Developmental

Stages in Middle and

Late Adolescence
WEEK 3 MODULE 3

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Ms. Bondoc

PONDER

How can you as an

adolescent be prepared for
adult life by accomplishing
various developmental tasks
according to developmental
stages?
Activity: MY PERSONAL TIMELINE

Using a bond paper, write the major events in your life

and the significant people in your life. You may add
your age, specific dates and places. You may draw
the timeline horizontally, vertically, diagonally or even
using ups and down depending on your imagination.
Be creative in your representations. You may also use
symbols, figures and drawings. Think of a title for your
personal timeline.
Activity: MY PERSONAL TIMELINE

You may use crayons or art materials

depending on the available resources or just a
simple paper and pen may be fine.
Portfolio Output: My Personal Timeline
with Reflection

On a separate paper, answer the following

questions after you have finished your Personal
Timeline.

1. Is there a ‘center’ or a central theme in your

timeline and life? If you will give a title for your
timeline what would it be and why?
Portfolio Output: My Personal Timeline
with Reflection

2. What would you change or add, if you could? How

would each of these changes or additions affect
your life, or even change its present course?

3. Where do you want to be in a year, 5 years, and 10

years? What do you expect your future timeline will
be?
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

Human Development focuses on human

growth and changes across the lifespan,
including physical, cognitive, social,
intellectual, perceptual, personality and
emotional growth.
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

The study of human developmental stages is

essential to understanding how humans learn,
mature, and adapt. Throughout their lives,
humans go through various stages of
development.
DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES

The human being is either in a state of growth

or decline, but either condition imparts
change. Some aspects of our life change very
little over time, are consistent. Other aspects
change dramatically. By understanding these
changes, we can better respond and plan
ahead effectively.
DEVELOPM
ENTAL
STAGES
HAVIGHURST’S DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS
DURING THE LIFE SPAN

Robert J. Havighurst elaborated on the Developmental

Tasks Theory in the most systematic and extensive
manner. His main assertion is that development is
continuous throughout the entire lifespan, occurring in
stages, where the individual moves from one stage to the
next by means of successful resolution of problems or
performance of developmental tasks.
HAVIGHURST’S DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS
DURING THE LIFE SPAN

These tasks are those that are typically encountered by

most people in the culture where the individual belongs. If
the person successfully accomplishes and masters the
developmental task, he feels pride and satisfaction, and
consequently earns his community or society’s approval.
This success provides a sound foundation which allows the
individual to accomplish tasks to be encountered at later
stages.
HAVIGHURST’S DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS
DURING THE LIFE SPAN

Conversely, if the individual is not successful at

accomplishing a task, he is unhappy and is not accorded
the desired approval by society, resulting in the
subsequent experience of difficulty when faced with
succeeding developmental tasks. This theory presents the
individual as an active learner who continually interacts
with a similarly active social environment.
HAVIGHURST’S DEVELOPMENTAL TASKS
DURING THE LIFE SPAN

Havighurst proposed a bio psychosocial model of

development, wherein the developmental tasks at
each stage are influenced by the individual’s biology
(physiological maturation and genetic makeup), his
psychology (personal values and goals) and
sociology (specific culture to which the individual
belongs).
 The Challenges of
Middle & Late
Adolescence
WEEK 3 MODULE 4

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Ms. Bondoc

 The Passage to Adulthood:
Challenges of Late Adolescence

Physical Development

Most girls have completed the physical changes

related to puberty by age 15.
Boys are still maturing and gaining strength,
muscle mass, and height and are completing the
development of sexual traits.
 The Passage to Adulthood:
Challenges of Late Adolescence

Emotional Development

May stress over school and test scores.

Is self-involved (may have high expectations and
low self-concept).
Seeks privacy and time alone.
Is concerned about physical and sexual
attractiveness.
 The Passage to Adulthood:
Challenges of Late Adolescence

Emotional Development

May complain that parents prevent him or her

from doing things independently.
Starts to want both physical and emotional
intimacy in relationships.
The experience of intimate partnerships
 The Passage to Adulthood:
Challenges of Late Adolescence

Social Development

shifts in relationship with parents from dependency and

subordination to one that reflects the adolescent’s
increasing maturity and responsibilities in the family and
the community,
Is more and more aware of social behaviors of friends.
Seeks friends that share the same beliefs, values, and
interests.
 The Passage to Adulthood:
Challenges of Late Adolescence

Social Development

Friends become more important.

Starts to have more intellectual interests.
Explores romantic and sexual behaviors with others.
May be influenced by peers to try risky behaviors
(alcohol, tobacco, sex).
 The Passage to Adulthood:
Challenges of Late Adolescence

Mental Development

Becomes better able to set goals and think in terms

of the future.
Has a better understanding of complex problems
and issues.
Starts to develop moral ideals and to select role
models.
Encouragement 101: The By: Timothy D.
Courage to be Imperfect Evans, Ph.D.

Encouragement is the key ingredient for improving your

relationships with others. It is the single most important
skill necessary for getting along with others—so
important that the lack of it could be considered the
primary cause of conflict and misbehavior.
Encouragement develops a person’s psychological
hardiness and social interest. Encouragement is the
lifeblood of a relationship and yet, this simple concept
is often very hard to put into practice.
 Most common ways of discouragement:

1. High standards for others to meet because one is overly

ambitious.
2. Focuses on mistakes as a way to motivate change or
improved behavior.
3. Make constant comparisons (e.g., self to others, siblings to
one another)
4. Automatically gives negative spin to the actions of others.
5. Dominates others by being overly helpful, implying that
they are unable to it as well.
The power of Personal Declarations
by: Dr. Emily De Carlo

Declarations are meant to encourage a person to take

control of the influences in their lives. They serve as
suggestions as to what positive things you can speak
about your own life instead of accepting whatever has
been said about them in the past. Don’t be
discouraged if you don’t reach your goals overnight.
Just remember that even a small stream of water will
crack concrete eventually.
 Output: Slogan or Personal
Declaration on Being Happy
1. Read the essay on “Being Happy”.
2. Choose a phrase, sentence, or paragraph that strikes
you.
3. Make a slogan or personal declaration on how you
can be committed to your self-development.
4. Explain your thoughts and feelings about it. Include
specific ways in which you will develop yourself further.
5. Put your answers in a long bond paper (Printed,
minimum of 250 words, and submit it on September 12.