HDFS329 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Grip Strength, Sub-Saharan Africa, Food Marketing
5 Oct 2016
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Adolescence- the stage beginning after the start of puberty and ending before the assumption of adult roles: fairly new term; came about in the early 20th century, culturally constructed. Every culture has their own form of adolescence. Differs by: length of time, daily experiences, roles, responsibilities. Adolescence in western cultures: ancient greece: life stage 1: infancy (birth-7) Plato believed the mind is too undeveloped to learn much: life stage 2: childhood (7-14) Plato said education should focus on sports and music: life stage 3: adolescence (14-21) Plato believed adolescents have the capacity to reason, and therefore can grasp more abstract concepts such as math and science. Early christian times through middle ages: 400 a. d. st. augustine writes influential autobiography, confessions describing his adolescent behaviors, historical account of adolescents called the children"s crusade of 1212 . Pilgrimage of university students (13-15) who were described as reckless, pleasure-seeking, and impulsive. At this time, adolescents were considered innocent and lacking knowledge and experience.
