Levesque Flashcards
Social redefinition
the process when a person’s social status is redefined by society
in all society, what is true
- ado is a period of social transition
- each person becomes an adult
identity
when someone is seen as an adult, they take on more responsiblity and think about the future more
autonomy
- adult status shifts thier roles in responsibilty, independence, and freedom
- more decisions that have more conseqences
relationship
and age of majority
- new decisions about intimacy, dating, and marriage
- aom: the age when they turn into an adult
achievement
- they get to be a certain age before they are working full time or leaving school
why is ado lasting longer?
- start puberty earlier and enter into adult roles later
- begin in bio and end in culture
- costs have risen, so economic lags to psyo
- formal edu is now needed for a lot of jobs
inventionists
theorists who say that ado is a social invention
- ado is different with each culture
the impact of industialization
- children use to be mini adults
- broke the connection between what individual learned in childhood and what they need to know as an adult
- parents wanted kids to stay in school longer
- staying in school weakened the comp for jobs
child protectionists
- they said that ado need to be kept out of hazardous workplaces
- 20th century
origin of ado
- 19th century
- prep time for adulthood
- started in middle class
- teen: pop ~50 yrs ago, and is a replacement for ado (started from advertisers)
- youth: today its for ages 18-22, then it was for ages 12-24
emerging adulthood
- ages 18-25
5 main char:
1. exploring new identities
2. instability in life
3. focus on themself and independence
4. cuaght between an ado and adult
5. life holds many possibilites
is emerging adulthood uni?
no, it depends on equity
psyo well-being in emerging ah
- little research
- difficult for financial stability
- carefreeness
- sig. mental illness and suicide
- depression decreases
drawing a legal boundry
- inititation ceremony
- status offense
- juvenile justice system
- criminal justice system
initiation ceremony
- the formal intro of a young person into adulthood
status offense
laws that are age specific
juvenile justice system
a crime system only for juvenile crime
criminal justice system
the court for adult offences
ado in court
- more likely to confess
- less likely to understand rights, consider the long term effects of agreements, and discuss disagreements
why have rulings been inconsistent
- ado behaviour is seen as dangerous or damaging
- autonomy is given when behaviour will have benefits
variations in social transitions
- clarity (explicitness)
- continuity (smoothness)
variation in clarity
- no clear age when different responsibilites are given
- look for self reliance
- less definition for the importance of marriage and parenthood
- males and females have similar role expectations
what is ado given little prep for
ado is given little prep for working (not have the same job from teen to adult), parenthood (little training), and citizenhip (little involvement in politics)
when is ado to adulthood continuous
- in traditional culture
- hands on experience
- work tasls have meaningful connections
2 social trends reshaping the transition
- the length pf transitional period
- demand for formal edu
poverty and transition
- harder for them
- neg affect on school achievements
how to ease transition
- restructure 2nd edu
- expand work and volunteer oppertunities
- improve the community life
- encourage to spend time in the community
- develop mentoring programs
lower class
- watch kids more closely
- not great role models in the community
- more sexually active at a younger age
- become pregent and drop out of school
upper class
- more lenient with substance use and what the kids do
- pressure to excel causes behavioural outbursts
3 different mech in ways that the community affects the ado
- collective efficancy
- impact of stress
- limited access to resources
collective efficacy
- a community’s social capital from it’s values and goals
- low = more problems
- high = more expectations
stress
- undermine relationships
- bad parenting
- exposed to more violence
- help against it is: +’ve fam, extracurricular, religious beliefs
limited access to resources
- poorer = less resources
- higher = less likely to become antisocial
4 stages of emerging adulthood
- tech (manufacturing to eco knowledge)(more edu = delay in fam starting)
- sexual (birth control)(broken link to sex, marriage, and reprodution)
- women’s movement (majority of post 2nd are women)(less need to find a man and new outlook on life)
- youth movement (prolong youth)
