Discussing Adolescence Development, Biological and Social Influences

This essay delves into the multifaceted developmental stage of adolescence, examining the significant biological and social influences that shape this critical period. It begins by defining adolescence as a transitional phase between childhood and adulthood, highlighting the various intellectual, social, and personality changes that occur, often coinciding with puberty. The essay explores the importance of biological factors, such as hormonal changes and physical maturation, and their impact on adolescent behavior and emotional experiences. Furthermore, it emphasizes the role of social influences, including family dynamics, peer relationships, and social norms, in shaping adolescents' attitudes, decision-making, and overall development. The essay discusses various theories, including classic developmental stage theory and social learning theory, to explain adolescent behavior and the impact of social interactions. It also addresses the prevalence of mental health issues like anxiety and depression, and how social support can mitigate these challenges. The essay concludes by underscoring the complex interplay of biological and social factors in the adolescent developmental process, emphasizing the need for comprehensive understanding and support for young people navigating this transformative stage.

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Contents
Discuss about the adolescence developmental stage and Discuss importance of biological and
social influence during developmental period.................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
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Discuss about the adolescence developmental stage and Discuss
importance of biological and social influence during
developmental period
Adolescence is the period of transition between adulthood as well as childhood. Individual
children who are basically entering into adolescence which are going through different kind of
changes. It including intellectual, social developmental, intellectual and personality. Sometimes,
Adolescence begins at the puberty which is mainly occurs earlier, average and then in the past.
Moreover, identifying the end of adolescence that will tie to both emotional as well as social
factors. Within in adolescence stage, intellectual related change occurs in which developing the
higher thinking level of children. in this way, children are able to think in logical manner and
establish a concentration or coordination all around world (Eliot, 2021). Sometimes, Adolescents
are moving beyond the current limits and think in context of true, false condition. Children will
improve their intellectual ability to deal with hypotheses condition, abstraction and identify
various infinite possibilities. At that time, children’s have shown the egocentric behaviour,
attitude towards particular condition or situation.
During Adolescence, young people experience different changes as they can feel as
transition from childhood into young adulthood. These kind of changes will help for improving
the ability of children at different level. Different health professionals, who work with
adolescents need substantive information or data related trajectory of young people. In early
adolescent stage between age 10 to 14. Children often start to grow more fast and quickly
manner. Usually, it begin notice other kind of body changes, including hair growth in the under
arms, near genitals and breast development especially in females. These are basically starts a
year or earlier in girls than boys. These kind of changes are consider as normal way to increase
growth in physical appearances. For Example- early at age 8 for female and age 9 for males. The
body changes can inspire or motivate towards curiosity as well as anxiety in some ways. If
adolescent do not what is normal. Many children have asked a lot of question about gender
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identity. At that time, puberty can be consider the difficult period for transgender children. Early
adolescence developmental stage has become develop both black and white thinking. Some
adolescents’ are not understood the things. But this type of change is normal at stage for young
people. As part of this, it often need to provide the better social support and give proper guidance
so that they can develop own understanding.
Children’s have been experienced the beginning phase of puberty. The significantly
experience of physical growth and development. Cognitively, at this adolescents stage which
have identified limited capacity for abstraction through intellectual interests. In future, it can
develop as deeper moral thinking at the early adolescence stage. In middle adolescence stage, it
has been identified the puberty in both male and female. Physical growth can slow in female but
continues for male. This kind of stage is continue to gain more experience in context of growing
capacity for abstraction thoughts. Generally, it starts with long term goals and become more
interested in the meaning of moral reasoning as well as life (Ferguson, Brunsdon and Bradford,
2021). Developmental experience can be identified in the various kind of emotional or social
changes. Sometimes, it including increased self-improvement and also increase drive for
independence.
Late Adolescent is consider as young adulthood phase which typically experience fewer
physical developments as well as cognitive. Within late adolescents, teens entering into early
adulthood have developed a strong sense of their individual thinking. Sometimes, they can easily
identify their own values, morals (Patel and et.al., 2020). Children’s have become more focused
on the future and improve ability to take important decision. In this late adolescence stage,
Adolescents’ have experienced any kind of feelings such as anger, friendship and romantic. In
order to gain the ability to think about the idea rationally, plan for future improvement. In this
phase, a children become turn into young people and experience independence and also
increased the emotional stability.
Identifying the importance of Biological related physical growth during Adolescence
developmental period. In this way, it is developed understanding towards maturation at the time
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of puberty which is generally understood, available data on the biochemical, physiological
mediator to identify the behaviour, attitude of children. These are consider as extremely
primitive and their clinical applicability remain obscure. On the basis of evidence, it has been
examined the variations in adolescence stage which may have consider as developmental as well
as behavioural consequence during developmental period. Sometimes, there are various changes
occurs in Gonadal hormones, adrenal hormones influence and affected by social interactions
among different group of children. It might also play an important role in regulating the current
social behaviour, attitude. Biologically, it involves the puberty as series of complicated alteration
at both endocrine level and neural over extended the developmental period. As a result,
identifying the various kind of changes in the body shape for children. Moreover, including the
maturation of primary as well as secondary sex characteristics at the time of Childhood and early
adolescence (Hardy and Longo, 2021). Ultimately, occurs the acquisition of its re-productive
maturity. In the beginning of adolescence stage, it has been increased the level of adrenarchal
hormones, which are continuously to increase throughout adolescence. The early age of
Adolescent at which someone is completely matures due to the combination of genetic as well as
environmental influence. At early life experience, including different disadvantage regarding
social risks. It has been represented as accelerate pubertal. Specially, accelerate pubertal and
timing also associated with stressors.
