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An Exploration of Adolescent Development: Changes and Continuities Over the Last 30 Years

This assignment explores changes and continuities in adolescent development over the past three decades, highlighting key psychological factors.

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    An Exploration of Adolescent Development: Changes and Continuities Over the Last 30 Years *Please be sure to use this tutorial as a guide only. Do not plagiarize and do not resell as your own work. If you have any questions or problems with the tutorial please get a hold of me before leaving any negative feedback and I will resolve the issue. If you have trouble opening or viewing the files please contact me and I will fix the problem as soon as I can. Sometimes instructors change the syllabus so if the material does not match your syllabus please let me know. If I do not respond right away please be patient, I do have a full - time job and I try to check my messages once a day. Thanks and good luck!!! : - ) Week Three DQ # 1 Due Week Three Day 2 What characteristics are associated with adolescent development? How have adolescents changed over the last 30 years? How have they remained the same? Adolescent development is characterized by a variety of physical, cognitive, and psycho social , and behavioral changes. On a physical level, adolescents go through many monumental changes, referred to as puberty. Throughout puberty the adolescent will begin to develop their secondary sexual characteristics. Puberty is a time of hormonal changes for adolescents as well, which means that they may become more aware of their sexuality. For girls, this means breast growth and menstruation. Boys will notice a number of changes as well, including a change or deepening in voice and penile growth (National Library of Medicine, 2009). On a behavioral level, adolescents will become more self - conscious as they go through the changes of puberty. Adolescents also tend to separate themselves with their parents in search of their own identity , which is referred to as egocentrism (Berger, 2008) . Teenagers often engage in risky behaviors during the adolescent years as well. I believe that over the past 30 years children have progressively started adolescent development at a younger age. It seems as though young teens are quite a bit more sexually active, which may attribute to the early onset of puberty and adolescent characteristics of development. The overall characteristics have remained the same, but the point or age at which adolescent development begins seems to have changed somewhat over time. Reference Berger, K. S. (2008). The developing person through the life span (7th ed.). New York: Worth Publishers

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