Adolescence : A Social And Cultural Construct

The term culturally constructed means that adolescence is not solely a biological state or condition that young adults go through on their journey to adulthood, being culturally constructed means that our culture around us determines at what age we enter adolescence as well as some of the changes in our life that happen during that time (lecture two ). To me I think a good example of adolescence being culturally constructed is in the film we watched stand by me were the boys felt like to be a man or to be accepted in their society as a man they had to do something heroic as an example in the movie they had to go find the body of the young boy that went missing and this would make them heroes and their community and people would view them no

This thesis presents how to merge emerging adulthood into Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development to aid others to comprehend the actions during this age period, especially in the area of incarnation vs. impudence. It gives a general outline of the effects of the desire to achieve independence and also the effects of resisting the responsibility for one’s self. The dissertation provides different points of view of the emerging adults going through the trials and tribulations of gaining independence and the social interaction with their parents. This is an excellent resource for parents or a caregiver to better adjust to dramatic changes in the relationships during this time.

From an article Adolescent Culture- The Creation Of The Teenager, Diana West, states, “The word “teenager” was not really used until 1941. In virtually every other culture in the history of the world prior to late 20th century Western Culture, kids became adults. No so anymore. They now become teenagers, or, to put it in more sociologically acceptable terms, they become adolescents.” Since we live in a society that is so multicultural individual teens have different background cultures that affect the adolescent’s development. “Culture has a strong influence on development, behavior, values and beliefs. Teens who come from different backgrounds are influenced by different cultural norms and parental expectations that stem from different attitudes

The next stage was mention a little above dealing with identity. Erikson stage in adolescence is identity vs. role confusion, this is where adolescence are trying to figure out who they are, what they want to do with their life or they or confuse with the appropriate identity roles. Erikson explains this stage that adolescence stumble trying to find the right identity by going through different roles till they find the right one. Once the adolescence is successful, it helps them able to create a foundation in the future development (Feldman, 2014). During this development stage it is very difficult due to many transitions figuring out who you are, more peer pressure, and other influences that can impact the individual. In this stage Laurie starting at twelve, went through many identity roles or styles with her friends. She started with the country girl role into about eighth grade, then started to become punk skater type individual this lasted to about tenth or eleventh grade till she finally realized it was to time be professional. She then started to think about careers and one that stuck out to her was nursing because she like helping people and taking care of people. She made goals to start the technical program her senior year to graduate with her certified nurse assistance then go into the military after she graduated high school. She succeed with the goals and was going into the military till they put her on hold for six months in that

Adolescence, too, can be divided into sub-stages: Early Teen Years (from twelve to fourteen); Middle Teen Years (fifteen to eighteen); and, Late Teen Years (nineteen to twenty) (pink). Erikson’s Developmental Theory labels this time as the fifth stage: Identity vs. Role Confusion. Up until this stage, all the prior stages involved events enacting their influence on the individual, this, the fifth stage, involves the opposite-the influence the individual can enact. The primary task of adolescence is to establish one’s identity, that is, to answer the question “Who am I?”. This quest for identity is achieved by experimentation; failure to experiment can result in role confusion according to Erikson (gold). This may mark a withdrawal from

Life is full of drastic changes, from birth all the way through adulthood there are many significant changes that occur throughout a person’s life. One of the most important changes is the period of adolescence. This is a period in which a child transitions to adulthood. During this time a person goes through changes emotionally, physically, and mentally. Teenagers try to find their own unique personality and identity. This consists of changing their appearance, personalities, and identities in order to be accepted by their peers or surrounding environment. Personalities are complex mental characteristics that are expressed through our temperament or emotions (“Process of Socialization”). Therefore, our personalities show our own beliefs, personal values, and expectations. Progressively throughout adolescence, an individual’s personality shifts due to their surroundings and their associations with others, this is seen in Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development. As studies have shown, children grow and reach certain periods of their lives where their personalities and identities shift over time in order for them to become more like an adult.

It is my belief that one of the best ways to encourage and support our adolescent men and ladies is to focus on the issues that are plaguing them during this developmental period by providing them with opportunities to openly discuss their concerns in a gender-specific, safe, trusted environment. Although this can be important for all people at any developmental period, it is especially important for adolescents for several reasons. First, the developmental period of adolescence is the transitional period from childhood to adulthood where humans begin to form their own opinions about the world. As a result, adolescents tend to question everything they were taught as children and test boundaries as they attempt to derive their own conclusions about the world. This makes it difficult for adolescents who have been taught to “honor thy father and thy mother” to have open and honest conversations with parents without coming across as disrespectful or defiant. Therefore, it is of critical importance that adolescents build trusting relationships with other adults in which they can confide for their own spiritual, mental, and physical safety. Second, during this time of questioning what they have previously learned, adolescents are preoccupied with developing their own identities. As much as they do not want to be different for fear of getting bullied, adolescents really desire to create their own unique identities and have them to be accepted by their peers. As adolescents

