ED PSYCH 321 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Juvenile Court, Statutory Rape, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate

• School: UW-Madison
• Department: Educational Psychology
• Course: ED PSYCH 321
• Professor: Paige Mission

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Social redefinition: the process through which an i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s position or status is redefined by society: increases responsibilities and freedom. Age of majority: the designated age at which an individual is recognized as an adult: individuals are allowed to marry at this age without their pare(cid:374)ts" permission. Adolescence is longer today than it has ever been in human history: experts use puberty to mark the beginning of adolescence because it"s easy to measure and is universal. Societies with forma rites of passage are used to mark the beginning of adolescence: the ending of adolescence is a social indicator, such as the legal age of (cid:373)ajority, or (cid:373)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)g out of o(cid:374)e"s pare(cid:374)ts" house. It varies, and there is no sure indicator of when adolescence ends. Adolescence is defined as experts as (cid:862)(cid:271)egi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:271)iology a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)di(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:272)ulture(cid:863) Menstruation and marriage are probably the best markers for beginning and end.