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Social Science - Canadian Adolescents

Psychology : Canadian Teens

Strongest and Weakest Perspective on Adolescence

In our extensive discussion of adolescence and per my own experience the treatment of adolescence is more of a psycho-social function that is manifested in terms of behavior although this behavior entailed certain biological developments . Because of which , people conventionally pertain to adolescence and maturity in terms of socially accepted behavior rather than having certain biological traits . When people say grow up ' or act your age , these utterances that are typically address to young adults pertain to a level of psychosocial development

br rather than to biological development . Hence , adolescence is measured in terms of personality traits rather than physical traits

Under these premises , I consider Erik Erikson 's psychosocial approach to explaining puberty as the most comprehensive and ideal definition and explanation of adolescence . The adolescence stage which is approximated from 12 to 18 years old is the procedural stage in which a person proactively contributes to one 's development instead of passively receiving and reacting to the social environment . Erikson proposed that the defining psychosocial conflict on this stage is identity against role confusion ' at which a person shifts from a child to an adult , who is now expected by society or the environment to seriously take responsibilities and roles . The young adult is challenged not only with physical problems but will have to contend with moral and emotional issues . The young adult teenager needs to establish one 's identity in the different roles one plays in society i .e...

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