adolescence terms

adolescence

a transitional period of unrivaled growth between puberty and 20 years old. has only ever been recognized as a distinct period since the 1940s.

socialization

learning the rules that govern social interaction by internalizing values and norms of society

co-primary agents of socialization

family and media

secondary agents of socialization

school and religion

Margaret Mead

American anthropologist who traveled to Samoa in the 1920s to study cultural and biological factors affecting youth

Margaret Mead findings

no teen angst but rather less shelter, more exploration, and freer sexuality. stress of young people is cultural rather than biological in origin.

G Stanley Hall

Characterized adolescence as “stress and storm” (vast emotional swings and opposing behaviours)

G Stanley Hall opposed by?

Leta Stetter Hollingworth

Karl Mannheim

Fresh contact

fresh contact

an interpretation in which young people learn and internalize important values from previous generations and therefore begin to see the world in a new way from their parents

Edward Spranger

dominant value direction, adolescent period of crisis leads to change in personality & teenagers undergo rebirth

dominant value direction

the lasting values developed during adolescence shapes one’s worldview that will then be committed to and carried forward into adulthood

Allison Davis

Socialized Anxiety

Socialized Anxiety

anxiety and stress caused by several factors that motivate and influence behaviour. A measure of successful socialization can be related or even attributed to the amount of imposed/learned anxiety one is exposed to in their environment

Socialized Anxiety example

the more imposed anxiety, the closer one moves to maturity

Tweens

a distinct Westernized demographic consisting of very very young adolescents primarily from ages 8-13. pressure to perform as adults; stakeholders; fashion targets

Emergence of tweens

brought on by a new shift of parenting. it is attributed to later ages of pregnancy and a more indulgent style of parenting

David Elkind

Theory of Adolescent Egocentrism

Adolescent egocentrism

heightened self awareness, exaggerated self consciousness, immaturity of the thinking process, underdeveloped formal reasoning abilities, extreme indecisiveness, idealistic but equally critical, percieve self as invincible (therefore thrill seeking)

Imaginary audience

belief that others are as interested in them as they are in themselves

personal fable

belief they are special and unique, above reproach or the rules that apply to the rest of society