ANT322H1 Chapter Notes -Erik Erikson, American Bandstand, Paradigm Shift
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Not so long ago, anyone reaching the age of puberty was expected to literally come of age. Take on the specific types of responsibilities and duties expected of adults. Nowadays, this period is perceived as constituting an unstable transitional phase towards the attainment of adulthood. Now see pubescent individuals as belonging to a distinct category of culture. Particular music, fashions, lifestyle, peculiar behaviours, language, material artifacts. Wee see the emotional adjustment period as a period fraught with danger, often producing traumatic psychological states and occasionally inducing pathological behaviours. Many incidents of massacre and murder are shown in television. Emotionality that characterizes adolescence can sometime goes awry and brings tragedy. Robert epstein: beginning in the late 1800s, new laws and cultural practices began to isolate teens from adults impose many restrictions and artificially extend childhood well past puberty . Suicide is the third leading cause of death among teens, after accidents and homicides.
