INSTRUCTIONS
Using Power Point, Prezi, or an alternative file format include the following in a 10–15 slide
presentation. Each slide will need to include explanatory notes.
Describe adolescent psychosocial tasks using a theoretical framework.
o Develop a presentation on the psychosocial issues faced by adolescents,
using at least one developmental theory as a basis.
Identify factors (including physical and cognitive) that influence psychosocial
development.
o Include an overview of adolescent psychosocial development tasks and
milestones that are shaped by biological, cognitive, and environmental
factors.
o Incorporate the roles of culture, family dynamics, peer influences, and media
into your presentation.
Describe an adolescent mental health issue and treatment approaches.
o Focus on at least one mental health issue (as an example) that can emerge
during adolescence, as well as effective treatment approaches for this issue.
Answer outline to Adolescent psychosocial development
Slide presentation
Adolescent
Psychosocial
Development
Name
Course
Date
Adolescent psychosocial tasks
Erikson’s 8 stages of psychosocial
development
Stage : Identity vs Role confusion
Task : Adolescents work had to find a self that suits them through testing roles
and integrating them into their lives.
Freud’s psychosexual developmental theory
Adolescents have the task of dealing with unconscious desires from their
childhood experiences.
Physical development in adolescence
Steady growth in body size
Growth rate varies depending on genetic history, illness, ethnic background
and other factors
Cognitive development in adolescence
Environmental factors
Events happening around adolescents
Roles of culture
Family dynamics
Peer influences
Media influence
Adolescent mental health issue
Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Deractivi
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7
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prefroatal
cortex
ses
Treatment approaches for ADHD
References
Blum, R. W., Astone, N. M., Decker, M. R., & Mouli, V. C. (2014). A conceptual
framework for early adolescence: a platform for research. International
journal of adolescent medicine and health, 26(3), 321–331.
doi:10.1515/ijamh-2013-0327
Scheck, S., (2014). The Stages of Psychosocial Development According to Erik
H. Erikson. München: GRIN Verlag GmbH.
Shaffer, D., & Kipp, K., (2010). Developmental psychology. Belmont, CA:
Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
