Chapter 5 & 6 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Define Demography
Study of human populations
When was the Baby Boom?
1946-1964
When was Gen X?
1960-1966
What was the cause of the Baby Boom?
World War 2 ending
What caused the Baby Bust?
The pill
What are three characteristics of Gen X?
Education, low faith in employers, views themselves as individuals
What defines Millennials/Gen Y/Gen Boomerang
High unemployment in youth, most 20-27 year olds came back home
Define adolescence
Period between sexual maturation and psychological maturation
What is the purpose of the Juvenile Delinquents act in 1908?
Gives punishments that fit the offender, not the crime. If they are under 16
What is the purpose of the Young Offenders Act of 1984?
Delayed justice until a child is 18
Define menarche
A woman’s first menstrual cycle
What are examples of Canadian coming of age rituals?
Sweet-16, grad, and engagement parties
What do some other cultures do for a coming of age ritual?
Physical changes, cleansing
What impacts the experience of adolescence?
Ethnicity, gender, and social economic status
Define the developmental process
Any life cycle process through which individuals jounrey
Define identity crisis
Conflict of trying to find out who you are
Define separation individual process
Teens gradually pulling away from their parents and become independent
Define socialization
Process that shapes kids into responsible members of society
Define involuntary childlessness
When a couple or individual wants to have children and cannot
How can a couple overcome infertility?
Reproductive technologies, intrauterine insemination
What is a factor in voluntary childlessness?
Simple choice
Define Fertility
Refers to actual reproduction. A woman carrying a child is fertile
