Life Skills & Leadership: Unit 1, Session 3: Building Self-Confidence | Page 37 of 93
Flip chart 1: Development During Adolescence
Physical – Changes in body size and height and growth of sexual
characteristics and body hair
Mental – Changes in thinking abilities, able to think more about the
future and better understanding about how some things might cause
other things to happen
Emotional – Changes in the experience and expression of feelings,
stronger sense of self and desires
Social – Changes in relationships to people, friends become more
important and an increased interest in being independent