Life Span Development II: School age and Adolescence 3 (2+1)
Lesson 19 : Emotional Maturity and adjustment during Adolescence
Emotions- meaning
Emotions are the feelings, both physiological and psychological, that people have in response to events that are personally relevant to the needs and goals.
Emotion is an Affective response to an event that is personally relevant to one’s needs and goals. This is important in guiding behaviour. Emotional states energize thinking and acting in ways that are often adaptive to the circumstances. Some common emotional states during adolescence are happiness, anger, fear, anxiety etc. These are the means to vent excess energy, instead they help individuals to redirect their actions and relationships.
Emotions are universally seen in all cultures and they seem to have an adaptive function. Individual differences could be the result of both biology (temperament, gender specific hormones) and environment (socialization by parents, peers and culture). Emotions develop in several ways, for ex children and adolescents can increasingly regulate their emotions in ways that are both socially acceptable and personally effective. Dealing with the emotions of the students is an important part of teaching. Parents and teachers need to be alert towards adolescent’s emotional needs.
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