PSYC 1030H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sex Organ, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Anna Freud

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: James Parker

Document Summary

Lecture february 9, 2017 - human development (adolescence & adulthood) Ends at the first appearance of public hair: pubescence growth spurt accelerates, post-pubescence growth spurt decreases. Adolescence: adolescence: the psychological experiences between puberty and adulthood. The adolescent brain: much more important than previously thought, period of important neural growth. Duration, content, experiences vary between cultures: period between puberty and adult status. Current view: approximately 10 to 18 years of age. Psychosocial development: adolescence is often a time of conflict and new stressors, family and peer relationships are altered, there is a need for the adolescent to see him or herself as separate from his family. Peers: peer group is important in adolescent development. It is the peer group that often determines what is normal or deviant: especially in terms of physical changes, body image, and behaviour. Jeffrey arnett (2000: emerging adulthood: 18 to 25.