Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
Adolescence
A time of rapid physical, cognitive, social, and emotional
Is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood
Puberty changes
Three stages Adolescence
Middle Adolescence
Late Adolescence
Early Adolescence)
Physical Development
Increased physical growth
Development of secondary sexual character
Physical distinction between the sexes
Primary sex characteristics
The external and internal organs that carry out the reproductive function
Secondary sex characteristics
Changes that occur through out the body as a result of hormons changes
Puberty Delay
Physical growth development inside and outside children bodies
Changes to children's sexual organs
Cognitive Development
Cognitive thinking cumulates with the capacity for abstract thinking
They think beyond the present
They can imagine a sequence of events that might occur
Piaget's Theory