Transcript Lifespan Development

Adolescent and Adult Development &
Gender Identity & Roles
Adolescent Development:
 Warm up: What is the most difficult
part of adolescence?
Family Conflicts
Percentage of Male and Female Adolescents Rating Issues as
Leading to Family Conflict
 Eating dinner with family
 Arguing
 Church attendance
 Spending time with certain boy or girl
 Not being home enough
 Getting to use the car
 Understanding each other
 Responsibility at home
19.4
15.8
15.6
15.3
15.3
13.3
11.4
11.2
Source = Kinloch, G. C. Parent-youth conflict at home. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1970,
40(4), 661. Copyright 1970 by the American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc.
 Have things changed? How?
G. Stanley Hall…Storm and Stress!!!
 Problem Areas =
Parent-child conflicts
2. Mood changes (self-conscious, awkward,
lonely, ignored)
3. Risky Behavior (aggression, unprotected
sex, drug and alcohol use)
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Physical
Development
 Puberty = the time
when sexual organs
mature and additional
physical and
emotional changes
take place
 What are some
psychological & social
effects of puberty?
Social Development
 http://education-
portal.com/academy/lesson/aspects-ofthe-social-development-ofadolescents.html#lesson
 Major task of Identity Formation
 Who am I?
 16 Candles clip #20—Erikson’s stage of
identity vs. role confusion
Adolescent Brain
Cognitive Development
 Capable of logical, hypothetical and abstract
thinking
 Development of introspection
 Metacognition = Growing awareness of
one’s own mental process
Reading:
 Beautiful Brains: Read article & highlight interesting points.
AFTER reading, get together with 2-3 classmates to discuss.
 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2011/10/teena
ge-brains/dobbs-text
“To adulthood & beyond…”
Physical Changes
 Early adulthood (20-40) = development continues
 Middle adulthood (40-65) =
 Abilities peak and begin a gradual decline…signs of aging
 Fertility declines in both sexes & women undergo menopause
 Late adulthood (65 on) =
 Susceptibility to heart disease & increased deterioration of body
Social Changes
 Relationship development
 Career Selection / longevity
 Parenting (pre-parenting,
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parenting and Empty-Nest
Syndrome)
Generativity– producing
something that will outlast
you
Identity Crisis (“mid-life”
crisis or “middle age crazy”)
Retirement
Social Isolation
Cognitive Changes
 Early & Middle = Cog. abilities
improve
 Experience, information
accumulation, refine skills =
adult thought process is more
complex & adaptive than
adolescent
 Late Adulthood = speed of
information absorption slows
 Decline in memory
 Unfamiliar tasks more difficult
Cognitive Changes
 Declines continue
 Memory- changes observed in secondary memory (the
learning of new material)
 Intelligence shows minor decline with age
 Terminal Drop –a drop in mental functioning that precedes
death by up to about 5 years
 Dementia & Alzheimers
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/dementia-andalzheimers-differences-impact-on-aging.html#lesson
Decades of Life
 For each of the following “decades of life,” list three terms,
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phrases or impressions you have of that decade.
Place the letter H next to the decade that you think is, will
be or has been the hardest.
Place the letter E next to the decade that you think is, will
be or has been the easiest.
0-9
30-39
60-69
90-99
10-19
40-49
70-79
100-109
20-29
50-59
80-89
100-119
Gender roles
Common Stereotypes:
Masculine Traits
Feminine Traits
Active
Aggressive
Ambitious
Competitive
Dominant
Feels superior
Independent
Self confident
Considerate
Devotes self to
others
Emotional
Gentle
Home oriented
Kind
Likes children
Passive
Sex v. Gender Identity
 In a society filled with gender stereotypes,
children regularly learn to adopt gender roles.
 Gender stereotypes: widely held beliefs about
characteristics thought appropriate for males and
females
 Gender roles: the reflection of gender stereotypes
in everyday behavior
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/sex-andgender-in-society-differences-preferencescharacteristics.html#lesson
Costs of gender role stereotypes?
 Limiting opportunities for both sexes
 “When children are exposed to non-stereotyped
models, for example, mothers who are employed
or fathers who do the ironing and cooking, they
are less traditional in their beliefs and behaviors.
These children have been found to have higher
self-esteem, higher levels of identity achievement
and more flexibility in dating and relationships”
(Berk, 2000 and Witt, 1997).
 Children’s book: I’m Glad I’m a Boy, I’m Glad
I’m a Girl…
How do we perpetuate?
 Cartoons or movies (ex: Disney!)
 Clothing stores and ads
 Music and music videos
 Toy stores
Video: Born a Boy, Brought Up a
Girl