Chapter 3

Question 0

What has happened to the length of adolescents?

Answer 0

Adolescence lasts longer today than ever before. Teens start puberty earlier and enter adult roles of work and family later

Question 1

What are 4 social redefinition themes?

Answer 1

1. Identity - attainment of adult status causes adolescents to feel more mature
2. Autonomy - shifts in responsibility, independence and freedom
3. Intimacy, dating, and marriage - new decisions about sexual activity
4. Achievement - becoming full-time employee; leave school of own volition

Question 2

What do social inventionist say about adolescence?

Answer 2

They argued that adolescence, is a period in the life cycle that is equal to social invention or construction

Question 3

What new terms are used for adolescence?

Answer 3

Youth, teenager, emerging adulthood.

Question 4

What are emerging adults?

Answer 4

Age 18 -29 who according to Dr. Jeffery Arnett its marked by identity exploration, feeling of ‘in between’, instability, self-focus and a sense of possibility.

Question 5

What are some social focus’ what put off becoming a real adult?

Answer 5

• Expansion of higher education
• Macro-economic changes requiring flexibility and mobility
• Parental support will into the 20s
• Pill and contraceptives
• Cultural saturation of mass consumer entertainment

Question 6

Societies differ in the process of social redefinition on two important dimensions:

Answer 6

1. Clarity - Explicitness of transition

2. Continuity - Smoothness of transition