Developmental Stages in Middle and Late Adolescence

Developmental Stages in
Middle and Late

Adolescence
ROBERT HAVIGHURST
 Bestknown for his conceptualization of
human development as mastery of a series
of age-related cultural tasks, Robert J.
Havighurst was an avid researcher, a
prolific writer, and a civil rights activist. As
a researcher, he conducted cross-sectional
and longitudinal studies of the social,
emotional, and moral development of
children and adolescents
ROBERT HAVIGHURST
 A development task is a task which arises at
or about a certain period in the life of the
individual, successful achievement of
which leads to his happiness and to success
with later tasks, while failure leads to
unhappiness in the individual, disapproval
by society, and difficulty with later tasks.
The Developmental Tasks in
Adolescence
 According to Robert Havighurst, one of the
pioneers in development studies, these
developmental tasks refer to the specific
knowledge, skills, attitudes, and functions
that a person needs to acquire and, in turn,
be able to demonstrate at particular periods
in his or her life.
Havighurst’s Developmental Tasks
During Adolescence
1. Achieving new and more mature relations
with age mates of both sexes
2. Achieving a masculine or feminine social
role
3. Accepting one’s physique and using one’s
body effectively
4. Achieving emotional independence from
parents and other adults
5. Preparing for marriage and family life
6. Preparing for an economic career
7. Acquiring a set of values and an ethical
system as a guide to behavior-developing
ideology
8. Desiring, accepting, and achieving socially
responsible behavior
3 STAGES IN ADOLESCENCE
PERIOD
EarlyAdolescence
Middle Adolescence
Late Adolescence
EARLY
ADOLESCENCE
12-13 YEARS OLD
 Early adolescence happens when you are 12-
13 years old. At this age, you experience rapid
growth and various changes.
 Your primary developmental task at this stage
involves adapting to biological and mental
development.
 Also at this age, you have to accept the fact
that you are already sexually capable of
reproduction.
 You need to be comfortable with the way you
look.
 Early adolescents have concrete, black-and-
white thinking. Things are either right or
wrong, great or terrible, without much room
in between. It is normal at this stage for
young people to center their thinking on
themselves.
 As part of this, preteens and early teens are
often self-conscious about their appearance
and feel as though they are always being
judged by their peers.
MIDDLE
ADOLESCENCE
14-16 YEARS OLD
 Middle adolescence is around 14-16 years old.
 Theprimary tasks of a teenager are achieving
new and more mature relations with age mates of
both sexes, achieving a masculine or femenine
social role, and achieving emotional
independence from parents and other adults.
 Yourmastery of theses tasks suggests that you
need to be physically self-reliant and
psychologically independent from your parents,
which is not that easy.
 Masteringthis developmental task means hard
work and patience, yet, you have to always
remember that you can do it.
 Another task during middle adolescence stage
is becoming more dept in social settings and
more capable of establishing intimate
relationships.
 Many middle adolescents have more
arguments with their parents as they struggle
for more independence. They may spend less
time with family and more time with friends.
 You may still get bothered with your physical
appearance and your capabilities, you are also
more concerned with knowing who you are,
not only as a person who can do things
independently but also as a person who is
interdependent.
 The brain continues to change and mature in
this stage, but there are still many differences
in how a normal middle adolescent thinks
compared to an adult.
LATE
ADOLESCENCE
17 YEARS OLD
 The third stage (during adolescence) is late
adolescence, which is roughly 17 years old. This
continues until you have shown a sense of
consistency in your personal identity in relation
to the people around you.
 You have begun to form some fairly definite
social roles, value systems, and life goals.
 At this stage, you should have already formed
attitudes, learned skills, and established
relationships that will give you bases of
ascertaining what kind of a person you are.
 Lateadolescents should be focused on planning
and preparing for marriage and damily lifde, on
preparing for an economic career, on acquiring a
set of values and an ethical system as a guide to
behavior or ideology, and on desiring and
achieving socially responsible behavior.
Adolescence is full of challenges
because it is a stage of “becoming”
rather than of “being.” So you need to
work hard to master these
developmental tasks by maintaining a
positive attitude toward the changes
you go through.
THE END

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