Transcript Adolescence
SOCIOLOGY THE STUDY OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
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
What is Adolescence
Adolescence– the period between the normal
onset of puberty and the beginning of
adulthood (In the US – considered between the
ages of 12-19)
Puberty– the physical maturity that makes an
individual capable of reproduction
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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
Five General
Characteristics of Adolescence
Biological Growth and Development – various
biological changes such as changes in body
proportions and acne, even brain development
Undefined Status – adolescent expectations are
often vague (child or adult?)
Increased Decision Making – must make some of
their own decisions
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Section 1: Adolescence in Our Society
5 General Characteristics of Adolescence
(continued)
Increased Pressure – adolescents are faced with
pressure from many sources (parents, peers,
school)
The Search for Self – deciding what is really
important (establishment of personal norms,
values, priorities)
- Anticipatory socialization –learning the rights, obligations
and expectations of a role to prepare for assuming that role
in the future
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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
Dating – meeting of people as romantic engagement
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
(continued)
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
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
Bullying
Teenage Suicide
What would you add to this?
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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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Causes and Consequences of
Contemporary Problems – Drug Use
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
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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