SOCIAL SCIENCES - PSYCHOLOGY

Similarities and Differences in Adolescent Development

Similarities and Differences in Adolescent Development

Introduction

Adolescence is characterized mainly by biological maturation in which psychological and social changes resulting from the process and cultural context, and the teenager also marks the phenomenon. In this period, it is expected that young people perform various tasks such as planning and designing the professional life (Mota et al. 2008).

The ancient thinkers had identified a few years of life of the people who were characterized as those who were children began to discipline, disobey parents, having sexual desires. It is occurred with people who were concerned a minority of the population, between 13 and 20 years.

In previous time, it began working on children between 7 years and the beginning of puberty in which few studied and did much less over 10-12 years (these were not occupied by different ages, nor stood much in education). There was no teen culture or adolescence was perceived by a particular stage of development (Mota et al. 2008).

In the West, the Industrial Revolution changed many things. Industrialization gave importance to training, and study. Children of middle and upper classes tended to stay in school. Eventually they were joined by the children of workers, when compulsory schooling was introduced, and has been extended to 26 years. Many of them were continuing their studies after their compulsory schooling. This means that the incorporation of adolescents is to dealay the status is delayed significantly (Mota et al. 2008).

It is due to make a distinction between two terms: puberty and adolescence. Puberty refers to a set of physical changes over the second decade of life infant body transform adult body capable of reproduction; is a universal phenomenon for all members of our species.

Discussion

During puberty there are a series of physical activities, and psychological consequences of adolescents. The bodies of children are virtually the same except the primary sexual characters. At the end of the changes, the female and male bodies have some notable differences. The physical transformation is implemented by a number of hormonal mechanisms are very different in boys than girls.

In boys, the first sign of change is the beginning of growth of the testes, followed by the appearance of pubic hair, penile growth, and change in voice. The hair begins to emerge in the armpits, and skin between the upper lip and the base of the nose. Later they produce sperm and are given the first issues of semen, which can be induced or spontaneous. Below is pigmented pubic hair growth and reaches its maximum speed. It continues with the growth of the penis and testicles, increasing sperm after issuance (Piko 2011). Finally growing underarm hair, grow a beard and voice changes.

In girls, the change starts with rounding of the hips and the first breast lump, along with the rise of non-pigmented pubic hair. Uterus, vagina, labia and clitoris increase in size later. Pubic hair grows faster and more pigmented, develops the chest, with pigmentation of the areola and ...