01:830:333 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: American Psychologist, Safe Sex, Individualism

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:333
• Professor: Professor Mayhew

Document Summary

Adolescence is a transitional period from childhood to adulthood. Adolescence as a period being studied is fairly recent thought it should be a topic of study by. Most people in the class say 18 (about 45%) and next highest is 21 (28%) Across the world it"s between 16 & 18, and some countries have distinctions between drinking and buying. In the uk: not in public 5, with a meal in public 16, without a meal in public 18. Military and fire departments set their age limits. Why: learn about safe sex, age of consent, younger people may not be able to understand that the sex represented in porn is not the standard of real sex. Role changes: different boundaries in different contexts. America: legally an adult at age 18, characterized by individualism: Argentina: being able to support a family financially. India & china: being able to support their parents financially. Common: early adolescence (11-14, middle adolescence (15-18, late adolescence (19-22)