SOCC45H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Positive Youth Development, Richard Lerner, Nature Neuroscience
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Coined by sociologist c. wright mills (1959), a radical sociologist. How individuals understand their own and others" pasts in relation to history and social structure (mills, 1959) The ability to understand the dynamic between individual lives and larger society. (ravelli. The capacity to understand one"s personal/private troubles in the context of the broader social processes that structure them. Personal troubles are actually often public/social issues (unemployment, obesity, relationship difficulties etc) Seeing one"s own history in a social context improves quality of mind (the ability to see shades of grey, not simply black and white): who are youth anyways, age: For centuries in the west, no sharp distinction between adult/non-adult existed (marriage, military duty) Term was used throughout 1800s to describe people aged 15-24. Industrial revolution (1760-mid 1800s) child labour (poor children working 12+ hours a day in often horrible conditions for 10%of what an adult man would be paid) 1900s -1960s: adolescent psychology emerges (nature vs nurture debate).
