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b. Increase in understanding power
During adolescence, adolescents have increased ability to understand various things.
They understand about complex problems, complex academic as well as non–academic
problems.

c. Increase in memory power
Adolescents have increase in memory power due to development of nervous system and
nerves. At this stage, they can memorize several pages and if necessary, the entire book
or notebook as well.

d. Increase in creativity and imagination
During adolescence, adolescents become creative
and get involved into various creative activities like
painting, making diagrams or pictures, games music, etc.
Moreover, they can imagine about various things that are
not physically present on the earth. Similarly, they have
increase of reasoning and logical power as well.

Fig: 9
C. Emotional changes
Adolescents develop various emotions like anger, hatred,
happiness, sorrows, jealousy, selfishness, infatuation, ego
etc. There are some other emotional changes during this
period. Some of them are as follows:

a. Bearing of tensions
In this stage, adolescents can bear tensions and try to solve
many of the problems by themselves. Fig: 10

b. Bearing of loneliness
In this stage, adolescents can bear loneliness. They can sleep alone and do various activities
alone.

c. Emotional feelings are widened
In adolescence, adolescents have widening of different emotions like love, anger, hatred,
happiness, sorrows, selfishness, jealousy, infatuation, etc.

d. Realism in emotional experience
During adolescence, adolescents enter the period of
reality. They understand their relationship with friends,
family members, neighbours, relatives, etc. Moreover,
they start appreciating the ones whom they like or whom
they are influenced with.
Fig: 11

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