Discuss adolescent idealism, criticism, personal fable and imaginary audience. Give examples of each from your own adolescence. In addition, please discuss the emerging adulthood transition. What is/was your transition like? Can adolescent idealism, criticism, personal fable and imaginary audience cognitive distortions continue to affect peoples judgments and decision-making during the emerging adults period? Do the above cognitive distortions and immature behavior continue during early adulthood (20- 29 years)? Support your discussion with research from your readings in the book or other research from reputable sources.
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Adolescent idealism and criticism refer to the ideal world teenagers imagine as they challenge politics, religion, and other organizations. This often leads to disagreements between the parents, and teenagers (Adolescence: physical and cognitive development, 2010). When I was an adolescent, I believed I could help every one, and I was always assisting my peers thinking they were genuine. As a result, my parents would often criticize, and advise me to be more careful, as they had many disappointing friendships in their youth. Ultimately, my friendships also ended in disappointments, and although my parents had warned me about their experiences, I believed this situation was personally exclusive, and that I was very unlucky. This term is labeled personal fables, and it is defined as the view held by some adolescents that what happens to them is unique (Feldman, 2015, Pg. 273). Additionally, I was very shy during my teenage years, and this led me to imagine that everyone’s focus was on me if I danced or engaged in any other activity. This imaginary audience, which refers to the adolescent mindset that one’s behavior is a primary focus of others, resulted in my avoidance of many activities during that phase.
Furthermore, during the emerging adulthood transition, which is the period between the late teenage years and the mid-20s, one is still in the process of identifying the path to follow in life (Feldman, 2015, Pg. 304). During my transition, I wasn’t entirely sure of my passion, and this made it difficult to decide which career path to take. Also, while adolescent cognition distortions are not as prevalent during the emerging adulthood transition of a person’s life, research indicates that one continues to grow intellectually during this stage (Feldman, 2015, Pg. 318). Additionally, during early adulthood, the thought process is a little more complex, as young adults think about real world scenarios and possibilities, and react in a less impulsive manner in comparison to adolescents.
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There’s always that ideal picture of an adolescent. Adolescence is one of the most difficult stages in life, in my opinion. It’s when you try and find yourself. You learn to grow in so aspects. Being a teen is never easy, no matter the era that your in. There are more obstacles in the adolescent life such as social media. The sense of a struggling generation has undoubtedly taken on new dimensions(McVeigh). There are so many struggles when it comes to growing up in this society now.
It was more simple when I was growing up. Of course there were some struggles with trying to really find myself. I never wanted to disappoint my parents so I was an over achiever as a teen, I didn’t go out much due to my parents being so strict. It was all about school, sports, and home. That is was my teen years consisted of. I was an introvert, kept to myself, never wanted to be the “cool kid” because I observed the baggage of having that title. Looking back I do wish I experienced a bit more, when out with friends, but who knows where I’d be now. Society is constantly changing.