Adolescent, The: Development, Relationships, and Culture

by Rice, F. Phillip; Dolgin, Kim Gale

• ISBN13: 9780205530748
• ISBN10: 0205530745
• Edition: 12th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The Adolescent: Development, Relationships and Cultureoffers an eclectic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of adolescence, presenting both psychological and sociological viewpoints as well as educational, demographic, and economic data. A treatment of the adolescent that offers current scholarship as well as an understanding of what it means to be an adolescent today. Physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development in adolescents. Adolescent Development

Table of Contents

Contents Features	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Adolescence
Adolescents in Social Context	p. 1
Approaches to Studying Adolescence	p. 3
The Changing Face of American Adolescence	p. 4
Our Society in Revolution	p. 4
The Prolongation of Adolescence	p. 7
The Revolution in Information Technology	p. 7
The Internet	p. 7
Potential Hazards of Internet Use	p. 8
The Revolution in the Workplace	p. 9
Multiple Jobholders and Overtime Work	p. 9
Working Women	p. 10
Adolescent Employment	p. 10
Advertising and Consumption	p. 11
The Education Revolution	p. 11
Educational Attainment	p. 11
Embracing the New Technology	p. 11
Innovations in Career Education	p. 12
The Family Revolution	p. 12
Changes in Marriage and Parenthood	p. 12
Changes in Family Dynamics	p. 14
The Sexual Revolution	p. 16
Positive Effects of the Sexual Revolution	p. 16
Negative Effects of the Sexual Revolution	p. 16
The Violence Revolution 17
Violent Crime	p. 18
Violence in Society	p. 18
Violence in the Home	p. 19
Violent Deaths	p. 19
A Caveat to Understanding Adolescence	p. 19
Adolescents in Theoretical Context	p. 24
Biological Views of Adolescence	p. 26
G. Stanley Hall: Sturm und Drang	p. 26
Arnold Gesell: Spiral Growth Patterns	p. 27
Psychoanalytical and Psychosocial Views of Adolescence	p. 27
Sigmund Freud: Individuation	p. 27
Anna Freud: Defense Mechanisms	p. 29
Erik Erikson: Ego Identity	p. 30
Cognitive Views of Adolescence	p. 32
Jean Piaget: Adaptation and Equilibrium	p. 32
Robert Selman: Social Cognition	p. 34
Lev Vygotsky: Social Influences on Cognition	p. 36
Social-Cognitive Learning View of Adolescence	p. 37
Albert Bandura: Social Learning Theory	p. 37
Social-Cognitive Theory	p. 38
The Impact of Culture on Adolescents	p. 38
Robert Havighurst: Developmental Tasks	p. 38
Kurt Lewin: Field Theory	p. 40
Urie Bronfenbrenner: An Ecological Model	p. 41
Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: Anthropological Views	p. 42
Adolescent Diversity: Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity	p. 48
Adolescents of Low Socioeconomic Status	p. 50
Limitations of Low Socioeconomic Status	p. 51
Cycle of Poverty and Deprivation	p. 51
Minority Adolescents	p. 55
African American Adolescents	p. 56
Latino Adolescents	p. 60
Native American Adolescents	p. 64
Asian-American Adolescents	p. 67
Immigrants and Refugees	p. 68
Southeast Asian Refugee Experience	p. 69
Physical
Body Issues: Sexual Maturation and Physical Growth	p. 74
Biochemical Basis of Puberty	p. 76
The Hypothalamus	p. 76
The Pituitary Gland	p. 76
The Gonads	p. 77
The Adrenal Glands	p. 78
Sex Hormone Regulation in Males	p. 78
Sex Hormone Regulation in Females	p. 78
Maturation and Functions of Male Sex Organs	p. 79
Spermatogenesis	p. 80
The Developing Penis	p. 80
The Cowpers Glands 81
Nocturnal Emissions	p. 82
Maturation and Functions of Female Sex Organs	p. 82
The Developing Vagina	p. 82
Changes in the Vulva and Uterus	p. 82
Ovarian Changes	p. 82
Menarche and the Menstrual Cycle	p. 82
Menstrual Concerns	p. 86
Development of Secondary Sexual Characteristics	p. 87
Males	p. 88
Females	p. 88
Results of Sexual Maturation	p. 90
Growth in Height and Weight	p. 90
Growth Trends	p. 91
Determinants of Height	p. 91
Other Physical Changes	p. 91
Body Issues: Health-Related Behaviors and Attitudes	p. 94
Health Status	p. 96
Mortality	p. 96
Health Decisions	p. 96
Adolescent Health in the Third World	p. 98
Body Image	p. 98
Physical Attractiveness	p. 98
Body Types and Ideals	p. 99
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