HDFS 1060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Anomie, Peer Pressure
29 Mar 2017
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Define adolescence: two stages, lasting longer today than ever before. ): people are not usually into adulthood today until they are well into their 20s. : the requirements for adulthood are more complex. : people are spending more of their time trying to get their education. *economic downward mobility: your cohort is less likely than any cohort before to achieve or exceed your parents" standard of living. Pressures in adolescence revolve around identity development. All anxieties are centered around the identity development. In early adolescence the tensions revolve more around lifestyle and ideology than around occupation. However, at all stages there is a tension among the three prongs of the triangle! Early adolescence as kids become less egocentric they become more aware of the norms for conformity and the value of fitting it. Paradoxically, thus, the first step in establishing a separate identity involves exploring who one is within various social systems and groups.
