PSYCH315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Internal Revenue Service, Prosocial Behavior, Flower Child
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Spell adolescents and adolescence right: adolescents people, adolescence period. Effect & affect: effect result, affect emotion. Transition spanning second decade of life: 10-20. No 2 adolescents have the same experiences / reach the same milestones at the same time. Early adolescence = 10-12: some reach puberty early, 8-9. Emerging adulthood late 20s to early 30s: know who they are, reach full development mental and physical and can function independently, pulling away from family independence. Begins to question many things to develop their sense of identity. Developmental tasks: establishing roles, friendships, etc, you get to decide who you want to hang out with. Socrates: argued that youth were inclined to contradict parents and tyrannize teachers. Rousseau: also argued that youth (cid:373)ight be lost if you do(cid:374)"t guide the(cid:373) Industrial revolution led to long hours and cheep pay. Margaret mead (1901-1978: believed it was a cultural phenomenon.
