StopLearnStopLearnAdolescence is the period in every person’s life that lies between the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood. It is a period of time a person matures and moves from childhood to adulthood.
An adolescent is therefore defined as a young person, male or female, who is developing into adulthood. This developmental stage can be classified into two:
The adolescent has some characteristics, which can be observed through changes in the physical structure and behaviors or attitudes. Some of these are:
(i) Restlessness: Body changes disturb the adolescents emotionally and make them become worried and restless.
(ii) Tension due to developmental differences: The age of reaching puberty among adolescents varies especially between males and females, some reach puberty early (about 11 years) while some reach very late (about 15 years).
(iii) Ideas considered as possibilities: Adolescents have opinions and believe that these opinions are the best and only their ideas can work.
(iv) Search for sophistication: An adolescent wants and likes an ideal life. For instance a girl observes certain changes in herself which make her think that she is matured and therefore, requires some sophistication to enable her cope with the complex environments.
(v) Search for independence from adults: All adolescents see themselves as adults and want their own freedom. Many parents do not see the adolescents as capable of handling their affairs by themselves; hence they refuse to grant independence.
(vi) Search for peer approval: A very strong need of adolescents especially those in school, either male or female, is the acceptance and approval of their behaviour by the age group.
(vii) Search for correct social order: Observation of adolescents in the high school will reveal that those not properly guided prefer social activities to academic work
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