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After you have successfully completed this module, you will be able to:

Summarize the major physical changes that occur during pubertal maturation.
Summarize the impact of pubertal change on emotions, sleep, social relationships, and sexual behaviour.
Discuss research findings regarding the risk factors and impact of disordered eating, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse and risky behaviour.
Summarize the major cognitive and social cognitive developments that occur during adolescence.
Summarize the factors associated with academic success and failure in teens.
Discuss the research findings on the impact of part time work during adolescence.
Describe the factors associated with the emergence of adolescence as a distinct life period.
Summarize the major socioemotional developmental changes that occur during adolescence.
Contrast the role of parents, peers, friendships and dating partners in teen social adjustment.
Summarize the factors associated with teen delinquency, depression and suicide.
Contrast the major patterns of child-caregiver attachments that have been identified and the patterns of caregiver behaviour associated with each.
Demonstrate, using research evidence, the impact of contexts such as family and daycare upon children’s development during adolescence.

Resources
Dittmar, H., Halliwell, E., & Ive, S. (2006). Does Barbie make girls want to be thin? The effect of experimental exposure to images of dolls on the body image of 5- to 8-year-old girls. Developmental Psychology, 42(2), 283–292.
Henry, K. B. (2011) Study guide for Steinberg, Vandell, & Bornstein’s Development: Infancy through Adolescence. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Steinberg, L., Vandell, D. L., & Bornstein, M. (2011). Development: Adolescence through adolescence. Belmont CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
 
Module 4: Adolescence
4.1 Physical Development in Adolescence
Other than infancy, no other phase of life involves as much or as rapid physical development as puberty. But unlike an infant, the pubertal teen is profoundly self-aware of the awkwardness and fraught moments associated with these bodily transformations. Your study in this lesson will highlight the intricate process of pubertal development and the psychological and social changes this engenders in the young person.
Activity 4.1: Text Reading and Self-Test Exercises

Read Chapter 13 from the text.
Complete the Study Guide self-test exercises to accompany Chapter 13.
Reread the “Tips for Study and Exam Preparation” document found on the course Home Page.
Drawing from the course material you have studied in Chapter 13, and the module learning objectives, develop four or five potential exam questions. Close your books and try to answer these questions on your own. Check for accuracy and thoroughness. Refer to your books to see if your answers are correct. Review and repeat the exercise, if necessary.