Life of a

Teenager

Hello Teens!

What is a

teenager?

What would you feel?

Early Adolescence

1.Period of rapid growth

2.Acquiring the ability to

reason

3.Awakening of sexual

awareness

4.Searching for self-image

5.Peer-oriented

6. Has a new sense of

history

7.Has a strong sense of

social justice

Later Adolescence

1. Introverts

2. Vacillates between idealism

and doubting cynicism

3. Craves affection

4. Capable of deeper reasoning

and understanding

Stages of

Development

How do I grow up

into a woman?

11-13 13-15 14-15

• Reproductive system develops visibly

• Internal organs grow and begin to function

• tends to be taller, heavier, and more mature than

boys

• Gets more interested in boys first than the boys

get interested in them

• Reaches the peak of intellectual

development

• Does everything to be accepted and

be popular

• Usually defies the parents rather than

be “different”

• Period of experimentation and

rebellion

• There can be an exalted move

towards religion

• Social graces begin to return and moral, religious and

spiritual problems get discussed more rationally

• Fully sets personal standards and beliefs

• She will do much for LOVE

How do I grow up

into a man?

11-13 13-15 14-17

• Less interested into other gender

• Robust, noisy, inventive, foolhardy

• More concerned in their physical

appearance

• Begin to develop interest in

abstractions

• Sense of humor is often crude and

vulgar

• Puberty proper

• Enlargement and functioning of

sex organs

• Uncouth and ungainly

• suffer emotional disturbance

and mood swings

• A constant source of annoyance

and embarrassment to parents

• Assert independence and will

“act big”

• A period of great sensitivity and

creativity

• Respond to ideas of valor and

nobility

• Wishes to do something

purposeful in life

• Though welcomes the idea of

marriage, they still have NO

REAL DESIRE TO MARRY

Erikson’s Psychosocial Development

STAGE 5

Age: 13-19

Virtue: Fidelity

Crisis: Identity vs. Role Confusion

Significant relationship: Peers, role model

Existential question: Who am I? What can I be?

Example: Social relationship

Oedipus and Electra complex

Thank you and enjoy your teenage life!!