SOC 243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: American Psychologist, The New York Times
31 Aug 2016
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American youth culture: group life in teenage society. Self-sufficiency and marriage are required for someone to be considered an adult according to smith. Changes in the transition to adulthood in the uk. Emerging adulthood (ea): transitional stage between childhood and adulthood. Arnet, psychologist used the term in a journal called american. The transition to adulthood is now taking longer on average than in the past, delayed until the mid-twenties for a significant proportion of youth cohorts in many developed societies. An article that shows what americans believe is important to be considered an adult. The two main ones are completing education, Americans no longer view getting married or having children as being important to being an adult. People are now getting married on average later than in 1970"s. The transition period between childhood and adulthood is getting longer.
