Do males and females experience adolescence the same? Adolescence can be defined as the period between the normal onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood. Using the five characteristics of adolescence I created five interview questions which each question refers to a specific characteristic of adolescence. I interview a total of 50 people, 25 males and 25 females.
There are five characteristics of adolescence. The first one id Biological Growth and Development. It deals with puberty and how a teenagers body changes. the question that asked is: How old were you when you hit puberty and How did is change your life? For the males it was between the age of 11 and 14 and the main ways it change their life id their voice got deeper or squeaker and they grow hair everywhere. For the females it was between the age of 10 and 13 and the main way it change their life is they became more mature. The second characteristic is Undefined Status and it means how some adults treat adolescents like children and others treat them like adults. I asked: Do your parents treat you like an adult or child? Of course for the males they said like an adult and for the females it was both. The third characteristic is Increased Decision Making. When we were young most of our decisions were made for us by adults. But when we reach adolescence, we must make many of our own decisions. It that still true? Well, I ask them: What is the biggest decision you has to face? The males said college and work and the females said the same thing. But when I also asked : Do your parents help you make these decisions? Most of the males said No and mostly all the females said yes. The fourth characteristic is Increased Pressure. Adolescents are faced with pressure from many sources. I asked: Who puts the most pressure on you? The males and females said from friends, to parents and school. The final characteristic is The Search for Self.
Adolescence is the most difficult and confusing phase of life. ... Both males and females experience adolescence. ... They generally experience growth spurts in their first few years of adolescence. ... One of the trademarks of male adolescence is the occurrence of "wet dreams."" ... There are differences in the male and females during the adolescence phase of life. ...
Stanley Hall, adolescence is "a period of storm and stress." ... Fluctuations in the different chemicals your body uses can cause the mood swings and other "symptoms" of adolescence. ... Cultural influences and social expectations are some of the outside factors that aggravate the symptoms of adolescence. ...
Adolescence is a time of "storm and strife". Adolescence is a period of time between childhood and adulthood. ... In this paper I will explore the probabilities of the following grievances experienced by the adolescent youth which are drugs, suicide, and homelessness. : : Body of the Essay : : Adolescence is the developmental stage between childhood and adulthood; it generally refers to a period ranging from teen years through 20s. ... Inexorably, this has isolated many of them from the adult world and has prolonged their adolescence. ...
Abstract This paper explores some stage that occurs in adolescence life. ... Adolescence Stage Adolescence is the process of life, and it represents one of the critical transitions in the life span. ... The physical change is one of the stage in the period of adolescence. ... Adolescence can be a time of both disorientation and discovery. ... Adolescence is a time of great change. ...
Psychologists have come to recognize that adolescence is a unique period of human development. There has been a vast amount of material written about adolescence, yet the behavior of adolescents has too often been ignored as a subject of scientific inquiry (Twiford & Carson, 1980, p.4). ... A popular view of adolescence portrays it as a period of "storm and stress" (Twiford & Carson, 1980, p.25-26). ... Stanley Hall applied the phrase "storm and stress" as he saw turmoil during adolescence as a universal and inevitable consequence of normal human development. For most adolescents, the trans...
Being an adolescent can be tough, there are many difficult times and decisions an adolescence will face. ... (Ryan and Futterman) During adolescence, youth begin to consolidate adult identity. ... (Ryan and Futterman) Adolescence is a time of exploration and experimentation. ... Confusion about sexual orientation is not uncommon in adolescence. ... (Ryan and Futterman) Gay and lesbian adolescence share many of the developmental tasks of their heterosexual peers. ...
One of the reasons for depression may be physical body changes that occur during adolescence. There are many common changes that occur during adolescence, such as voice changes, hair growth, and bar mitzvah's. ... The worst part about physical changes in adolescence is comparing ones self to others and the feeling of not being good enough. Adolescence is the time period for the most physical changes in body proportions, primary characteristics, and secondary sexual characteristics. ... Physical changes in adolescence are only a minor reason that a teen may feel a sense of not fitting ...
The Quest Introduction Adolescence is a period of life in which critical psychological and physiological changes occur. ... During the early adolescence, a role model is usually one of the parents. ( Insel, 1994) Teens often are very social at this stage and that is expected because socialization contributes a lot to a teen's search for identity. ... As teens begin their journey through adolescence, members of the opposite sex become more and more interesting and relationships with people of the opposite sex become more important than the close friendships earlier made with people of the ...
For writing assignment one, I reviewed a study on the affects of major depression in adolescence and how it makes an individual more susceptible to another episode later in adulthood. ... (www.nami.org, 2003) I continued my search trying to find articles that would link major depression in adolescence to a reoccurrence in adulthood. ... The study concluded that there may be a correlation between major depression in adolescence and it reoccurring in adulthood. ...
