unit 6 506 discussion

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Your active participation in discussion
threads is critical to the development of your understanding of the main
concepts studied in this unit. Further, posting detailed responses allows your
professor to guide your thinking and your classmates to respond to your ideas.
Please participate as early in the week as possible, and be sure to share your
thoughts and ideas as often as you can throughout the unit.

Respond to the threads below. Your
original response should be at least 350 words and should reflect the fact that
you have completed the assigned readings for the week. Remember, this is your
chance to illustrate not only your understanding, but also your mastery of the
materials for the unit. Use your words wisely so the posting has substance and
includes examples and explanations. Limit the use of direct quotes, and do your
best to critically evaluate and synthesize the literature in your own words
wherever possible. Make sure to include in-text citations and a reference list
as appropriate.

In this unit’s discussions, we will work
to integrate developmental theory to practice by exploring typical adolescent
development and the issues faced by them.

Discussion 1 of 2 at
least 350 words

Prior to adolescence, children at the end
of their middle childhood usually feel confident about their abilities to
control their bodies. They have mastered walking, running, skipping, and toilet
training. As this confidence grows, pre-adolescents prior to experiencing growth
spurts report feeling satisfied with their body images. Once puberty begins,
many adolescents report feeling awkward and even betrayed by their bodies.
Suddenly, new sensations and physical challenges are present as their bodies
act and grow without warning.

Using your understanding of developmental
theories, respond to the following questions.

1. During
   puberty, biological changes transform the adolescent body and mind. Using
   your understanding of Erikson’s psychosocial development theory, predict
   some of the identity problems that adolescents might have as a result of
   these changes.
2. Using
   Piaget’s cognitive development theory, explain the changes in adolescent
   thinking from middle childhood. How would this affect their problem
   solving strategies and predictions of consequences?
3. Invent some
   ways to use imaginary audience and personal fable as clinical or
   educational interventions. How can these two types of irrational beliefs
   be used to help change the adolescent’s world perspective?

Discussion 2 of 2 at
least 350 words

Read the scenario below and use your
understanding of adolescent social, cultural, and cognitive development to
respond to the questions. Try to evaluate the main problem in the scenario and
then use any of the theories or concepts from your reading to support your
response.

Scenario: Manny

You work as a psychologist in a substance
abuse agency and treat adolescents who are alcoholics. Your new client, Manny,
is a fourteen-year- old, Hispanic male who lives with his grandmother in a
two-room apartment in a poor section of the city. He is physically small for
his age and seems to struggle with academic skills (he is functionally
illiterate according to the intake assessor). When asked why he drinks, he
simply looks at his shoes and shrugs. In fact, he really does not provide much
information about anything, which you know is typical of most adolescents. You
have noticed that he does become animated when you ask about his grandmother,
music, and cars. He was arrested for public drunkenness and assigned to your
outpatient treatment program as part of his rehabilitation.

In this session, he finally tells you
more about himself and his troubles. He tells you that he has not attended his
classes at the high school (he is a freshman) in over two weeks. Now, he is
afraid to return, because he thinks that he will be in trouble and that they
may not allow him to return. He says that he realizes that getting an education
will help him to leave his neighborhood someday for a better life. He wants to
know what to do.

1. Given what
   you know about adolescent development, assess Manny’s main problems.
   Predict which of the problems might worsen without proper intervention and
   support your ideas using the concepts/theories from our readings.
2. Create a
   short dialogue of what you would say to Manny to help him to identify his
   real problem. Then, guide him towards understanding what the real problem
   for him is, focusing on how his biological development might be
   interfering with his social development