Chapter 6 Flashcards
(22 cards)
Person who studied dating patterns at Pennsylvania State University
Willard Waller
Degree of attachment people have to social groups or to society as a whole
Social intergration
Express purpose of courtship
Marriage
Period between the normal onset of puberty and the beginning of adulthood
Adolescence
Outlawed the use of heroin and cocaine for non medical purposes in 1914
Harrison Narcotics Act
Can result in a reduced likelihood of finishing high school and lower than average lifetime earnings
Teen pregnancy
Factor that encouraged the rise of dating by putting young men and women together for a good portion of the day
Coeducational schools
Formal ceremonies that mark the entrance of young people into adulthood
Rites
Person who produced the most comprehensive study of suicide
Emile Durkheim
Possible the greatest source of pressure on teenagers
Peers
Third leading cause of death among people aged 15 to 24
Suicide
Tendency for individuals to marry people who have social characteristics similar to their own
Homogamy
Caused dramatic increase in gang violence
Crack cocaine
Stage in which the primary function of dating is recreation
Casual dating
Age to which education is mandatory in most states
16
Any substance that changes mood, behavior, or consciousness
Drug
Form of social interaction between males and females that existed before the emergence of dating
Courtship
Stage in life that generally includes the age between 13 and 21
Adolescence
Tendency of individuals to marry people who have social characteristics similar to their own
Homogamy
Caused dramatic increase in gang violence
Stage in which the primary function of dating is recreation
Causal dating
