PSY310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Interpersonal Relationship, Binge Drinking, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood
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Different statuses such as legal status and subjections to different laws. All cultures seem to recognize that the individuals changes from childhood to adulthood. Different statuses influences the identity (how they fit into the world); autonomy (you"re in control. This distinct stage called adolescence isn"t recognized everywhere of your life); achievement and intimacy and sexuality. Adolescence is lasting a lot longer than ever before. Girls have been entering puberty earlier and earlier. They enter adult roles and working later on in life. Adolescence as a distinct stage is not universal. Issues revolving around clarity influences whether or not adolescence is a separate stage and it depends on how we view it and whether we accept it as a distinct stage. Agrarian societies (agriculture) and that is how your wealth is based upon. As children you worked on the farm and so forth as you become an adult. Older females usually take care of children.
