PerDev - Developmental Stages

• Adolescence is a period of life in which a child dramatically shifts into an adult.
• What are the principles of development?

  1. Sequential and Lifelong
  2. Holistic & Multidimensional
  3. Plastic
  4. Involves Growth, maintenance and regulation of loss
  5. Co-construction of Biology
  6. Culture and the individual
• What are the domains of development?

  1. Physical - biological changes
  2. Cognitive - heightened emotionality and moodiness
  3. Socio-Emotional - how we connect; express and understand emotions
  4. Moral - thoughts, feelings and behaviors regarding rules
• Freud believed that puberty is the onset of genital stages. True or False?

  True
• Domains of Development under Cognitive

  1. Formal Operational
  2. Adolescent Egocentrism
  3. Personal Fable
  4. Imaginary Audience
• Domains of development under moral

  1. Pre-conventional - lowest level. often tied to rewards and punishment
  2. Conventional - focused on laws
  3. Post-conventional - morality is internal. follows conscience