FRHD 2280- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 63 pages long!)

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 2280
• Professor: Andrea LaMarre

Document Summary

Reflection papers: choose character between 13-19, 1-2 episodes a week about this teen, reflection paper- answer questions based on character. What comes to mind when you hear (cid:1688)adolescence(cid:1689): teenage phase, high school drama. Stage after puberty hits: some people think this. A relatively new term: before 19th century, adolescent"s were treated as small adult or as children. Way it is defined changes over time. Life stage: birth-7: infants mind too undeveloped to learn much, 7-14: education should focus on sports and music, 14-21: capacity for reason allows for study of science and math. Historical perspectives: the age of adolescence the term adolescence came into use. Emergence of adolescence a field of scholarly study. G. stanley hall requirements for longer schooling: recapitulation theory, storm and stress, upheaval and disorder is a normal part of adolescence, this theory doesn"t hold up cross culturally. 2014: 10-18 years old, puberty happening earlier. Ages 15-25 characteristics identity explorations instability: self focus.