ED PSYCH 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Baby Boom, Finishing School, Statutory Rape
15 Feb 2017
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Definition: the process through which an individual"s position or status is redefined by. Social transitions society: usually entails the real or symbolic separation of young persons from their parents, moving out, going to college, marriage, etc. In all societies: adolescence is a period of social transition, the individual comes to be recognized as an adult. Is this period hard to pin down in contemporary u. s. society rather than in traditional cultures: yes. Attainment of adult status causes adolescents to feel more mature and to think more seriously about future work and family roles: autonomy. Adult status leads to shift in responsibility, independence, and freedom. Need for new decisions about sexual activity: achievement. Becoming full-time employee, leave school of own volition. Adolescence defined primarily by being distinct from childhood or adulthood. Young people excluded from labor force: economic dependence of elders. Past decade: age of the majority. Designated age when individual is recognized as adult: statutory rape.
