Rites of Passage

(Physical and Cognitive

Development in
Adolescence)
8.1 Pubertal
Change
Signs of Physical
Maturation

Brain Growth
Physical Sexual
in
Growth Maturation
Adolescence

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Maturation

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Psychological
Impact of
Puberty
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8.2 Health

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Nutrition

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Obesity
✢Factors:
○ Heredity
○ Parents
○ Sedentary
lifestyle
○ Too little
sleep

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Anorexia and Bulimia

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Anorexia and Bulimia

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Physical
Fitness

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Threats to Adolescent
Well-Being

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 8.3 Information
Processing During
Adolescence

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Working Memory and
processing Speed
ICE BREAKER
Yellow, Blue, Green,
Black, Red, Blue, Green,
Yellow, Blue, Red, Black,
Green, Yellow, Red, Blue,
Red, Yellow, Blue, Green,
Black, Red, Green, Black,
Yellow
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Content Knowledge, Strategies, and
Metacognitive Skill

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Problem-Solving and
Reasoning

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8.4 Reasoning About
Moral Issues

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You have two
kids and
currently
working at the
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 you received an
eviction notice and
TODAY IS THE LAST
DAY. IF YOU DON’T
PAY BEFORE
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 YOU ALSO DON’T
HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY TO FEED
YOUR CHILDREN FOR
THE NIGHT.
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your day time job is
being a bank teller,
supervising over the
money being held at
the local bank
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You love your job
and works hard
everyday.

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But your boss is not
paying you nearly
enough for you to
catch up on your
rent or feed your
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You ask for an advance,
emphasizing your
exemplar effort in the
office, but he goes mad
and tells you that you
only have a day to
remove all your
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 NOW IT IS NEAR
closing time, you are
responsible for
counting the money
and making sure it IS
safely put away in the
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 YOU WILL BE HOMELESS
TOMORROW IF YOU
DON’T PAY BEFORE
MIDNIGHT, YOUR
CHILDREN ARE STARVING,
AND YOUR BOSS ISN’T
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THE HEINZ
DILEMMA

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 MORAL DEVELOPMENT
Preconve Postcon
ntional: Conventio
ventiona
Punishme nal: Social
nt and Norms l: Moral
Reward Codes

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5 Stage 6

Instru
Obedience mental Interperso Social Social Universal
Orientation Orient nal Norms System Contract Ethical
Morality Principles
ation
In Late Adolescence (ages
15 - 18)

In Trial Independence
(ages 18 - 23)
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 “KOHLBERG’S THEORY IS
MORE INTERESTED IN THE
REASONING USED TO
JUSTIFY A DECISION THAN
THE DECISION ITSELF”
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 Evaluating
Kohlberg’s Theory
Promoting Moral
Reasoning

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 - PINPOINTed FLAWS IN
ARGUMENTS
- REASOned BY
MATHEMATICS OR LOGIC
- DEFENDed PRINCIPLES
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discussing moral issues among
adolescents enhances thinking
towards the higher stages of
moral development.

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Thank
you!
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