Young Adolescent Development

Appetite growth

Hormones/Puberty

Growth spurts

Sleep needs increase

Without sleep causes

trouble focusing

Impairs memory

Family

Parents often become an "embarrassment"

Primary role for education

Morals

Moral dilemmas teach children

Through this they gain life long values for the future

Friendships

Female

intimacy

Emotional support

Male

Material support

Stands through hard times

Groups

Popular/unpopular

Students want to fit in

Organization

Teachers struggle w/students being organized

Meta cognition

Think, feel, & act

Operational thought

Abstract ideas may be hard to grasp

Think/plan for future

Concrete -> Formal thought

1/3 of students can use formal thought

Formal

Knowledge beyond classroom

problem-solving skills

Concrete

Order objects

categories

Mood swings

Causes

Hormones

Social and intellectual changes

Egocentrism

Children think differently

They struggle w/relating to others

Identity

Sexual identity

Gender stereotypes

Parents/peers have largest role

Experimenting

Females

Self-esteem issues

Cultural infulences

Males

Begin to find things attractive

Ethnic identity

Adolescents don't comprehends

As children they start to understand differnces

Social groups