ADOLESCENCE DEVELOPMENT

Adolescence Development

Adolescence Development

Introduction

Human development can also be termed as developmental psychology, refers to the study of structure psychological changes, perception changes and emotional changes that develop in a human being throughout their life. The field originally associated with children and infants, but has expended into adult development, adolescence and aging the entire lifespan. The study revolves around examining and understating psychological process and motor skills, which also includes the cognitive development that a child experiences from birth to adolescence. Adolescence and middle childhood, although a time for exploration and the excitement of freedom and gaining maturity, is also a time of struggle when teens work endlessly to identify themselves and come to terms with forthcoming adulthood and separation from family. Changes in the intensity of peer relationships help the adolescents in self-discovery and surmount the difficulties of their heightened sense of self.

Discussion

Adolescence development in middle childhood is influenced by a number of events, experiences, circumstances and observations of a child. The environment and social aspects play a significant role in the initial establishment of a child. To make youth able to participate and perform their duties, both as individuals and as members of society is not easy, because adolescence is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood. At this time, in adolescent growth and development occurs rapidly in the physical, psychological, and social. One of the developmental tasks of adolescence is most difficult is dealing with social adjustment. Teens must adjust to the opposite sex in contact that has never existed and must adjust to an adult outside the family environment. To achieve the goal of socialization patterns of adults, adolescents need a lot of supplementary adjustments (Adams, 2000).

Children build their personalities through their childhood experiences and environments. The positive and negative aspect of psychological development of a child ...