HD FS 239 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Menarche, Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Apache Hadoop
2 Sep 2016
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In all societies: adolescence is a period of social transition, the individual comes to be recognized as an adult. The social transition is less explicit in contemporary u. s. society than in traditional cultures. Identity: attainment of adult status causes adolescents to feel more mature & to think more seriously about future work and family roles. Autonomy: adult status leads to shifts in responsibility, independence and freedom, intimacy, dating and marriage. Need for new decisions about sexual activity. Achievement: becoming a full-time employee; leave school of their own volition. Adolescence lasts longer today than ever before: start puberty earlier and enter into adult roles of work and family later. Adolescence defined primarily by being distinct from childhood or adulthood, not by cognitive and biological changes. Inventionists stress that because we perceive adolescence as distinct, it exists as a distinct period of the lifespan: relative to other cultures and historical periods. Young people excluded rom labor force: economic dependence on elders (parents)
