Self-Concept
The self-concept is the accumulation of knowledge about the self, such as beliefs regarding personality traits, physical characteristics, abilities, values, goals, and roles. Beginning in infancy, children acquire and organize information about themselves as a way to enable themselves to understand the relationship between self and the social world. This developmental process is a direct consequence of children's emerging cognitive skills and their social relationships with both family and peers. During early childhood, children's self-concepts are less differentiated and are centered on concrete characteristics, such as physical attributes, possessions, and skills. During middle childhood, the self-concept becomes more integrated and differentiated as the child engages in social comparison and more clearly perceives the self as consisting of internal, psychological characteristics. Throughout later childhood and adolescence, the self-concept becomes more abstract, complex, and hierarchically organized into cognitive mental representations or self-schemas, which direct the processing of self-relevant information.
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A young adolescent who is going through puberty can have many questions about the changes that are taking place with their body. The release of the hormones estrogen and testosterone during puberty plays a large role in a teenagers erratic behavior and their sexuality. Interestingly, a girl's sexuality is influenced more by environmental factors. Testosterone in boys is tied directly to sexuality.
During young adolescence, boys generally have a more positive body image than girls. Girls are typically more focused on their physical appearance than are boys. Physical appearance and friends are important factors contributing to young adolescent's self-concept. Weight is a common element that adolescent girls worry about. Adolescence is the most susceptible time for a person to develop anorexia or bulimia (and addictions). Consequences that victims of anorexia or bulimia can face are impaired concentration, cessation of menstration, kidney failure, and death.
Sleep patterns also change during adolescence. The teenager's sleep cycle is altered by the release of the hormone melatonin, which is now released at a different time of day. This is why teens stay up late at night and sleep half of the day. Teens who get adequate amounts of sleep perform better at school and handle emotions better, while teens who do not get enough sleep are more susceptible to illness and also show more signs of hostility and aggression.
Source: Feinstein, S. (2009). Secrets of the teenage brain:
Research-based strategies for reaching and teaching today's adolescents (2nd
ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
Related Links
Body Image
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wbRTYTvP0I&feature=player_detailpage
Anorexia and Bulimia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzHogdHxPDo&feature=player_detailpage
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A young adolescent who is going through puberty can have many questions about the changes that are taking place with their body. The release of the hormones estrogen and testosterone during puberty plays a large role in a teenagers erratic behavior and their sexuality. Interestingly, a girl's sexuality is influenced more by environmental factors. Testosterone in boys is tied directly to sexuality.
During young adolescence, boys generally have a more positive body image than girls. Girls are typically more focused on their physical appearance than are boys. Physical appearance and friends are important factors contributing to young adolescent's self-concept. Weight is a common element that adolescent girls worry about. Adolescence is the most susceptible time for a person to develop anorexia or bulimia (and addictions). Consequences that victims of anorexia or bulimia can face are impaired concentration, cessation of menstration, kidney failure, and death.
Sleep patterns also change during adolescence. The teenager's sleep cycle is altered by the release of the hormone melatonin, which is now released at a different time of day. This is why teens stay up late at night and sleep half of the day. Teens who get adequate amounts of sleep perform better at school and handle emotions better, while teens who do not get enough sleep are more susceptible to illness and also show more signs of hostility and aggression.
Source: Feinstein, S. (2009). Secrets of the teenage brain:
Research-based strategies for reaching and teaching today's adolescents (2nd
ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
Related Links
Body Image
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wbRTYTvP0I&feature=player_detailpage
Anorexia and Bulimia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzHogdHxPDo&feature=player_detailpage