Transcript CHAPTER 6 Life in Society
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CHAPTER 6
The Adolescent in Society
Section 1: Adolescence in Our Society Section 2: Teenagers and Dating Section 3: Challenges of Adolescence
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Section 1: Adolescence in Our Society
Objectives:
Explain how adolescence developed as a distinct stage of the life cycle in the United States.
Identify the five general characteristics of adolescence.
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Section 1: Adolescence in Our Society
How Adolescence Developed as a Stage of the Life Cycle
Through Education – children stay in school longer; extended period of dependence Through Work – laws restricted child labor, also increasing length of dependence Through Courts – juvenile-justice system legally distinguished between youth and adults
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Section 1: Adolescence in Our Society
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Five General Characteristics of Adolescence
Biological Growth and Development
– various biological changes such as changes in body proportions and acne
Undefined Status
– adolescent expectations are often vague
Increased Decision Making
– must make some of their own decisions
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Section 1: Adolescence in Our Society
Five General Characteristics of Adolescence
Increased Pressure (continued)
– adolescents are faced with pressure from many sources
The Search for Self
– deciding what is really important
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Section 2: Teenagers and Dating
Objectives:
Summarize how dating developed as a form of social interaction.
Describe the functions that dating fulfills.
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Section 2: Teenagers and Dating
Development of Dating
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Industrial Revolution – people moved from the farms to the cities where young adults could gain more economic freedom and their own home. As a result, parental control over young adults and courtship decreased.
Public Education – by the 1900s most secondary school students attended coeducational public schools which increased interaction between boys and girls
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Section 2: Teenagers and Dating
Development of Dating
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Automobile – young adults had more freedom of movement away from parents Telephone – young adults could more easily talk to members of the opposite sex Equality of Women – more women entered the workforce and took on more active community roles which increased the interaction between single adult men and women
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Section 2: Teenagers and Dating
Functions of Dating
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Serves as a form of entertainment Is a means of socialization that teaches people about the opposite sex Fills psychological needs such as companionship Helps individuals attain status as people are judged in part by whom they date Aids in spouse selection
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Section 3: Challenges of Adolescence
Objectives:
Identify some of the social problems facing contemporary teenagers.
Trace the causes and consequences of these problems.
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Section 3: Challenges of Adolescence
Social Problems of Contemporary Teenagers
Teenage Sexual Behavior
Teenage Drug Use
Teenage Suicide
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Section 3: Challenges of Adolescence Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Problems – Sexual Behavior Cause – loosening of norms concerning sexuality; low-income, one-parent families Consequence – teenage pregnancy; exposure to or acquiring STDs such as syphilis or AIDS
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Section 3: Challenges of Adolescence Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Problems – Drug Use
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Cause – dropping out of school; having friends who use drugs; social and academic adjustment problems; hostile and rejecting family setting Consequence – increase in the use of some drugs among teens; increase in drug-related violence
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Section 3: Challenges of Adolescence Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Problems – Suicide
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Cause – alcohol or drug use; triggering events such as a family crisis or other trials of adolescence; being female; social isolation, living in an underpopulated area, bad family environment; cluster effect from publicized suicides Consequence – death; possible cluster effects leading to other teenage suicides; rise in U.S. teenage suicide rate; teen suicide rate now exceeds that for adults
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