SOCA01H3 Chapter 4&16: Week
Document Summary
Friedenberg says that the central growth process in adolescence is to define the self through the clarification of experience and to establish self esteem". Charles horton cooley introduced the idea of the looking glass self". China, it was more political decentralized and gave the citizens more freedom. A social environment is composed of real or imagine others to who individuals must adapt to satisfy their own needs and interest. Declining extracurricular activities and increasing adult responsibilities: many teenagers are too busy with homework, household chores, child care responsibilities, and part time jobs to enjoy the benefits of school activities outside of the classroom. Vanishing adolescence this all adds up to a disappearance in childhood and adolescence. Chapter summary social interaction is necessary because studies show that children raised in isolation do not develop normally, these findings support the view that social interaction unleashes human potential.