Adolescence is the time of development that starts at pubescence and ends at adulthood; the regular age extent is from 12 to 18 years, and this phase of development has some anticipated physical, cognitive, and social turning points (University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester, 2016). Pubescence includes particular physiological changes in an individual such as tallness, weight, body organization, sex attributes, and circulatory and respiratory frameworks. While their bodies are changing, so are their minds. They begin to develop the power of reasoning and morality. Kids who find themselves in this stage begin to do more complex thinking; their minds progress from concrete operations such as combining, separating, and ordering to reasoning and comparing ideas and point of views. It is also at this stage that the social development of kids begin. Kids around the age of twelve begin to form their identity. They begin to look for relationships where they can reside and find their sense of self. As Erik Erikson describes, they begin to experience the psychosocial stages of development; kids begin to develop trust or mistrust, competence or inferiority, intimacy or isolation. In many cases, the development of adolescents is found to be the most important stage in life. Adolescence is a stage in life which comes across every phase of life, starting with biology and ending in society (Peterson, 1988). It is a period in life where children begin to form their identity and

Adolescent years is the hardest for most of our society. You always hear adults complaining about this age group (12-18 years of age). After studying more about why adolescents are stereo typed, has shown to me that there are emotion, physical, mental changes that happen during this time in a person’s life. Going through the adolescent stage of life is difficult and many cope in different ways as they go through these changes in their lives.

Adolescence was the fourth and final stage of Piaget’s cognitive development model, formal operational thought. This stage marks the emergence of abstract thought and hypothetical reasoning (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). This new line of reasoning is extended to relationships, both concrete and hypothetical, and the ability to attend to multiple relationships simultaneously develops (Broderick & Blewitt, 2015). During this stage the individual also begins to establish a sense of focus, blocking out external stimuli to attend to the task at hand. Along with this attentive focus comes the ability to identify the abstract nature of an issue or situation and draw inference about its complexity.

In the developmental process of adolescence, there are said to be 12 “labors” in this coming of age experience. Among these are forming a family of friends, separating from childhood, and paying freedom’s price. Growing up in a wartime environment affects the change in adolescents in near drastic measures. You can see these effects with 3 young adults, Ellie Wiessel (author of Night,) Anne Frank (author of The Diary of Anne Frank), and Jeanne Wakutsuki (partial author of Farewell to Manzanar), that complicate their coming of age story. This is due to the added stress and anxiety caused by the war outside their windows, their compromised living conditions with less outside-of-family or positive interactions which speed up and distorted realizations about family and the divine, and the disruption of the natural process of somewhat reckless and wild behavior because of the strict rules and regimens they need to follow. Also, the already amplified self- consciousness is further magnified because of the extraneous situations with cramped living and monotonous situations, along with the survivors guilt.

The purpose of this essay is to discuss one person’s lifespan development from conception up to eighteen years of age. This is a stage of life when adolescents become more independent and explore different opportunities in their life. This essay will discuss an interviewee’s physical, cognitive, emotional and socio-cultural domains from perinatal to adolescence stage. It will provide examples from a real life interview that has been conducted to collect information from an individual at this age stage. For the purpose of this assignment the interviewee will be known as, Steve Wilson due to confidentiality. It will then deliberate further how the four domains overlap and interrelate. This essay will also discuss theories regarding an individual’s age stage by theorists such as, Bronfenbrenner, Bowlby, Erikson, Freud, Perry and Piaget.

Information about cultural or socioeconomic and about where, how, and why this new stage might be helpful Yes, I think there should be a stage of life between late adolescence and early adulthood because the socioeconomic factors are the social and economic experiences and realities that help shape my personality, attitudes, and lifestyle. Among socioeconomic factors is education. My level of education shows how I view the world and contribute to my social growth. Education has contributed to my decision-making processes and contribute to the route I have taken. My career as a substitute has contribute to my socioeconomic status. In todays, world I know when I attend a party I’m asked my occupation and I’m judged by what do and what I earn as a substitute is socioeconomic factor. Culture and/or ethnicity also are socioeconomic factors that contribute to my thoughts and attitudes. I think this had an impact on how I was raised, my core values, and my sense of family and tradition. I was raised that family was everything and important and we always did everything together and as a family. My history and my ethnicity, and cultural beliefs are all passed down between generations and has shaped my identity.

This study aims to research the emergence of gender differences in the language of children (Ladegaard, 2002). It is noted within the article that there has been a number of studies that put forth opposing views regarding the differences in language between the genders. Some researchers will argue that there is no gender difference in the sociolinguistic abilities of adult males and females and that there is often an overlap in the use of language between the two groups. However, Ladegaard states that there is a great deal of evidence in many sociolinguistic studies that there is, in fact, differences in the language used by adult males and females. Ladegaard makes reference to a number of studies that have concluded that adult male speakers will prefer to use vernacular forms of language, whereas adult female speakers will prefer to use standard speech forms. Since there is substantial findings with the difference of language between adult females and adult males, it is argued within this article that there must be an age in which the language differences begin to form (2002).

Dear Ryan, I am writing you to speak to you about the period of your life that you are currently encountering, called adolescence and the biological changes that you are sure to encounter in the immediate future. The word adolescence, is derived from the Latin word "adolescere" meaning "to grow up" is a critical developmental period (Kar,2015). Adolescence can be broadly divided into three stages: Early 8-13 years, middle 14-16 years, and late 17-19 years(Kar,2015). I know this is a topic that every teenager avoids, however I strongly urge you to listen and take in the information I am about to give you. Adolescence can be a scary time in your life, if you don’t know what to expect and are not properly educated about it. As your loving uncle, I believe that we have a special relationship, which allows us to speak freely about anything especially matters of importance such as this and therefore it’s my responsibility have this discussion with you. During adolescence, your body is physically changing from that of a child into a young man, in addition to these changes you will begin to see girls in a different light and start dating and will have to make many complicated decisions on the fly, all of which can greatly affect your life going forward.