Title: Psychological Development in Adolescents | Psychology
Headings: Psychological Development in Adolescents | Psychology
Psychological Development in Adolescents | Psychology
1. Shifts in Group Belongingness or Identification:
2. Conflicts in Motivation:
3. Cognitive Differentiation:
4. Intensification of Self-Awareness:
5. Perplexity in Regard to Bodily Appearance and Functions:
6. Modifications of Time and Reality Perspective:

Content: Conflicts in Motivation: In modern western society there is a more or less permanent conflict between various attitudes, values, ideologies, and styles of living of children and adults. Adolescents are caught midway in this conflict. Consequently, they have experience great difficulty in defining their roles. In turn, uncertainty of their roles creates ambiguity in their motivations. They do not know when they should behave and be treated as adults and when they should continue as children. When they desire to behave like adults, they lack understanding of the adult world they are entering. Particularly if youth have been excluded from surrounding adult worlds, they are in the dark concerning them. They have little idea of consequences of various kinds of adult behaviour. Thus, broadening of life spaces to include both childhood and adult roles brings with it ambiguous situations which they often are ill-equipped to handle.