Development in Adolescence and Late Adulthood Worksheet PSY/201 Version 4

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Development in Adolescence and Late Adulthood Worksheet
Use the Learn Psychology text, the University Library, and/or other resources to answer the followin !uestions" #our response to each !uestion should contain at least 1$% words" "1 &uberty can be a difficult time for adolescents" What are some of the challen es they face' &uberty is the time in which adolescents o throu h a series of si nificant and natural chan es" (hese sta es include those of physical, psycholo ical and emotional chan es" (hey si nal that a child is movin from childhood to adolescence" &uberty starts with chan es in your brain that cause sex hormones to be in releasin in either the ovaries in females of the testes in males" &uberty starts at different times for everyone" (he challen es they face include physical rowth )inside and out*, chan es in their bodies can lead to them becomin concerned about their body ima e" +f someone starts puberty too soon they may be made fun of, or if they start it too late, they may also be made fun of" &uberty is ,ust an awkward sta e all around"

"- .ow and when is peer pressure harmful' /an it ever be helpful' Why' &eer pressure is harmful when someone talks you into doin somethin that is harmful to someone else, someone elses thin s or yourself" &eer pressure is is an u ly monster that is hard to deny" +t works best on someone who has self0esteem issues and is tryin to fit in" (hat person is worried about bein outcast even further from this potentially acceptin person or roup" &eer pressure can be ood in the ri ht circumstances, such as havin friend push you to do somethin that is beneficial to yourself or for others that you would normally be too timid to do"

"1 What types of chan es occur in the brain in late adulthood' (he chan es that occur in the brain durin late adulthood include havin trouble assimilatin new +nformation, cannot recall information from memory as accuraley, and are slower to learn associations throu h classical conditionin " A in adults tend to use both hempispheres of their brain compared to youn er people" With a e, people tend to use strate ies more to help them perform tasks" 2o while co nitive deines as people et older, the wisdom of experience can help compensate !uite well"

"3 Why is novel problem0solvin particularly difficult in late adulthood' 4ovel problem0solvin is particularly difficult in late adulthood because a in adults have a difficult time reasonin !uickly about new problems" (hey tend to have slow downs in their co nitive systems" +n more real world work settin s a in adults do not only have to use their co nition" (hey ise other methods to accommodate for co nitive declines, such as or ani5ers, notes, and calanders"

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