Tag: Adolescence

A summary of the characteristics of the stage of formal operations according to Jean Piaget. The stage of formal operations is the last one proposed by Jean Piaget in his Theory of Cognitive Development. At this stage, adolescents have a better capacity for abstraction, more scientific thinking and a better ability to solve hypothetical problems.

Areas in which it is possible to professionally help adolescents and their families. It is known that adolescence is usually a complex stage of life, for good and for bad. Although it is not always full of drama and identity crisis to the point of what movies and television series show, many young people see

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder shows typical symptoms in adolescents. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (or ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is diagnosed especially during childhood, focusing on this age period most of the scientific literature on the issue. Despite this, 85% of children with ADHD continue to maintain symptoms in adolescence, and 60% persist into

Biology seems to have a pre-assigned role for each moment of our existence. Surely all of us have heard at some point in our lives that people are animals of habit. This expression, in addition to being true, hides an infinity of processes that our body performs to keep these habits at bay. These processes

Characteristics and keys to detect a student with abilities well above average. Research in the area of ​​intellectual giftedness has historically been rather scarce, so this phenomenon today continues to be a field to study and understand at a necessarily deeper level. Contributions of United States origin make a distinction between the concepts “supergifted” (gifted

Cyberbullying has characteristics that make it more cruel and perverse than traditional bullying. It is a reality that people begin to use technologies (mobile, internet, etc.) at an increasingly early age. Whenever I think about this I remember the video of that baby trying to enlarge a photo on paper with the only power of

A theory of childhood development created by the psychologist Arnold Lucius Gesell. The North American psychologist and pediatrician Arnold Gesell proposed at the beginning of the last century a theory about how boys and girls developed behaviorally, which has been of great importance in the field of educational psychology and pediatrics. Arnold Gesell’s theory of

A selection of recommended films to educate children and adolescents in values ​​and ideas. Cinema, as well as an art, is a tool that allows us to create and visualize unimaginable realities of all kinds, but also realities that are close to us and that touch us all. In this article we want to talk

We have selected several essential titles to learn to educate children. Parents, overwhelmingly, want the best for their children .  However, the relationship is not always easy, as there are stages of life that can be complicated, especially during some years of childhood, and also the much dreaded adolescence. That’s why a good parenting psychology

A guide to knowing if a young person may have a mental health problem. We all know that  adolescence is a time of life full of changes and that, in many cases, problems and difficulties can arise. Many adolescents present changes and alterations in their state of mind, in their body and in their daily