PSY 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Emerging Adulthood And Early Adulthood, Compulsory Education, Status Attainment
1 Dec 2016
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Boys: puberty starts at 12 years. Both: become more self-aware, more independent, more concerned about what the future holds. Girls: puberty starts at 10 years. Both: graduation from school, financial independence, marriage, becoming a parent, psychosocial maturity. Attainment of designated age of adulthood (21 years) Beginning of shift in interest from parental to peer relations. Beginning of training for adult work, family, and citizen roles. Attainment of designated age of adolescence (10 years) Attainment of juvenile status attainment of majority status. Entrance into period of training for ceremonial rite of of passage passage. Rite of passage ceremony or ritual marking a person"s transition from one social status to another. Be able to define the early, middle, and late substages of adolescence. Corresponding roughly to the junior high or middle school years. For those whose educational goals delay their entry into adult roles. Individuals make the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Differences in how society deals with the status of adolescents.
