Chapter 1

Question 1

What were the beliefs about adolescence in ancient Greece? What did Aristotle believe?

5pts

Answer 1

• Capacity to reason develops
• Youth= passion and sexual excitement
• Aristotle believed that adolescents were impulsive
• Adolescence was until about 10-17
• Adolescent was not well understood

Question 2

Plato: Delay education in BLANK and BLANK until adolescence

Answer 2

• math
• science

Question 3

What happened in the early Christian times?

Answer 3

The children’s crusade (failed) which was a religious movement in Europe where thousands of children and young people went to reclaim Jerusalem from Muslims

Question 4

What happened in the 19th & 20th century?

3pts

Answer 4

• Modernization of education
• Segregation in schools by age group
• Emergence of organized activities (e.g., YMCA)

Question 5

Who is Stanley Hall and what did he believe?
(3pts)

What is his theory of recapitulation (not supported)?
(3pts)

Answer 5

• 1st person to earn a Ph.D in psychology
• Known as the “father of adolescence”
• Adolescence: 14-24 years old

Theory of recapitulation-
- Everything is determined by biology and genetics
- Infants are equal to primitive humans
- As people develop, they repeat behaviors of their evolutionary ancestors (ex- baby crawling)

Question 6

When is adolescence? What are the stages of adolescence?

4pts

Answer 6

Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood

Stages:
Early- 11-14 years old
Middle- 15-18 years old
Late- 19- 22 years old

Question 7

What is the social ecological model (Bronfenbrenner model)?

Answer 7

Individuals affect and are affected by a complex range of social influences and environmental interactions.