youth Flashcards
youth definition:
Adolescence definition:
teenager definition:
youth: defined as the transition period between childhood to adulthood
Adolescence: a period of life marked by the start of puberty
teenager: someone aged from 13-19
Stanley Hall - what he theorised
Stanley Hall theorised that adolescence is a time of storm and stress for young people
extended transition:
youth subculture:
an extended transition is when it takes longer for youth to get to adulthood
youth subcultures are youth based groups with distinct behaviours, styles and interests
emerging adulthood + theorist:
arrested adulthood + theorist:
emerging adulthood involves experimenting with options, youth don’t rush into adulthood, theorist is Jeffrey Arnett
arrested adulthood is an extended transition into adulthood, a bad thing, society’s fault for a lack of job security, theorist is James Core
generation definition:
theorist:
an example:
a generation are people born around the same time period during a certain impactful event
theorised by Karl Manheim
an example is Gen X 1963 - 1979
geographical location:
geographical location impacts access to necessary amenities and services like technology for school, transport etc
stereotype:
prejudice:
a stereotype is a fixed or oversimplified view of a particular group of people that is not always negative
prejudice is having negative thoughts/opinions held against a particular group or individual
Discrimination:
socioeconomic status:
Discrimination is the act of treating someone unfavourably because of their differences
socioeconomic status is an. Individual’s/family’s social position in relation to others based on occupation and education
Homogeneous:
Heterogeneous:
Homogeneous is seeing someone/something as the same as each other
Heterogeneous is having more diverse and different thoughts
