John, who is 16 years old with a lot of friends. John is currently in the life stage of adolescence. a) Identify one physical, one intellectual, one emotional and one social change that should take place during his current life stage. b) John’s friends regularly drink alcohol and frequently binge drink. As a budding psychologist explain to John’s class on how a young person may resist peer pressure. Developmentalists have distinguished five peer statuses, be sure to include it in your explanation to john

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John, who is 16 years old with a lot of friends. John is currently in the life stage of adolescence.

a) Identify one physical, one intellectual, one emotional and one social change that should take place during his current life stage.

b) John’s friends regularly drink alcohol and frequently binge drink. As a budding psychologist explain to John’s class on how a young person may resist peer pressure. Developmentalists have distinguished five peer statuses, be sure to include it in your explanation to john

 

 

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Adolescence refers to the period when a person is between the ages of 10 – 19. It can be described as a period of rapid development between childhood and adulthood. There are certain unique challenges that an adolescent has to face. 

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