Adolescence - Learning and development Adolescence is considered as a normal part of the human life span, connecting middle childhood and young adulthood, this period consists of three separate phases: early, middle, and late adolescence. The adolescent years extend roughly from age 10 to age 22. It is common to mark the beginning of the teenage years as the entrance to adolescence; most people consider that the onset of puberty, or the beginning of sexual maturity, as …showed first 75 words of 3540 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3540 total…outlined primary changes common to all, different environmental influence, and secondary changes. Adolescence in the life span An important reminder that adolescence is a link in the chain of development between childhood and adulthood. As a link it should be neither over- nor underemphasized. Longitudinal research studying the same persons over lengthy time periods-has helped to clarify both the unique aspects of adolescence and the differences that exist both before and after the stage concludes.