Timeline of Adolescence
By: Reyes, John Aaron Drix – CCTECH 121

Early Adolesence (12 – 14 years old)
Physical growth Intellectual/Cogniti
on
Autonomy Body Image Peer group Identity
Development
• Puberty • Social awareness,
and Cause-Effect
relationship
are
underdeveloped
• Mood swings
associated
with puberty
• Yearning for
loneliness
under the
guise of
privacy
• Critical of
physical
appearance
• Comparison of
own
appearance to
peers’
appearance
• Bonds of
friendship
strengthen with
same sex
• Desire for
privacy
• Develop an
imaginary
audience while
daydreaming

Personal
Component:
Early Adolescence
● The Internet:
Getting easier access to the
internet during my early
adolescence helped me
form my sense of netiquette
and navigation through the
ever-evolving world wide
web. It also helped me
understand how a lot of the
stuff the I enjoy works.
The websites I use often

Middle Adolescence (15 – 16 years old)
Physical growth Intellectual/Cogn
ition
Autonomy Body Image Peer group Identity
Development
• Almost all of
adult height
developed
• Start to think
about abstract
concepts but
turns back to
concrete thought
when distressed
• Better
understanding of
cause-effect
relationship
• Conflict with
family emerges
due to mixed
feelings about
independence
• Increased
concern about
personal
attractiveness
• Too much
physical activities
mixed with lack
of energy to do
so.
• Stronger peer
alliance and
allegiance
• They begin to
explore the
ability to date
and attract a
partner
• Experimentation
of activities and
hobbies (from
socially
acceptable to
taboo)

Personal
Component:
Middle Adolescence
● Learning instruments:
Learning instruments helped
me understand and enjoy
music from a different
perspective, and also helped
me express my thoughts and
emotions in a different
medium of sound rather
than words and images.
No. 1 guitar: The
“DRXplorer”
Easy to grab and play:
White Bolt
My first bass
guitar

Late Adolescence (17 – 19 years old)
Physical growth Intellectual/Cogn
ition
Autonomy Body Image Peer group Identity
Development
• Physical maturity
and sexual
characteristics
start to level off
and end
• Starts to focus
more on the
future, planning,
and goals.
• Starts to become
philosophical
and idealistic
• Free to choose
any career path:
Tech-Voc,
College, Work
• Starts to adopt a
adult lifestyle
• Usually
comfortable and
at ease with
physical
appearance and
body image
• Peers don’t
influence
decisions and
value as much
• Relates to others
as individuals
rather than a
group
• Choice of
partners based
on preference
• Establishment
and realizations
of:
o Sexual identity
o Mortality and
limitations
o Morals and
ethics
• Capable of
relation to family
and friends as an
adult/young
adult

Personal
Component:
Late Adolescence
● Discovering the bands Van
Halen and Rush:
From the start of my late
adolescence I have been
listening to both of these
bands for several reasons:
mainly for their musicianship,
and they inspire me to get
better at my instruments.
RUSH
Band Members:
• Edward Van Halen
• Alex Van Halen
• Michael Anthony
• David Lee Roth
• Sammy Hagar
• Gary Cherone
• Wolfgang Van
Halen
Band Members:
• Geddy Lee
• Alex Lifeson
• Neal Peart
• John Rutsey

Thanks!
Timeline made by:
Reyes, John Aaron Drix V.
CCTECH 121