1. ADOLESENT DEVELOPMENT
Human Development
Human Services Program
College of Public and Community Service
University of Massachusetts at Boston
©2009 William Holmes

2. THEORIES OF ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
Freud—resolution of parental dissonance
Erikson—formation of adult identity
Piaget—use of formal operational thinking
Bronfenbrenner—person-environment fit
Hill—onset of puberty drives development of sexual characteristics, behavior, and identity.

3. FREUDIAN THEORY AND ADOLESENCE
Id not as controlled by superego
Resurgence of Oedipal and Electra conflicts
Conflicts defended against by:
Repression
Denial
Compensation
Asceticism
Intellectualism

4. ERIKSON IDENTITY THEORY AND ADOLESCENCE
Rise of Identity Choices and Identity Crises
Possible outcomes of crises:
Identity Confusion
Identity Foreclosure
Identity Moratorium
Identity Achievement

5. PIAGET AND ADOLESENT DEVELOPMENT
Development of cognitive ability
Conflicts from preoperational thinking:
Causation uncertainty
Relationship ambiguity
Consistency challenges
Abstraction and Generalization demands
Challenges of formal operational thinking
Complex thinking
Organized thinking
Empirical thinking

6. PERSON-ENVIRONMENT FIT AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
Activities
Temperament
Emotions
Personality
Identity
Social demands

7. BIOSOCIAL CHALLENGES OF ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
Puberty and sexuality
Growth and coordination
Emotional management
Social expectations
Detachment-autonomy needs
Gender identity resolution