Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Adolescence
Rites of Passage
Four steps
Separation.
Training.
Initiation.
Induction.
Functions:
Sense of adult responsibility.
Lessen ambiguity.
Bond.
Breasts enlarge
Pubic hair appears
Hair appears in the armpits
Growth in height
Hips become wider than shoulders
First menstruation comes rather late in puberty
Menstrual cycles are often highly irregular
Some girls arent fertile until 2 years later
Breasts are fully rounded by the end of puberty
Definition of Puberty
in Boys
in Girls
Adolescent Sexuality
Sexual expectations
Cognitive Development
Piagets Theory
Syllogism:
General premise: All trains to Toronto stop in Barrie.
Specific premise: The train on track 2 goes to Toronto.
Conclusion: Therefore, the train on track 2 stops in Barrie.
Other tasks
Heinz Dilemma
Judy Dilemma
Judy was a twelve-year-old girl. Her mother promised her that she could
go to a special rock concert coming to their town if she saved up from
baby-sitting and lunch money to buy a ticket to the concert. She
managed to save up the fifteen dollars the ticket cost plus another five
dollars. But then her mother changed her mind and told Judy that she
had to spend the money on new clothes for school. Judy was
disappointed and decided to go to the concert anyway. She bought a
ticket and told her mother that she had only been able to save five
dollars. That Saturday she went to the performance and told her mother
that she was spending the day with a friend. A week passed without her
mother finding out. Judy then told her older sister, Louise, that she had
gone to the performance and had lied to her mother about it. Louise
wonders whether to tell their mother what Judy did.
Should Louise, the older sister, tell their mother that Judy lied about the
money or should she keep quiet?
Why or why not?
Kohlberg: A Piagetian
Results
Kohlbergs theory has been criticized for placing too much emphasis on
moral thought and not enough emphasis on moral behavior.
Moral reasons can sometimes be a shelter for immoral behavior.
Cheaters and thieves may know what is right yet still do what is wrong.
Identity
Erikson
Identity Achievement
Identity Foreclosure
Identity Moratorium
Identity Diffusion
Status:
1. Identity achievement
2. Foreclosure
3. Moratorium
4. Identity diffusion
Crisis
Yes
No
Yes
No
Commitment
Yes
Yes
No
No
Vocational/Career Identity
Political Identity
Religious Identity
Relationship Identity
Achievement/Intellectual Identity
Sexual Identity
Cultural/Ethnic Identity
Interests
Personality
Physical Identity
Ethnic Identity
Homosexual identity
Findings on Friendship
Depression
Suicide