JESTER L.

PASINAG BTTE-AD-3C

1.Define Adolescent Psychology.

The study of an interest in adolescence in the field of psychology and

elucidates the coming of age of the field of adolescent development. The
first use of the term adolescence appeared in the 15th century. The term
was a derivative of the Latin word “adolescere”, which means to grow up
or to grow into maturity (Muuss, 1990).

2. How Adolescent Psychology related to your course and why we need to

study Adolescent psychology?

In my course, the behavior of every individual was observed. Most of my

colleagues are adolescents and understanding every characteristic,
attitude and thought helps to develop a good relationship with everyone.
We need to study adolescent psychology for better understanding of the
stage where puberty and maturity starts, dealing with the different
aspects of every human behavior that affects the psychological
development.

Reference:

Lerner, Richard M. and Steinberg, Laurence. Handbook of Adolescent

Psychology, 2nd Edition. Canada: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004.