PSYC 336 Lecture 3: June 8
10 Mar 2016
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What factors in uence when adolescence starts? siblings, cultural expectations . Make rst attempts to leave the dependent secure role of a child and to establish themselves as individuals, independent of their parents. Marked by rapid physical growth and maturation (physiology and biology) Focus of adolescents" self-concepts are often on the physical self. Behavioural changes are considered learning in psychology. Be clear about what is changing on exams etc. A period of intense conformity to peers. Getting along , not being different, and being accepted seem somehow pressing to the early adolescent. the worst possibility, from the view of the early adolescent, is to be seen by peers as different . Marked by the emergence of new thinking skills. Increasingly self-directed concerns about peers are more directed toward their opposite sexed peers. Move to establish psychological independence from one"s parents accelerates.
