Needs of Adolescence - Physiological and socio-psychological Needs

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Assistant Professor

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Needs of Adolescence
The adolescence needs may be conveniently
divided in to two
Needs of
Adolescence
Primary Needs
or
Physiological Needs
Secondary Needs
or
Socio-psychological Needs

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Primary or Physiological Needs
Primary needs are physiological in origin and
their fulfillment is inevitable because they are
concerned with the existence of the individual.
They include bare necessities of life such as
• Need for oxygen
• Need for water and food
• Need for rest and sleep
• Need for sex

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Secondary Needs or Socio-
psychological Needs
• Need for security – The adolescent need
emotional, social and economic security in
addition to physical security. The person who
lacks the feeling of security may become
maladjusted.

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• Need for love – Adolescents have a strong
desire to love and to be loved. The individual
who is not loved will not develop proper attitudes
and concepts concerning his own worth.
• Need for recognition and approval – The
adolescent desires that he should be a centre of
attraction for the opposite sex and his abilities,
intelligence and capacities should be recognized
by others.

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• Need for achievement – He experiences
satisfaction when he succeed in them; and
failure makes him depressed and disappointed.
• Need for freedom and independence –
Adolescence is a time when the individual is
striving to wean himself away from the control of
parents and elders. He feels annoyed and
unpleasant when restriction is imposed on him.

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• Need for self-expression – An adolescent may
have a poet, musician or painter hidden within
him and he wants to get adequate opportunities
for the expression of his potentialities.

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