FAMR 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Egocentrism, Generation Gap, Imaginary Audience

• School: UH, UH Manoa, UHM
• Department: Family Resources
• Course: FAMR 230
• Professor: caulfield

Document Summary

Early maturing boys may reap benefits of increased athletic ability and positive self-esteem but experience difficulties in school. For girls, it is more difficult to be early. Potential exam questions: according to piaget because , authoritarian, authoritative, permissive. Adolescence: which kind of parent uses firm control when necessary but explains rules and combines control with encouragement, according to elkind, adolescents find fault with their parents, their cognitive development allows them Teens are not limited to problems at hand: instead, they are systematic in solving problems and can think about hypothetical situations. Understands complex recursions and applies this knowledge in formulating acts. One frequently asked question during adolescence is (cid:498)who am i? (cid:499) although person"s identity or concept of self continually evolves, it. There is convergence of two developmental peaks: reaches important point during adolescence: body begins to take on proportions of adults; ability to think in abstract terms develops.