It is believed that the adolescent stage is the most difficult period of human life. As children get introduced to various aspects of life, they prefer to be in the company of their peer groups and avoid interacting with relatives and parents.
AN INFANT is born with tactile qualities. The process of learning starts with childhood and ends with death. Learning, perception, motivation, judgment, and emotions help in human growth.
A child perceives things and learns with a sense of touch. Early intellectual growth arises first and foremost out of the child’s physical interactions with objects in his environment.
Children do not know to discriminate in objects, even in genders. As they grow, the child develops a sense of gender identity, thinks of himself or herself as a boy or a girl, and begins to relate to others differently according to their gender. They learn how to dress and decide what to wear. For example, a 5-year-old boy will not feel comfortable if he is dressed in frock or any other feminine dress.
Gradually children experience sexual feelings and at the same time learn to respond to their stimuli. With this process of learning they are introduced to a wider stage, adolescence period, when he or she is 12 years old. During the period of adolescence the physical changes, physiological changes, thoughts, behaviour, and social relations transform radically.
Adolescents often decide about their career and think about starting their own families in a few years. For example, adolescents can begin to decide what to buy with their money or who will be their friend. One of the things they start early is to start making their own decisions. Adolescents can spend hours a day dreaming about their future life. They have limited freedom and are weak economically. But they have more time for themselves, love to socialize with people of same age group, and often involve themselves in peer relationships.
Another common characteristic in adolescents is a sense of uniqueness. Searching for a unique identity is one of the problems that adolescents often face. Adolescents often have role models. Every movie star, sports player, stage player, or rock star have mostly adolescents as their fan following. Adolescents often express a desire to be like their chosen role model. In western countries children often have rock musicians as their role model. So adolescents do influence the market too.
According to pop singer Jo Stafford, "Rock and Roll is an economic thing. Today’s nine-to fourteen-year-old group is the first generation with enough money given to them by their parents to buy records in sufficient quantities to influence the market."
In India, we see the majority of adolescents follow movie stars. Adolescents choose their role model and often try to copy their style of living, attitude, hairstyle, clothes and so on. According to India Today majority of boys follow Salman Khan and want to be macho like him and girls want their dream date like Salman Khan.
An adolescent’s psychology is broader and more complex. The major problem with adolescents is group socialism. They opt to spend times with peers than their parents. The adolescent comes to rely heavily on the peer group for emotional support. Adolescents in a peer group are less likely to be depressed or have anxiety.
It is difficult for a depressed adolescent to make friends. Though family does everything within its capacity, peers often influence adolescents about issues like educational aspirations and performance. In most cases there is an overlap between family and peer influences. And this is the reason why most of the adolescents are confused about their decision and often fail to conclude.
During this age the attitude of a child changes towards people in general and parents in particular. He / She shares, talks and keeps relationships formal towards parents and more informal towards members of his or her age, particularly the opposite sex. Adolescence is the period during which the person experiences a rise in sexual feelings. During this time, the person learns to control and direct his sexual urges.
The concept of dating a boy or a girl arises in their mind. This is very natural and very few people can have control over it. An adolescent person enjoys company of a person of opposite sex. Sexual feelings at this age sometimes lead them to the wrong path. When suppressed and desires of adolescents are not satisfied, they find alternatives to satisfy themselves by reading or watching pornographic books and movies etc.
Several movies in the west like American pie, A Short Story About Love (Polish), Eu Tu Mama Tambian (Spanish) and in India movies like Rockford, Ek Choti Si Love Story depict the life, nature, attitude, relationships, and sexual feelings of adolescents.
Sometimes these depressed desires occupying one’s mind and the emotional instability may cause a youth to commit a crime like rape. Therefore, it is very important to understand an adolescent’s psychology and behaviour and seek help if necessary.
AN INFANT is born with tactile qualities. The process of learning starts with childhood and ends with death. Learning, perception, motivation, judgment, and emotions help in human growth.
A child perceives things and learns with a sense of touch. Early intellectual growth arises first and foremost out of the child’s physical interactions with objects in his environment.
Children do not know to discriminate in objects, even in genders. As they grow, the child develops a sense of gender identity, thinks of himself or herself as a boy or a girl, and begins to relate to others differently according to their gender. They learn how to dress and decide what to wear. For example, a 5-year-old boy will not feel comfortable if he is dressed in frock or any other feminine dress.
Gradually children experience sexual feelings and at the same time learn to respond to their stimuli. With this process of learning they are introduced to a wider stage, adolescence period, when he or she is 12 years old. During the period of adolescence the physical changes, physiological changes, thoughts, behaviour, and social relations transform radically.
Adolescents often decide about their career and think about starting their own families in a few years. For example, adolescents can begin to decide what to buy with their money or who will be their friend. One of the things they start early is to start making their own decisions. Adolescents can spend hours a day dreaming about their future life. They have limited freedom and are weak economically. But they have more time for themselves, love to socialize with people of same age group, and often involve themselves in peer relationships.
Another common characteristic in adolescents is a sense of uniqueness. Searching for a unique identity is one of the problems that adolescents often face. Adolescents often have role models. Every movie star, sports player, stage player, or rock star have mostly adolescents as their fan following. Adolescents often express a desire to be like their chosen role model. In western countries children often have rock musicians as their role model. So adolescents do influence the market too.
According to pop singer Jo Stafford, "Rock and Roll is an economic thing. Today’s nine-to fourteen-year-old group is the first generation with enough money given to them by their parents to buy records in sufficient quantities to influence the market."
In India, we see the majority of adolescents follow movie stars. Adolescents choose their role model and often try to copy their style of living, attitude, hairstyle, clothes and so on. According to India Today majority of boys follow Salman Khan and want to be macho like him and girls want their dream date like Salman Khan.
An adolescent’s psychology is broader and more complex. The major problem with adolescents is group socialism. They opt to spend times with peers than their parents. The adolescent comes to rely heavily on the peer group for emotional support. Adolescents in a peer group are less likely to be depressed or have anxiety.
It is difficult for a depressed adolescent to make friends. Though family does everything within its capacity, peers often influence adolescents about issues like educational aspirations and performance. In most cases there is an overlap between family and peer influences. And this is the reason why most of the adolescents are confused about their decision and often fail to conclude.
During this age the attitude of a child changes towards people in general and parents in particular. He / She shares, talks and keeps relationships formal towards parents and more informal towards members of his or her age, particularly the opposite sex. Adolescence is the period during which the person experiences a rise in sexual feelings. During this time, the person learns to control and direct his sexual urges.
The concept of dating a boy or a girl arises in their mind. This is very natural and very few people can have control over it. An adolescent person enjoys company of a person of opposite sex. Sexual feelings at this age sometimes lead them to the wrong path. When suppressed and desires of adolescents are not satisfied, they find alternatives to satisfy themselves by reading or watching pornographic books and movies etc.
Several movies in the west like American pie, A Short Story About Love (Polish), Eu Tu Mama Tambian (Spanish) and in India movies like Rockford, Ek Choti Si Love Story depict the life, nature, attitude, relationships, and sexual feelings of adolescents.
Sometimes these depressed desires occupying one’s mind and the emotional instability may cause a youth to commit a crime like rape. Therefore, it is very important to understand an adolescent’s psychology and behaviour and seek help if necessary.
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