ED PSYCH 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Vision Quest
20 Feb 2018
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Types of interactions young people are having. Theorists who saw adolescents as a social convention. Not based on development, based on a social concept, where they belonged in society. Recognized real biological changes, but defined more based on the ways people were and were not recognized by society. Argued in early 20th century that adolescents needed to be kept out of the workforce, protecting them from injury. More apt to mess around and get hurt. Some might argue that these people were trying to protect adult jobs. Emerged 50 years ago connoting a light-hearted image. Used in commercials, and teenaged focused magazines. Group of people looking to market products. Used to refer to individuals 12-24 and now 18-22. New stage (18-25) culturally determined (doesn"t happen everywhere) Focus on functioning as an independent person. Subjective feeling of being between adolescents and adulthood. Subjective since that life holds many possibilities.
