PSYC 336 Lecture 13: June 24

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 336
• Professor: Bain Jody

Document Summary

One of the fundamental psychosocial concerns of adolescence. Opportunities for the expression of autonomy through bio (puberty), cog (formal operational thought - ex. abstract thought and hypothesis testing) and social (roles) changes. Three types: emotional autonomy: independence in relationships w/ others especially parents. Adolescence initially viewed as a time in which individuals needed to break away from or rebel against parents. Current views suggest that emotional autonomy is through a gradual transformation and process of individuation. Adolescents begin to de-idolize their parents and become more dependent upon themselves. Ability to see parents as people doesn"t develop until much later (young adulthood-23) This individuation is fostered by close family relationships (rather than distant) - authoritative families rather than authoritarian, indulgent, or indifferent household. Detachment: anna freud: behavioural autonomy: development of independent decision-making. Seek out & weigh the advice of different experts & use it to make decisions. But in early adolescence they"re especially susceptible to advice of their peers.