Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents. Children who are raised in families in which the parents have provided opportunities to learn self-reliance, responsibility, and self-respect tend to make a smoother transition from dependency to adulthood interdependence. Children who are raised in families where the parents are overly permissive or take little interest in their children’s behavior tend to have greater difficulty making the transition to adulthood.

—Zaslow and Kirst-Ashman (2013, p. 378)

Many adolescents are deeply conflicted during the social development phase of their life span. One reason for this may be because they are trying to assert their independence while still living within the confines of their parents or guardians. It is clear that they still need their parents’ or guardians’ financial and emotional support, but they are eager to feel like they are in charge of their own decision making. This is an important developmental time period that can be fraught with rebellion and tension.

When emotional and behavioral problems surface; negotiating one’s way through the maze of social development becomes even more of a challenge. It is during this phase of the life span that adolescents strive to create a personal set of moral values. Many times adolescents are unclear about what is right or wrong, and it is through making mistakes that their moral code becomes more refined. This week’s focus is on moral developmental theories and how they relate to the social development of adolescents.

References

Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Learning Objectives

Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

Students will:

• Analyze moral development theories
• Analyze bullying in social media and communication technologies
• Analyze cycle of events regarding bullying

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Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

Required Readings

Zastrow, C. H., & Kirst-Ashman, K. K. (2016). Understanding human behavior and the social environment (10th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

• Chapter 8 (pp. 376-422)

Benavides, L. E. (2014). Spiritual journey from childhood to adolescence: Pathways to strength and healing. Journal Of Religion & Spirituality In Social Work, 33(3/4), 201–217. doi:10.1080/15426432.2014.930628

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Brown, C. F., Demaray, M. K., Tennant, J. E., & Jenkins, L. N. (2017). Cyber victimization in high school: Measurement, overlap with face-to-face victimization, and associations with social-emotional outcomes. School Psychology Review, 46(3), 288–303. doi:10.17105/SPR-2016-0004.V46-3.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Jenkins, L. N., Demaray, M. K., & Tennant, J. (2017). Social, emotional, and cognitive factors associated with bullying. School Psychology Review, 46(1), 42–64.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

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Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

Discussion 1: Moral Development Theory and Bullying

Bullying is not a new phenomenon, but social media and communication technologies have introduced a breadth and depth to which public shaming, targeted taunting, and bullying have manifested. For this Discussion, consider how bullying has changed and how it has remained the same in light of modern technology.

 

Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

By Day 3

Post an explanation of one moral development theory and its connection to the act of bullying. Be sure to frame your explanation within the context of cyber and other bullying that persists in social media and communication technologies used by adolescents. Also explain how bullying has changed and how it has remained the same in light of modern technology. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.

 

Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

By Day 5

Respond to a colleague’s post by offering an additional development theory and explaining its connection to the act of bullying. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:

Week 7 Discussion Rubric

Post by Day 3 and Respond by Day 5

To participate in this Discussion:

Week 7 Discussion

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Discussion 2: Bullying: Cycle of Events

Bearing witness to trauma has its own set of consequences. Watching repeated episodes of bullying can evoke strong emotional and behavioral responses from an adolescent. During the impressionable stage of social development in adolescents, these experiences can contribute to a change in perception about the ways people should and do treat each other. Furthermore, ongoing exposure to this behavior can jeopardize an adolescent’s healthy social development. For this Discussion, consider how the act of bullying experienced by one adolescent may change the experience of another who witnesses it.

By Day 5

Post a scenario that illustrates how bullying experienced by one adolescent may change the experience of another who witnesses it. Then address the availability of any social work intervention, skill, or practice that might change this cycle of events. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.

By Day 7

Respond to a colleague’s post by expanding on how the act of bullying can affect the psychological development of both victim and observer. Then offer an additional social work intervention, skill, or practice that might change this cycle of events. Please use the Learning Resources to support your answer.

Submission and Grading Information

Grading Criteria

To access your rubric:

Week 7 Discussion 2 Rubric

Post by Day 5 and Respond by Day 7

To participate in this Discussion:

Week 7 Discussion 2

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Week in Review

This week you analyzed moral development theories, bullying in social media and communication technologies and the cycle of events regarding bullying.

Next week you will examine the impact that ethnocentrism and racism have on the development of adolescents.

To go to the next week:

Week 8

 

Week 7:Social Development of Adolescents

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