Q1 L2: Developing the Whole Person

• the stage in life that deals with physical changes and various aspects of life such as work, family, and relationships

  adolescence\
• this is the time when sudden and dramatic changes occur in an adolescents body

  puberty
• three classifications of development that occurs in adolescents

  physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development
• the development that occurs in an adolescent, it marks the beginning of puberty

  physical development
• the age where girls' physical development take place

  10 years old
• the age where boys' physical development occurs

  12 years old
• in this stage of development, they begin to be very self-concious, sensitive, and worried about their body changes, as well as make a lot of negative comparisons between themselves and their peers

  physical development
• this development is where they begin to think abstractly, reason logically, think hypothetical possibilities and impossibilities in life

  cognitive development
• this development consists of the period of confusion, wherein adolescents have trouble of choosing what to believe, options in life including career, friends, and search for identity. they may also encounter peer pressure

  psychosocial development
• Physiological changes in the body that signifies sexual maturity

  puberty
• it pertains to parts of the body directly involved in reproduction

  primary sex characteristics
• it is the features of the body that develops during puberty

  secondary sex characteristics
• this is a stage wherein adolescents decide what to believe and what to accept between the many options of values in life including career options, choosing of friends and even the search for identity

  identity vs role confusion
• this refers to the physiological, emotional, behavioral, and cognitive responses to events or objects that are recognized as threatening or challenging

  stressors
• stressors can be in the form of:

  1. natural disasters
  2. frustrating day to day life experiences
  3. interpersonal relationship
• this is a form of stressor; unfortunate events that is caused by nature and/or the nature's response to man's incapability of preserving it

  natural disaster
• form of stressor: ex. traffic jam, rush hour, late, academic difficulties

  frustrating day to day life experiences
• form of stressor: ex. misunderstanding, conflict with family

  interpersonal relationship
• this refers to a person's response to stress

  tension
• a person experiencing tension shows physiological and psychological indicators
• physiological indicators of tension: body changes; sympathetic nervous system is responsible for this:

  1. Increase the heart rate

  2. Increase the blood pressure

  3. Dilation of pupil

  4. Decrease saliva secretion

  5. Smoothering
• psychological indicator of tension may manifest through emotion, mood, and affect

  1. fear
  2. anxiousness
  3. nuncontrolled emotional response
• COPING STRATEGIES - useful ways to cope and adjust to stressful life events.
• two types of indicators of tension due to stress


  physiological, psychological
• coping strategies include:

  1 Talk it out

  2. Escape for a while

  3. Work off your anger

  4. Give in occasionally

  5. Doing good deed for others

  6. Doing things one at a time

  7. Determining your strengths

  8. Minimize criticisms

  9. Do not compare yourself with another

  10.Be proactive

  11. Plan your leisure time