• http//www.thriftbooks.com/searchresult.aspx?searc
  htextdavidelkindsearchbyauthorintsortby4int
  sortorder0gclidcjybkfygxrucfqhxqgodonuaga
• http//www.webmd.com/david-elkind
• http//www.learning-theories.com/piagets-stage-the
  ory-of-cognitive-development.html