DEVELOPMENT IN

EARLY
ADOLESCENCE
1 2 - 1 8 Y. O
Early adulthood
DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS OF EARLY
ADOLESCENCE ACCORDING TO
HAVIGHURST,R.
Learning to
get along
with friends
of both
sexes
ACQUIRING A SET VALUES TO GUIDE
BEHAVIOR
Accepting
one’s physical
body and
keeping it
healthy
BECOMING
MORE SELF-
SUFFICIENT
MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT
MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE
PREPARING FOR A JOB OR CAREER
BECOMING SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
PSYCHOSOCIAL CRISIS:

•Group Identity vs.

alienation
GROUP IDENTITY
 GROUP IDENTITY
• It refers to a person’s sense of belonging to a particular group. At
its core, the concept describes social influence within a group. This
influence may be based on some social category or on
interpersonal interaction among group members. On one hand, if
we consider the case of athletic teams, a student at a university that
participates in popular forms of competition such as football or
basketball may be identified with his or her team during contests
with rival school.
• Classic rivalries such as Michigan versus Ohio State in football or
Duke vs North Carolina in basketball are excellent examples of
instances that produce strong identification based on a asocial
category.
 ALIENATION
• Occurs when a person withdraws or become isolated
from their environment of from other people. People who
show symptoms of alienation will often reject loved ones
or society. They may also show feelings of distance and
estrangement from their own emotions.
• Mental health disorders such as anxiety, OCD, and
schizophrenia, PTSD, self-stigma as a result of mental illness
and any conditions that may cause a person to feel singled
out or disconnected can cause ALIENATION
 CENTRAL PROCESS:
PEER PRESSURE
• According to Erik Erikson, adolescence is the age in which people must set up an identity to
escape identity diffusion and confusion. At this age, adolescents give much importance to
their friends who have a power over them. This phenomenon is called “peer pressure.”
• there is peer pressure among adolescents which is the most important kind since it
influences the adolescents’ personality and intervenes in the development of their morality.
Indeed, peers are one of the most factors that influence the adolescent’s psychological
development. Bronfenbrenner (as cited in Oswald and Suss, 1988), a Russian psychologist
who had developed many theories in the developmental psychology
CORE PATHOLOGY: ROLE REPUDIATION;
NON-WORKABLE IDENTITY BY:

1.) diffidence: extreme lack of self-trust

2.) defiance: rebelling against authority

BASIC STRENGTH: FIDELITY

• Faith in one’s ideology (political, religious, and social)