“Development & Personality “Paper

Development psychology is the study of change that occurs as an individual matures; this could affect an individual’s personality. A personality is the consistent, enduring and unique characteristics of a person. Although the personality never changes, it could be influenced by an individual’s development. A large influence of a person’s personality is their sexual development. The body is going through so many changes and the person, in him or herself is trying to figure out who he or she really is. Sexual development usually occurs as a young adult and mostly through love relationships. Based on Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development there are conflicts as an individual goes through the changes associated with this stage. Based on society, females, usually between the ages of 14- 19 (teens to young adulthood) go through many difficult changes based on their sexual development. Sexual behaviors in the teenage years are usually considered as cohort and ethic differences. Everyone has their own beliefs and ideas of how things should be, what is right from wrong, what could be done and what shouldn’t be done. Many people see things differently from how others see them. One could think something is okay to do while another person completely looks down upon it. Because of society, many females go through the pressure of making the right decisions while their body is going through many physical, emotional and mental changes. While hormones are raging, females are suppressed to be under birth control or control how they feel. Some people think a female should be on birth control just because she will be safe, some think a female shouldn’t be on birth control because it either gives her the right to have sex or because of the long term effects. Some people believe in abstinence while others believe in safe sex.