The cognitive development in adolescents.

1. Adolescence
The Cognitive Development

2. I would there were no age between sixteen and
three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the
rest; for there is nothing in the between but
getting wenches with child, wronging the ancientry,
stealing, fighting—Hark you now!
The Winter’s Tale – Act III, Scene III
William Shakespeare

3. COGNITION
The set of all mental abilities and
processes related to knowledge.
Thinking
Understanding
Learning
Remembering

4. It is NORMAL for
adolescents to:

5. Argue for the sake of
arguing.
Walker and Taylor, 1991

6. Jump to conclusions.
Jaffe, 1998

7. Be self-centered.
Jaffe, 1998

8. Constantly find fault in
the adult’s position.
Bjorklund and Green, 1992

9. Be overly dramatic.
Jaffe, 1998

10. The Cognitive Development

11. Early Adolescence
11-13 years of age
• Growing capacity for abstract thought.
• Mostly interested in present with limited thought to
the future.
• Intellectual interests expand and become more
important.
• Deeper moral thinking.

12. Middle Adolescence
14-18 years of age
• Continued growth capacity for
abstract thought.
• Greater capacity for setting goals.
• Interest in moral reasoning.
• Thinking about the meaning of life.

13. Late Adolescence
19-21 years of age
• Ability to think ideas through.
• Ability to delay gratification.
• Examination of inner experiences.
• Increased concern for future.
• Continued interest in moral reasoning.

14. Theory of Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget
•The Sensorimotor Stage
•The Preoperational Stage
•The Concrete Operational Stage
•The Formal Operational Stage

15. The Formal Operational Stage
Logic
Abstract Thought
Problem-Solving

16. The Prefrontal Cortex

17. • Unregulated Experimentation
• Alcohol
• Unsafe Sex
• Extreme out-of-control activities

18. Sleep

19. Exercise

20. Eating

21. Growing up is a terribly hard thing to
do. It is much easier to skip it and go
from one childhood to another.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

22. THANK YOU!
Child and Adolescent Development
Adolescent’s Cognitive Development
Presented by:
Talaboc, Clarice Anne D.
II-6 AB/BSE Literature