DEVELOPMENT PROCESS

FORMING AN IDENTITY

• Adolescents try out different selves
• most young people do develope a sense of contentment in their lives
• 80% said they would choose their life the way it is now
• 20% said they wish they were someone else
• 28% said they wonder why they exist

Parental and Peer Influence

• Since people want to be individuals, they start to separate themselves from their parents.
• Positive relations with parents support positive relations with peers
• Teens who feel close to their parents tend to be happier overall
• When rejected adolescents withdraw, they can be lonely and have low self-esteem
• Parents have more influence in shaping teens religious faith

SELF CONCEPT

• Self concept- a sense of one's identity and personal worth
• Mirror images fascinate infants from the age of about 6 months
• Only about 18 months does the child recognize that it's themself
• Authoritarian parents impose rules and expect obedience
• Permissive parents submit to their children's desires make few demands

SELF CONCEPT (CNT)

• Authoritative parents are both demanding and responsive
• Children with high self esteem, self reliance and social competence usually have warm, authoritative parents
• Authoritarian- less social skill and low self esteem
• Authoritarian- less social skill and low self esteem
• Permissive- aggressive and immiture

EMERGING ADULTHOOD

• Authoritative parents are both demanding and responsive
• Children with high self esteem, self reliance and social competence usually have warm, authoritative parents
• Authoritarian- less social skill and low self esteem
• Authoritarian- less social skill and low self esteem
• Permissive- aggressive and immiture

Anatomy

• Authoritative parents are both demanding and responsive
• Children with high self esteem, self reliance and social competence usually have warm, authoritative parents
• Authoritarian- less social skill and low self esteem
• Authoritarian- less social skill and low self esteem
• Permissive- aggressive and immiture

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