Day 6-Adolescent Development

What are some common behavior patterns seen in adolescents?

• Extreme athleticism, high academic achievement, strong family ties

• Isolation from peers, lack of interest in hobbies, excessive social media use

• Mood swings, risk-taking behavior, seeking independence, peer influence, identity formation

• Excessive sleep, lack of appetite, introverted behavior

How do peers influence the development of adolescents?

• Identity formation is solely influenced by family

• Adolescents are not influenced by peer pressure

• Peers have no impact on adolescents

• Peers influence adolescents through social interactions, peer pressure, and identity formation.

Discuss the role of genetic factors in adolescence.

• Adolescence is solely determined by environmental factors

• Genetic factors only affect physical appearance in adolescence

• Genetic factors influence physical growth, cognitive development, personality traits, and susceptibility to mental health disorders in adolescence.

• Genetic factors have no impact on adolescence

What environmental factors can impact the growth of adolescents?

• Weather conditions, social media influence, school location

• Nutrition, access to healthcare, pollutants, socioeconomic status, family dynamics

Explain the cognitive development that occurs during adolescence.

• Cognitive development during adolescence has no impact on decision-making abilities.

• Cognitive development during adolescence involves a decline in problem-solving skills.

• Cognitive development during adolescence includes advancements in abstract thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, and metacognition.

• Cognitive development during adolescence includes advancements in physical growth only.

How do adolescents typically behave in social settings?

• Adolescents always conform to social norms

• Adolescents are always introverted and avoid social interactions

• Adolescents typically seek peer approval, form cliques, experiment with identity, and engage in risk-taking behaviors.

• Adolescents never experience peer pressure

In what ways can peer pressure affect adolescent decision-making?

• Peer pressure can lead adolescents to conform to their peers' behaviors, even if they go against their own values or beliefs.

• Peer pressure only affects adolescents in minor ways.

• Peer pressure always leads to positive outcomes for adolescents.

• Adolescents are immune to the influence of peer pressure.

How do genetics play a role in shaping an adolescent's personality?

• Adolescents can choose their personality traits

• Personality is solely determined by environmental factors

• Genetics have no impact on adolescent personality

• Genetics play a role in shaping an adolescent's personality by influencing inherited traits and predispositions.

Give examples of environmental influences on the physical development of adolescents.

• Access to technology

• Amount of sleep

• Quality of friendships

• Examples of environmental influences on the physical development of adolescents are nutrition, exercise, exposure to pollutants, access to healthcare, and socioeconomic status.

What changes occur in an adolescent's thinking abilities during this stage of development?

• Enhanced concrete thinking, decreased self-awareness, limited problem-solving skills

• Improved abstract thinking, increased self-awareness, enhanced problem-solving skills, ability to think about multiple possibilities and outcomes

• Decreased problem-solving skills, limited self-awareness, reduced abstract thinking

• Inability to think about multiple possibilities and outcomes, decreased self-awareness, limited problem-solving skills