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

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Piaget's Theory

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