PSY312H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Genital Stage, Working Memory, Vocational Education
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Focus on social interactions away from parents to peers. Rise in conflict: adaptive behaviour, psychological distancing, different views of teen readiness for responsibility. Most conflict is mild: also affection, support. How to make the pendulum to go the fastest. A number of different lengths of string and different weights available. Formal operations may not be universal: training, context contribute, often fall back on easier thinking, schooling essential factor. Coordinating theory with evidence improves with age: from childhood through adulthood, individuals vary. Contributing factors: working memory capacity, exposure to complex problems, metacognitive understanding, open-mindedness. Self-consciousness and self-focusing: imaginary audience, sensitivity to criticism, personal fable. Planning and decision making: inexperience, overwhelming options. Greatest differences seen in grade 8: puberty. You do better with a familiar environment where you know the people for long. Stay with your cohorts, less anxiety more familiarity. Minimize competition, treatment by ability at school. Child-rearing practices: authoritative, joint decision making, parent-school partnerships.
