EDHD 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reduced Affect Display, Major Depressive Disorder, Cyberbullying

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Education, Human Development
• Course: EDHD 320
• Professor: Jennie Lee- Kim

Document Summary

In us, it is a time of emotional volatility. Adolescence thought to be a time of storm and stress. Self conscious, embarrassed, moody, lonely, and nervous. Source of distress a combination of cognitive and environmental factors: the way that you perceive how things are, describes and depends on how you feel, supportive environment can moderate and be the buffer. Transitions coupled with how events are interpreted contribute to volatility. Not primarily due to hormones- ho(cid:396)(cid:373)o(cid:374)es does(cid:374)"t add(cid:396)ess o(cid:396) sol(cid:448)e the p(cid:396)o(cid:271)le(cid:373) What is identity: one of the most important developmental tasks (milestones) during adolescence, especially for those of ethnic descent. Researches examine the issue of identity, ask question such as: Erikson"s psychosocial development theory: stage 5: identity vs identity confusion. Individual is faced with finding out who they are, what they are all about, and where they are going in life (ego identity: overall understanding of who you are and what your place is in life.