EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY :- ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY :- ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT

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  EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SHASHVAT PRIYAM KHARE B.P.ED– 8TH SEM 466
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  WHAT IS EDUCATIONALPSYCHOLOGY ?  Educational psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of human learning.
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  WHAT IS ADOLESCENTDEVELOPMENT ?  The period of life between 11 years and 19 years when the body undergoes changes leading to reproductive maturity is called adolescence.  Between the ages of 11 years and 19 years children are called adolescents.  During this period adolescents are called teenagers.
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  ASPECTS OF ADOLESCENTDEVELOPMENT Physical Development Cognitive Development Psycho-Social Development
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  Physical Development  Height& Weight Changes  Secondary Sex Characteristics  Continued Brain Development  Growth Spurt  Menstruation and hormonal changes  Weight gain = muscles for boys; fat for girls
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  Secondary Sex Characteristics: Pubic hair  Menarche or penis growth  Voice changes for boys  Underarm hair  Facial hair growth for boys  Increased production of oil, sweat glands, acne  Teens may sleep more
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  Cognitive Development  AdvancedReasoning Skills  Abstract Thinking Skills  Meta-Cognition  Intellectual interests expand and gain in importance  Developing the ability to think about thinking in a process known as meta- cognition  Think about how they feel and what they are thinking
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  FACTS:~  The amygdalaof the brain is where emotions are regulated. This area is influenced heavily by hormones produced during adolescence. Risky behaviors and emotional outbursts may result.
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  How Do TheseChanges Affect Teens?  Heightened self-consciousness  Believes no one else has experienced feelings/emotions  Tend to become cause-oriented  Tend to exhibit a “justice orientation”  “It can’t happen to me” syndrome
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  Psycho-Social Development  Establishingidentity  Establishing autonomy  Establishing intimacy  Become comfortable with one’s sexuality  Achievement
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  CHARACTERISTICS:~  Becoming independentand self-governing within relationships  Make and follow through with decisions  Live with own set of principles of right/wrong  Less emotionally dependent on parents  Learns intimacy and sex not same thing  Learned within context of same-sex friendships; then in romantic relationships  Develops close, open, honest, caring, and trusting relationships
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  ASSESMENT :- 1. NAMETHE THREE ASPECTS OF ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT? 2. WHAT IS THE OTHER NAME OF ADOLESCENCE?
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