In context of social development, it influence the adolescents which continue to refine their
sense, capacity to handle the different tasks. It plays important role where many children adopt
the values and role of their parents expect for them. Sometimes, identifying the opposition of
their parents towards children but align with a peer group (Orben, Tomova and Blakemore,
2020). This is mainly representing as common relationship which become consider as central
part to focus on the adolescents lives. The importance of social influence during developmental
period, identify the chances during adolescence involves renegotiation of parent or children
relationship.
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As children strive to be more independence and understood the current surrounding environment.
For Example- Parents can provide the guidance, direction and then monitor the different
activities of children. Parental monitoring encompasses a wide range of behaviour, attitude of
children. Additionally, some children’s are willing to disclose information to their parents. At
that time, children will be improving their psychological thinking to control. Sometimes, it
involves manipulation as well as intrusion into adolescents’ emotional as well as cognitive
world. As children become adolescents, they are usually spending more time with their friends
but less time with families. In this way, it has been minimised the interaction between adolescent
and their families (Patel and et.al., 2020). Social influence the adolescent during developmental
phases, which may influence both positive as well as negative functions. In this way, negative
pressure can increase adolescents which make risk on the decision making and engage with
problematic behaviour. For Example- Adolescents are likely to drink alcohol, use drugs and also
commit crimes. However, it is important for identifying the social support from families and
provide better guidance so that they can understood right or wrong things in properly.
There are different theories help for identifying the proper formation of adolescent
development. It often to identify the central issue or problem. Class theory of developmental
stage, this is useful for identifying the primary indicator in term of successful development at the
time of adolescence (Ragan, 2020). Sometimes, it is mainly describing the formation in regards
of adolescence within social changes, which involves both commitment and decision-making
power towards the different people. According to the Classic theory, it is helping to identify four
status such as Foreclosure, identity diffusion and achievements. These kind of different social
changes happen in the Adolescence developmental stage. As per consider the developmental of
antisocial behaviour treat the adolescent which plays important period. Through this way, it can
easily differentiate the anti-social behaviour during early adolescence. According to the theory,
early children have been started at greater risk, threat for long term anti-social behaviour that
extends into adulthood. Whenever considerable as poor monitoring, lack of supervision which
contribute to increase more involvement with deviant peers (Slobodskaya, 2021). It also turn into
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promote adolescents’ is own behaviour, attitude. This will help for identify the anti-social
behaviour when changes happen in the environment makes other kind of options. By using the
adolescent limited model, it help for distinguishes between behaviour that starts in early
developmental stage of adolescent. In regards of this model, it is basically representing the
control of adults and their specific desire to demonstrate with their freedom. However, it
contribute to develop, legitimate adult’s specific roles and privileges.
Adolescent development models relates with depression, anxiety which also become
treated during developmental periods. Especially, in context of gender difference in which give
more prevalence rates that persist through early stage of adolescence. Sometimes, it is also
compared with both female, male and identifying the anxiety rate. In this way, it has found the
importance of social development within adolescent stages. It helps for diagnoses the actual rate
of depression, anxiety among adolescent children’s. For example- prevalence rate for particular
phobias all about 5% in children, 3% in adults but 16% in adolescents. Anxiety is one of the
most common problem occurs in the early stage of adolescent (Van den Akker and et.al., 2021).
But the importance of social support focus on the interpersonal attitude, behaviour of children. In
this way, it eliminate certain kind of consequence due to Anxiety, depression. Additionally, it
also implementing as intensified process in which establish a better coordination with Adolescent
children’s.
A Social norms is define the way of thinking, behaving, feeling that is endorsed or
expected because it is mainly perceived as right or proper things. Social changes have profound
impact on the influencing the behaviour, attitude of children during adolescent development
stage. Even through families are usually unaware about the social norms (Patel and et.al., 2020).
In fact, individual people are strong influenced by social changes even they are explicitly
eliminate or reject. Moreover, social learning theory applicable in the process of developmental
period for children social behaviour or attitude. There are lot of thing learned and internalised at
the time of adolescence. Although this theory was explaining the deviant behaviour, attitude and
proposition that applied in the positive social learning. By using social learning theory, it can be
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divided into core components such as association, reinforcement, modelling, imitation. These are
considered the important aspect for identifying the current behaviour of children. Through this
way, it express the different tasks of adolescent’s, who are mainly performed in complex
situation or condition. At that time, it become easier for identifying the effective relationship
between adolescent children, families and friends. The importance of Social influence during
developmental stage which take place intensity of adolescents’ social interactions. Children have
learn from internalize social norms, if they were establish the association earlier in the
development. Frequently, it also engage with behaviour, interactions occurs over long period of
time. Furthermore, social behaviour is helping to re-shape by imitating or modelling others
behaviour, attitude (Van den Akker and et.al., 2021). Adolescent learn behaviour by observing
all around activities. Particularly close other such as friends, parents and siblings. In this way, it
has been identified the magnitude of social learning. Social influence has been directly affecting
the youth, when different adolescents are exposed to understand own behaviours. Thus, observe
the positive result or outcome.
The family is one of the most common primary social group which involves individual
people and belongs, where every friends become establish a strong relationship with each other
during developmental period of adolescence. Moreover, consider all kind of social environment
which directly attract to identify or determine whether an individual will be influenced or not.
Across the development of adolescence phases, assume different social identities will be less or
more salient, affecting group norms are strongly activated as well as internalized.
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