Aspects of Growth

During Adolescence
Year
 Human development is a lifelong
process of physical, mental, emotional,
social, moral spiritual and environmental
growth and change. This describes eight
stages through a healthy developing
human should pass from infancy to late
adulthood
1. Infancy - stage ranges from birth to 18
months of age.
2. Early Childhood - stage ranges from 18
months to 3 years
3. Middle Childhood - stage extends from 3-
5 years
4. Late Childhood - stage ranges from 5-12
years
5. Adolescence - stage ranges from 5-12 years
period of transition from childhood to adulthood
which extends from 12-20 years
6. Early Adulthood - stage extends from 20-30
years
7. Mature Adulthood - stage ranges from 30-65
years
8. Old age - stage is the extension after 65 years
till death.
Developmental Characteristic of
Adolescents
Adolescence, the transition between
childhood and adulthood, is a stressful period
of life characterized by observable physical,
mental, emotional, social and behavioral
changes.
1.Physical Changes

Boys Girls Common Changes to both Boys

& Girls

⮚ Start of puberty. Between ⮚ Start of puberty. Between ⮚ Rapid increase in height

9 ½ and 14 years old. 8 and 13 years old. and weight.

⮚ First puberty ⮚ First puberty ⮚ Changes in circulatory and

change. Enlargement of change. Breast respiratory systems.

the testicles. development. ⮚ Body composition

⮚ Primary sex characteristics
⮚ Penis ⮚ Pubic hair
are changes directly
enlargement. Begins appears. Shortly after
related to sexual
about 1 year after the breast development
reproduction
testicles begin enlarging.
⮚ Pubic hair appears. About ⮚ Reproductive organs of both
13 ½ years old. ⮚ Hair under the arms. About grow and develop.
12 years old.
⮚ Wet dreams (nocturnal
emissions). About 14 years ⮚ Menstrual
old. periods. Between 10 and 16
½ years old.
⮚ Boys experience their first
release of seminal fluid or ⮚ Girls experience menarche
ejaculation from the penis. or the first release of blood
and fluids from the vagina,
later called menstruation.

⮚ Produce eggs a month

2. Social Changes
►Searching for identity, influenced by gender,
peer group, cultural background and family
expectations
►Seeking more independence.
►Seeking more responsibility, both at home and at
school
►Looking for new experiences. May engage in
more risk-taking behavior.
►Thinking more about 'right' and 'wrong
►Being easily influenced by friends' behavior
and peer pressure
►Starting to explore and develop sexual
identity
►Communicating in different ways - mobile
phones and social media
3. Moral-spiritual Changes
►Adolescents try to find out who they really are
and analyze their strengths and weaknesses.
► They understand themselves better and learn to
accept and like themselves, including their
weaknesses.
►They learn the different house rules imposed by
their parents that promote order and harmony at
home.
4. Emotional Changes

►More responsive to rewards than punishment

►More impulsive which makes them prone to being
hurt and in danger.
►Boys are sexually active and become more
aggressive.
►Girls become more self-conscious because of the
changes that are happening to them that gives
them a feeling of insecurity
5. Mental Changes
►Adolescents are egocentric ; they argue to
convince and exhibit independent , critical
thought.
►Adolescents prefer active and cooperative learning
activities over passive learning experiences.
►Enjoy learning skills to apply to real life problems
and situations.
►Have tendency to become bored with routine
activities ; they need to be challenged.
Directions: Choose the word or words from the box that
answers each of the items below. Write your answer in your
activity notebook.
_______1. It refers to the ability to accept failure, to
understand and to like oneself.
_______2. It refers to the state of complete physical, mental or
intellectual, emotional, social, moral- spiritual and
environmental well-being.
_______3. It refers to the ability of an individual to explain
things.
_______4. It refers to the well-being of an individual.
_______5. It refers to one’s belief and values.
1. A
2. B
3. F
4. E
5. D
Activity 1: Is this me?
Write the changes that happen to boys on the left circle
and changes that happen to girls on the right side. While
on the center area of the circle, write the changes that
may happen to both boys and girls. Choose your answer
from the box below.