Adolescence

Question 1

Par 2: Sexualization

Answer 1

• fashion industry transitioned from adults to children
• lack self esteem, ideal body image projected towards children
• think girls are valued by physical appearance
• As result of these social values and attitudes, a growing number of girls are anxious about conforming to a narrowly defined ideal
• a growing number of young girls are prone to developing eating disorders to control their weight, such as bulimia and anorexia, due to the images women and girls see in the media

Question 2

Par 3: Delayed Transitions (fail to launch, generation boomerang, gen jobless)

Answer 2

Five factors that enable the transition to adulthood:

• completing some form of education
• leaving parents home
• gaining full time employment
• developing romantic relationships and long term commitments such as marriage or common law

*These steps are taking longer bc of post secondary tuition , lack of jobs and home expense.
(mention videos)

Question 3

Par 4: Social Comparison Theory + Hierarchy of needs

Answer 3

Challenges to social relationships in adolescence

• conformity: act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviours to what individuals perceive as normal to their society and/or social group
• downward comparison: compares themselves to someone who is worse off
• upward comparison: occurs when an individual compares themselves to someone who is better off
• competitive emulation: keeping pace with others, typically neighbours and coworkers, in material goods and lifestyle
• many ppl worry that adolescents have learned to define their identity in terms of the items they own
• hierarchy of needs: love and belonging is more important in adolescents

Question 4

Par 1: Emergence of Tweens + Elkinds Egocentrism

Answer 4

• Tweens and adolescents are an emerging social and consumer group in Canada. Today, the pressure on adolescents is to act and perform as adults and marketing and advertising exert more influence and shape the behaviors of consumers from a younger age than ever before.
• Children are more socially relevant today: individuality is encouraged more and more at this stage of life, are involved in consumer choices
• tweens are becoming indistinguishable from adolescents, forced to “grow up too fast”