PSY 3105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Institutional Review Board, Informed Consent, Filial Piety
23 Aug 2015
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Adolescence is a cultural construct, not simply a biological phenomenon. Puberty (the set of biological changes involved in reaching physical and sexual maturity) is universal and the same biological changes take place in puberty for young people everywhere (there may be differences in timing and in cultural meanings) Adolescence is a life stage between the time puberty begins and the time adult status is approached, when young people are preparing to take on the roles and responsibilities of adulthood in their culture. In ancient greece, both plato and aristotle viewed adolescence as the 3rd distinct stage of life. Before age 7, plato saw no point in education because the mind was too undeveloped to learn much. During childhood, education should focus on sports and music, which children can grasp. Defined by the capacity for reason, which first develops in adolescence. Plato argued that serious education should only begin at adolescence.
