Adolescense
During adolescence, this major physical change typically occurs, marked by the development of secondary sexual characteristics.
puberty
According to Erikson, young adults face this stage, where they either form strong relationships or experience isolation.
intimacy vs. isolation?
According to Erikson, individuals in middle adulthood face this stage, focused on contributing to society and future generations or feeling a lack of purpose
What is generativity vs. stagnation
n Erikson’s final stage of psychosocial development, older adults reflect on their life in this stage.
integrity vs. despair
This theory's focus is on development across the lifespan through eight stages, each with a specific psychosocial conflict. Helps social workers understand emotional and social challenges at different life stages.
Erikson’s Psychosocial Theory
According to Piaget, adolescents enter this stage of development, characterized by abstract thinking and the ability to reason hypothetically.
formal operational stage
Name 3 typical social role transitions in young adulthood
Leaving home
Taking on work and/or education tasks
Gaining financial independence
Gaining independence in decision-making
Making a partnership commitment
Becoming a parent
Renegotiating relationships with parents
Making time commitments to families of origin and to newly created families
Middle adulthood typically refers to the age range of ____ years old.
40-65
This progressive neurological disease, common in late adulthood, affects memory, thinking, and behavior.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
This Theory focuses on Human development is influenced by multiple layers of environment — from family to society.
Supports the social work perspective of "person-in-environment," encouraging holistic assessments.
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory
Erikson’s psychosocial theory suggests that during adolescence, teens face this challenge, as they explore and form their own identity
identity vs. role confusion
According to Levinson, this concept refers to the way an individual organizes their life, balancing work, relationships, and personal goals, and changes over time through different "seasons" of life.
In our lecture, I described it as a blueprint of ones life.
Life Structure
The theme of Middle adulthood. If young adulthood is instability, Middle adulthood is____
Balance or stability
A document that describes the medical procedures, drugs, and types of treatment an individual would choose for himself or herself if able to do so in certain situations. It also describes the situations for which this individual would want treatment withheld.
Living will
Explains how thinking and reasoning develop in stages from infancy to adulthood.
Useful in understanding how clients of different ages process information and make decisions.
Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory
he tendency for adolescents to engage in risky behaviors, like substance use or reckless driving, is often explained by this part of the brain, which is still maturing.
prefrontal cortex
According to Daniel Levinson, the ages of 17 to 22, in which the transition into young adulthood occurs, including the tasks of leaving adolescence and making preliminary decisions about relationships, career, and belief systems.
Novice phase
Name a few developmental tasks for Middle adulthood
Loss of parents and grief
Launching children / Empty nest
Boomerang children (returning adult children)
Becoming grandparents
Preparing for late adulthood
Caregiving for aging parents or spouses
Personal and relational reorientation
appointed person to make decisions on their behalf, particularly if they become incapacitated.
Power of Attorney
People learn behaviors by observing others, especially through modeling, imitation, and reinforcement.
Helps social workers understand behavior patterns, especially in children and in behavioral interventions.
Social Learning Theory (Bandura)
According to Kohlberg, adolescents in this stage of moral development make decisions based on principles of justice and fairness, beyond personal consequences
postconventional level
Arnett's defined this particular phase as distinct from both adolescence and young adulthood, occurring from ages 18 to 25 in industrialized societies.
emerging adulthood
This term describes middle-aged adults who are simultaneously caring for their aging parents and their own children.
sandwich generation
Program that provides care to the terminally ill. Patients typically receive treatment by a team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and care staff through inpatient or outpatient care.
Hospice
Early relationships with caregivers shape how individuals form relationships throughout life.
Essential for work with children, families, and trauma survivors
Attachment Theory (Bowlby & Ainsworth)