01:830:333- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 84 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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What is adolescence: period b/w childhood and adulthood, move on to learning higher subject during adolescence, transitions- from childhood to adulthood, boundaries. Need to be cognitively involved while in a car/driving. In uk, drink at 5 in private, 16 in public w/ meals than 18 for real. Considerations for marriage age cognitive: not old enough, thinking ability, independent thinking, autonomy socio emotion: identity, social maturity society protection: financial independence: biological: sexual maturity, moving to older age. Why these limits: protection, adolescent is transition period, earlier in some domains than others, acknowledgement of changes. Role changes: different boundaries in different contexts. So who is an adult: when did you feel like an adult, answer depends on different countries. Legally an adult at age 18: characterized by individualism: Argentina: being able to support a family financially. India & china: being able to support their parents financially. Class 3 research: early adolescent 11-14 yrs old, middle- 15-18, late- 18-21.
