PSYC 101
Liberty University
PSYC 101: General Psychology
During the later stages of adolescence, teens begin to form a new sort of awareness for
themselves and their surroundings. They will also start to consider future prospects such as
colleges and future career choices. This leads to an increased desire to make an impact in their
surrounding environments to gain self-importance as well as confidence. At this stage, teens
have, for the most part, achieved physical maturity. Therefore, they are able to practice, self
control, gauge risks, rewards, and determine the methods necessary to achieve these rewards.
Additionally, “Teens in late adolescents who are transitioning to early adulthood have a stronger
sense of their own individuality now and can identify their own values. They may become more
focused on the future and base decisions on their hopes and ideals. Friendships and romantic
relationships become more stable and often begin to shrink as quality becomes more important
than quantity. This can also lead to a lot of stress as their decisions can have weighty and lasting
impacts—”(George et al., 279).
Because of the long lasting impacts of events and influences that occur in adolescence, it is
important that as a parent, teacher, mentor to teens, certain activities be practiced to enforce
strong connections to important life skills. The use of electronic devices tends to hinder the
development of teens in that it leads to bullying through social media, interruption of a healthy
sleep schedule, and an overall tendency to be unaware of personal surroundings. Although
almost fully matured physically in this stage of late adolescence, teens still have not yet reached
psychological maturity in that of adults. “This can be difficult because at this age teens tend to
feel self-conscious about their looks and behavior because they think they are being observed
Liberty University
PSYC 101: General Psychology
During the later stages of adolescence, teens begin to form a new sort of awareness for
themselves and their surroundings. They will also start to consider future prospects such as
colleges and future career choices. This leads to an increased desire to make an impact in their
surrounding environments to gain self-importance as well as confidence. At this stage, teens
have, for the most part, achieved physical maturity. Therefore, they are able to practice, self
control, gauge risks, rewards, and determine the methods necessary to achieve these rewards.
Additionally, “Teens in late adolescents who are transitioning to early adulthood have a stronger
sense of their own individuality now and can identify their own values. They may become more
focused on the future and base decisions on their hopes and ideals. Friendships and romantic
relationships become more stable and often begin to shrink as quality becomes more important
than quantity. This can also lead to a lot of stress as their decisions can have weighty and lasting
impacts—”(George et al., 279).
Because of the long lasting impacts of events and influences that occur in adolescence, it is
important that as a parent, teacher, mentor to teens, certain activities be practiced to enforce
strong connections to important life skills. The use of electronic devices tends to hinder the
development of teens in that it leads to bullying through social media, interruption of a healthy
sleep schedule, and an overall tendency to be unaware of personal surroundings. Although
almost fully matured physically in this stage of late adolescence, teens still have not yet reached
psychological maturity in that of adults. “This can be difficult because at this age teens tend to
feel self-conscious about their looks and behavior because they think they are being observed
