L2 Development of The Person
L2 Development of The Person
2:Developing the
Whole Person
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Adolescence
-comes from the Latin term “adoslescere”
which means to grow, to mature;
i.e achieving an identity -“period of life of an individual when
-WHO society no longer views him as a child but
does not as yet concede either the roles or
the functions inherent in the status of adult”
-Holinshead
HURLOCK, 1982
• PUBERTY MENTAL
• 10-11 FOR GIRLS DEVELOPMENT
• 11-12 FOR BOYS • SEXUAL
• 13-19 MATURATION
TRANSITION • PEER
FROM PRESSURE
CHILDHOOD TO • ATTAINMENT
ADULTHOOD OF
Physical or Physiological
Changes Noticeable
Body changes physical changes
on yourself with
Spermarche development of
• Production and secondary sex
characteristic
releasing of sperm
• Indication of matured
sex organ Pellentesque au
cto
Menarche
• First menstruation
period
• Marks that female Pellentesque aucto
sex organ is
matured
COGNITIVE
CHANGES AND THEIR
IMPLICATIONS
At this stage, the
neurons in the corpus
callosum thicken and
connect the left
hemisphere and right
hemisphere of your
brain, making the brain
process information
faster and more
effectively.
Prefrontal Cortex
involved in decision
making, reasoning, and
controlling one’s
emotions.
Amygdala the seat of
your emotions such as
anger, sadness, and
happiness, matures much
earlier than the
prefrontal cortex.
According to Jean
Piaget, an adolescent’s
cognitive ability for
abstraction and
advanced reasoning is
a characteristic of the
formal operation
period that he explain
in his theory of
cognitive development.
Cognitive Development
Theory
• Sensorimotor
stage
Birth to 2 years
Sensory organ and muscles
become more functional.
Routine should be
established
• Preoperational
Stage
2-7 years
Starts to think
Cannot accept defeat
Animism
• Concrete operational
stage
7-12 years
Knows how to reason- out
• Formal Operational
Stage
12 years onward
Able to solve abstract
problems
Learners is rational and
Teenagers begin
thinking more
often about the
process of
thinking itself
or metacognition
Psychological or
Emotional Changes
and their Implications
Moods and Feelings
Sometimes you might
show strong feelings and
intense emotion, and
your mood might seem
unpredictable.
These emotional ups and
down can lead to
increased conflict.
Sensitivity to
Others
As you gets older ,
you’ll get better at
understanding
other people's
emotions
Self-consciousness
Teenage self-
esteem is often
affected by
appearance or by
how teenagers
think they look.
Decision-making
You might go
through a stage
where you seems to
act without
thinking a lot of
the time.
Social changes
during
adolescence
• Social pressure
and demands
add to the stress
and storm of the
adolescence
years, you need
to make social
adjustment
• Identity
You are busy
working out who
you are and where
you fit in the world
• Independence
You want more
independence about
the things you
really want
• New
Experiences
New experiences
including risky
experiences.
• Values
You will be more
Moral and
Spiritual
Changes
Moral Development
• Pre –conventional Theory
(authority figure are Lawrence Kholberg
obeyed
) birth-9 years
Stage 1
Punishment-Obedience
Orientation
( if you do good , no
punishment), ( If you do
wrong there will be
Stage 2
Instrumental-Relatavist
( I will be good to you if
you are good to me)
( I will do bad to you if
you are bad to me )
• Conventional (9-13 years)
Stage 3
Interpersonal
Corcordance
(good boy nice girl
orientation; morality of
cooperation)