CFD 3240 Lecture 10: Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood
14 Jan 2019
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What is adolescence mean to you: adolescence is , the period after puberty begins and before adult roles are taken on, culturally constructed, a fairly new term, coming into common usage in the early 20th century. Adolescence: a cultural construct: almost all cultures recognize adolescence as a life period, the length, content, and daily experience differs across cultures, different cultures define adult status, roles, and responsibilities differently. Instability: self-focus, feeling in-between, possibilities, ages 18 to 25. The transition to adulthood: american style: legally an adult at age 18, characterized by individualism, accepting responsibility for oneself, making independent decisions, becoming financially independent, all about me . Completing military service being able to support a family financially. Research issue: sampling a population: a researcher surveys young adults in a drug rehabilitation program to find out about the frequency of drug use among american urban adolescents.
