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ADOLESCENCE and ADULTHOOD - Coggle Diagram
ADOLESCENCE and ADULTHOOD
Adolescence
: creation of an adult identity, finding role in life
DEVELOPMENT
Physical
:
Puberty begins with the appearance of Secondary sex characteristics
Body hair, deeper voice in males, rounded breasts and hips in females
body becomes sexually mature
DEVELOPMENT
Psychosocial
:
Time of
Sturm and Drang
Certainly, many teenagers abuse drugs, get pregnant, become involved in violence, fail in school etc.
Hormonal changes
affect mood swings, agressive tendencies etc.
Overall, however, it appears that
socio - cultural influences have a greater impact than hormones
MIDLIFE CRISIS
a period of self-reflection, questioning, loss of purpose, low self - esteem
“neither fish nor fowl” - neither children nor adults
Generation gap:
frequent differences between parents and adolescents on issues of personal control
EMPTY-NEST syndrome
applied most often to women
women experience a profound sense of loss when their child moves out, goes of to college etc.
YOUNG ADULHOOD
(20-40)
Estabilishing life roles and career, fulled by ambitions
People who do not develop intimate relationships are in risk of social isolation
Stage of
intimacy vs isolation
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
(40-65)
Stage of
generativity vs stagnation
Task of being productive and helpful to new generation, making world better place (it can be joining church community etc.)