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    This document describes the physical, mental, social, and emotional characteristics of individuals in late childhood and adolescence. Some key points are: 1) During late childhood, fitness improves and children gain skills while becoming more aware of their abilities and limits. 2) In adolescence, the body undergoes maturation changes and youths explore new interests and identities while relationships with peers become highly important. 3) Socially, adolescents seek independence while still learning appropriate gender roles and how to socialize within their communities.

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    This document describes the physical, mental, social, and emotional characteristics of individuals in late childhood and adolescence. Some key points are: 1) During late childhood, fitness improves and children gain skills while becoming more aware of their abilities and limits. 2) In adolescence, the body undergoes maturation changes and youths explore new interests and identities while relationships with peers become highly important. 3) Socially, adolescents seek independence while still learning appropriate gender roles and how to socialize within their communities.

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    This document describes the physical, mental, social, and emotional characteristics of individuals in late childhood and adolescence. Some key points are: 1) During late childhood, fitness improves and children gain skills while becoming more aware of their abilities and limits. 2) In adolescence, the body undergoes maturation changes and youths explore new interests and identities while relationships with peers become highly important. 3) Socially, adolescents seek independence while still learning appropriate gender roles and how to socialize within their communities.

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    This document describes the physical, mental, social, and emotional characteristics of individuals in late childhood and adolescence. Some key points are: 1) During late childhood, fitness improves and children gain skills while becoming more aware of their abilities and limits. 2) In adolescence, the body undergoes maturation changes and youths explore new interests and identities while relationships with peers become highly important. 3) Socially, adolescents seek independence while still learning appropriate gender roles and how to socialize within their communities.

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    Physical Characteristics

    LATE CHILDHOOD ADOLESCENCE 1. Fitness improves as individuals gain 1. Body experiences a number of more stamina; realization of internal biological changes as it personal limits (through peer begins to reach physical maturation comparison) occurs 2. learn physical skills, required for games 1. New interests develop 2. Creative imagination along with the development of abstract logical thinking exists 3. Onset of adolescence: often more self-conscious about their bodies at this stage 4. build healthy attitudes towards oneself 5. gain basic reading, writing & mathematical skills 6. develop concepts necessary for everyday living 1. Competitiveness lessens 2. Role models are extremely important; children are easily influenced 3. Closeness of peers, focus on Abest@ friends; some arguments; can conceal hurt feelings 4. Individuals begin to establish themselves outside the family unit. 5. learn to socialize with peers 6. achieve personal independence 7. develop attitudes toward social groups & institutions 1. Pride in traditions 2. Responses to various situations are more in control, less impulsive 3. Good sense of humor 4. Importance of peers increases dramatically 5. Individuals are beginning to be interested in members of the opposite sex. 6. learn appropriate masculine or feminine role 7. formulate a conscience based on a value system 1. Search for personal identity and independence from parents 2. Period of increasing freedom and access to resources 3. This stage (Adolescents) tend to be idealistic and egocentric 4. Have more time for leisure

    Mental Characteristics

    Social Characteristics

    1. Struggle over the lack of clearly defined roles in society 2. Affiliation and acceptance by peer group is of major importance 3. establish more mature relationships with same-age individuals of both sexes 4. achieve a masculine or feminine social role

    Emotional Characteristics

    1. Great confusion of values 2. Interest in potential intimate relationships intensifies 3. establish emotional independence from parents

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