Masters in Psychology ~ 2.4

x AALiYah

Developmental Psychology

week 4 objectives:

• Human Life Span Development

• Conception to Death

• Adolescence

discussions on adolescent years and challenges.

assignment to address youth via presentation.

class objectives included developmental changes through stages and transitions.

excerpt on my additions to the discussion:

"Discuss factors related to major challenges faced by adolescents. Two examples of major challenges are suicide and depression. Are there any approaches for prevention of problems related to the major challenges you would suggest, and how do they relate to your identified factors?

Major Challenges:

·       Puberty

·       Fitting in

·       Sexual maturity

·       Substance abuse

·       Eating disorders

·       Middle school to high school

·       Depression

·       Friendships

Factors:

·       Nutrition

·       Mother or Father absence

·       Family conflict

·       Maternal harshness

·       Maltreatment

(Santrock, 2020, pg. 788)

Prevention:

·       Anticipation and preparation of guaranteed hormonal changes, rather than it just happening to them. Preparatory measures to include: open discussions, stock of products and tools acquired, money set aside for clothing, and having some set aside time to allow for simply resting.

·       Healthy hygiene and eating practices

·       Choosey media use and disconnection periods

·       Positive self-esteem practices

·       Attentiveness to friendships and advice-giving

Prevention relative to factors:

·        Having both Mother and Father present in a healthy relationship with abilities to anticipate and prepare their offspring for hormonal changes

·       Healthy hygiene, exercise, eating practice will both make a world of difference for the approaching challenges of maturation including body image. Being in shape according to the child’s specific body type (not one-size fits all), cleaning and grooming, and proper eating all allow for overall healthy feelings and are likely to be received well when one looks at themselves.

·       Less production of sexual-encouraging films and music will assist in healthy body type, protective and possibly less sexual activity, and more abstinent behaviors. It is probably not thought about often, but I think about it every time there’s bad acting (overacting such as excessing kissing or sound effects) and/or sex scenes in general in movies, shows, and music. We all know what is going on and it seems that media is trying too hard when it comes to including these scenes, it is simply not necessary to have a thrilling or exciting story depicted. Relying heavily on these things translates to me as lack of creativity. They are simply trying to get the audience to pull emotions from their own experiences and think that this will result in positive feelings about the project. And, minimum can allow imagination to take flight where mystery is also satisfying as opposed to the most being done and shoved in your face.

·       Having both Mother and Father spending quality time with their offspring and pointing out positives and strengths about them will help the child see these great attributes in themselves, and this routine will become an autonomic process to the point there is no room for negativity or insecurity to enter child’s strong mind.

·       Having both Mother and Father accurately identify characteristics of their offspring and playing an active role in preparing them for friendship changes and even selection. Many times someone on the outside can see things one on the inside of a situation can’t – and instead of forceful disapproval or forbidding certain friends – Mother and Father can help their offspring understand healthy friendships.

·       “Intensive individualized attention. In successful programs, high-risk adolescents are attached to a responsible adult who gives the adolescent attention and deals with the adolescent’s specific needs (Plourde & others, 2017).” (Santrock, 2020, pg. 907)"

 My Response 1:

"Hi! This post successfully takes the position that schools attention to the common major challenges adolescents are sure to experience is subpar. How is it that the place meant to guide the youth are unable to provide guidance? As stated in this post, only labels are given, and, non-solution based measures are taken to relocate the problem rather than solve it. Bullying is not a concept I understood, even at school-age. My experience was only by seeing it on disney channel while doing homework after school. While at school, I only ever saw two people who had a problem with each other, fight at school, and whoever won was the winner and whoever lost was the loser and that was the end of it. Even though I did not experience it personally or see it at the schools I attended, I can understand the feelings that go along with issuing or receiving such treatment. Bully is defined as, "a person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable." (New Oxford American Dictionary, 2023). This is odd behavior to me in general. To have a problem with someone is for someone to do something one doesn't like, to which in the moment the event occurs, they confront each other and handle it. To handle a problem would be a fair fight (one-on-one) in boxing style so only hands are used with no weapons. It is my opinion that this classical way correlates to decrease in anxiety and depression. Nowadays, no one handles their business, they seek to involve other people or choose passive aggressiveness to which, if you are not bold enough to handle your business then you are not bold enough to have a problem with someone else. Also often, is that one has a problem with another for no reason at all. This could be the case and doesn't seem fair, however, the same way Mother and Father should be present to teach their offspring other things, they should also be present to teach them to handle their business (defend themselves). One should not go around looking for problems, but should go around minding their own business - and should someone have a problem with them for minding their own business, then one should handle the business of putting them back in their place. It is like animals in Nature, crossed lines prompt a fight. We are not all going to agree or like each other, but should problems find you, the opportunity has presented itself for you to stand up for yourself. Also observed is one being bullied by another and instead of handling this issue with this person, the one being bullied will cower and not stand up to the bully, but will instead go find someone else whom they feel they can bully to take out these misplaced feelings on.

Sometimes anxiety and depression can come from one being at war with themselves because somewhere along the lines times changed and it is not common for people to fight nowadays, in fact, it is discouraged. If one feels the natural need to handle their business but society says do not, one must go against themselves and Nature to fit in. This can cause energetic blockages and one not being in alignment with their own heart.

References:

New Oxford American Dictionary Version 230 (294) (2023). Bully. Apple Inc."

 My Response 2:

 "Hi! This post successfully expresses things learned while reading the assigned activities. It is interesting to see the things we've personally experienced with the exposure of new information that may not have occurred around us, but occurs in other groups and/or other places. The advice given here to always have a relationship with your kids to prevent unhealthy behaviors is golden - especially past monitoring but into involvement. I think wanting to have kids, wanting to have a family is key to involvement. Many times it is done to impress other people or just as something you've seen others do: but to want them and plan for them makes preventative measures a natural experience, and less of a problem-filled one. Many people's wants only go as far as having a baby, instead of having a family - baby is the shortest stage of their life but it's what people call it, "having a baby." Although no matter the age, height, or weight your offspring will always be your baby, but if the want was changed to having a family, or having a person, people would view reproduction differently - more accurately."

excerpt on from my assignment:

• AaliYah's Presentation    

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Yah's Judgment:

Much experience is growing from child to adult, the common challenges experienced by humans and other species during development are very important and impactful to them. For deities, use multiplication.

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Yah's notes

• "The truth is a calm, constant power, while lies are loud and swift. Lies aren’t revealed, truth is.

Lies are heard first, truth must come to the light."

 x AALiYah

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