This document provides an overview of human development during adolescence across several domains: 1. Physical changes include puberty, sexual development, changes in physical appearance, and implications for activities like sports and risks like eating disorders. 2. Cognitive development involves advanced reasoning skills, abstract thinking, and meta-cognition according to theories like Bloom's Taxonomy. 3. Emotional development includes forming identity, managing self-esteem, and developing emotional intelligence, as explained by theories like Maslow's hierarchy of needs. 4. Social development involves navigating relationships with peers, family, and community as explained by Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory. 5. Behavioral development discusses

1. Human Development and
adolescence
Tutorial 1
Thulisile Miya

2. Admin
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• Alternatively attend Wednesday 13:00 – 13:45 or Thursday 11:20 –
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3. Assessments
1. Assessment task 1 Online Quiz (20 Marks) DUE DATE: Friday, 19
August 2022
• *Content that will be tested will be from Week 2, 3 & 4.
2. Assessment task 2: Purpose of Education Essay Assignment (30
Marks) DUE DATE: Friday, 02 September 2022
3. Assessment task 3: Cognitive Justice Essay Assignment (50 Marks)
DUE DATE: Friday, 30 September 2022

4. Adolescent vs Adolescence?

5. Adolescent
• An individual undergoing adolescence.
• Consider the changes occurring & age

6. Adolescence
• Adolescence is a distinct phase of the developmental life cycle in
humans and is a complex, multi- system transitional process
involving progression from the immaturity and social dependency of
childhood into adult life with the goal and expectation of fulfilled
developmental potential, personal agency, and social accountability
(Curtis, 2015)

7. What changes occur?

8. Physical
development
Cognitive
development
Emotional
development
Social
development
Behavioural
development

9. Physical development
Puberty &
Sexual
development
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Physical
Appearance
Implications of early or late sexual development?
How does it affect body image?
Implications on physical activity (weight)?
Eating disorders
Fine motor skills development

10. Cognitive Development
Advanced Reasoning
skills (logical thought
process, explore a
variety of possibilities,
hypothetical thinking)
Abstract Thinking (can
engage with abstract
ideas that aren’t
physically represented)
Meta-cognition (ability
to interrogate one’s own
thought process and
how one perceives
knowledge and ideas.
Can shift perspective
and conscious of own
biases)

11. In the teaching context
Bloom’s Taxonomy (Bloom et al. 1956).

12. Emotional development
Identity Self-esteem Emotional
intelligence
Group
differences

13. In theory
Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs (1943)

14. Social Development
Relationships
Peer
Dating
Family
School
Work
Community
Neighbourhood context
Religious institutions
Media (social)

15. In Theory: Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Systems Theory
Not all stress is bad
Positive stress?
Positive support structures?
Resilience

16. Adolescent Behavioural Development
Reasons for Adolescent Risk taking behaviour?

17. Mismatch theory of adolescent brain
development (Sarah Jayne Blakemore)
Implications on response to peer pressure?
Implications for risky behaviour?
Limbic region (emotional control)
is developed resulting in
heightened pleasure response
Pre-frontal cortex
(reasoning & control)
is underdeveloped

18. Myelination vs Pruning
Implications of myelination on
teaching and learning?
Implications of pruning on teaching
and learning?
synapses that are being used are strengthened elimination of unwanted synapses
Both processes are
partly dependent on
the environment that
a person is in