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PSYCHOLOGY ASSIGNMENT ESSAY 2
Pubertal timing is critical to both genders, and if the puberty timing is wrong, there is a
likelihood of the individuals suffering be negative. At adolescence, the individuals are mostly at
a stage with a lot of anxiety and identity crisis. The individuals at this stage are poor mentally
and cannot make the sound judgment; hence need to be guided in their actions and steps they
take. At this stage, the individuals, especially at the adolescent is always anxious and curious and
will want to discover many things and the happenings, especially in their physical change and
sexual activities (Hayward, 2003). There is a significant change in their behavioral activities;
hence they may start showing negative and positive changes in their behaviors and ways of
conducting themselves. Boys tend to have many risks Healthwise during this stage as they will
engage in most of the irresponsible behaviors and succumb to peer pressure. There can be a lot of
high levels of intoxication of alcohol; hence they there is importance if pubertal timing and it has
a lot of impacts.
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that is characterized by very low and unusual body
weight, and the individual dies not to wish to add weight and does not usually eat. Some of the
risk factors include a desire to decrease or lose weight: mental disorder and incidences of nausea.
Gender is also a risk factor since it is most common to the US females. Binge eating disorder is
also a risk factor. Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder associated with some incidences eating
and purging. A person may feel guilty after eating a large amount of food, and he will try to
puke. This disorder may need toa person exercising excessively so as not to gain weight. A
person has a feeling that he is overweight even if his weight is normal. Some of the risk factors
of bulimia nervosa include age, gender where females are more at risk and also peer pressure.
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involved, Team approach is necessary and also making use if dietitian. The treatment is different
from the treatment of anorexia, which involves the use of a psychological counselor, which
Criticism of Piaget
One of the major criticism is the research method. The sample he used was from a well
off family and his own three children who were the inspirational source to support his theory.
How discriminated his sample size to be encompassed by children from a high and social-
economic status hence posed a big challenge in generalizing his outcome toa larger population.
There is limited information on how his sample of the [participants was selected; hence the
methodology was a problem itself (Hayward, 2003). There is less convincing statistical evidence
to support the theory and managing to hit the conclusion. There are no clear operational variables
in his work. It is essential to show how one variable changes in another to offer an objective
measure.IT is challenging for researchers to replicate his work due to the absence of operational
definitions.
Identity development
Factors that promote identity development include a person’s age. The gender of the
person, whether he is a male or a female. Another important factor for consideration and plays a
vital role is the physical health of the person and his appearance. The factors include individuals'
social skills, level of intelligence, which are vital to a person's identity and the real person.
who to look up to when they want to make a moral judgment or moral decision. They usually
base their argument on how they would want to be treated by others; hence they will act
accordingly. Children make moral decisions based on what they are likely to gain to benefit
themselves. It is also important to note that ideal reciprocity helps in giving out moral rules
which serve as moral guidelines and various dints by society(Hayward, 2003). At times what is
stated by the society as dints should never be broken hence helps in shaping a person’s behavior
Kohlberg’s 3rd and 4th stages are considered morally mature constructions since various
behaviors portrayed at these levels are determined by the approval of the society. A person at the
third stage will do his level best to gain affection and be approved by many and be viewed as the
right person hence making the morally and more mature constructions (Miller, Vandome, &
McBrewster, 2010). At the 4th stage, the social rules are, and the governing laws are responsible
for behavior determination. Decision making morally becomes an essential thing compared to
close ties with friends. Maintaining law and order is worth being preserved at this stage.
The three have a positive function in that adolescents tend to develop a stronger bond and
close friendship. They help one another in developing their interests, especially if they share the
same interest. A crowd helps an adolescent learn other social identities depending on the crowd
categorization, and the identities are readily available to them (Rubin, Bukowski, & Laursen,
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2011). An adolescent crowd will always influence a person and be ready to spend a lot of time
with the crowd. Finally, the three helps in shaping their member's relations interpersonally.
pressure of the same. Some peer members may succumb to pressures if engaging in other risky
behaviors. It is also possible to suffer from school (Rubin, Bukowski, & Laursen, 2011). There
can be a drastic change in individuals' behavior and the people's attitude and finally, the distance
Why are adolescent girls at greater risk for depression and adolescent boys at
Women are at greater risk of depression due to the influence of hormones. Hormonal
balance is responsible and directly affects neurotransmitters. There exists a difference in the way
people socialize, and the females tend to be more affected since they Socialize in a more
sensitive and nurturing way and cares about the opinion of others. In contrast, boys tend to be
independent. Other factors include social riles and stressful past events.
Boys tend to be affected by traditional gender roles, which defines males as strong and
independent. There is a tendency of the boys engaging in various risky activities, and they will
never look for help or assistance when feeling suicidal and be depressed (Rubin, Bukowski, &
Laursen, 2011). Boys don't share their experiences and feeling readily like their female
counterparts, which helps the girls to counter depression orf which the males shun to avoid being
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