This book emphasizes the contexts in which adolescents live--families, peer groups, schools, neighborhoods, and work and leisure settings--to show how these contexts are changing and how these changes are changing the nature of adolescence.
A "PowerWeb Researcher" feature helps students connect the text with the most current research, using four steps: 1) An end-of-chapter question brings together the concepts discussed in the chapter, requiring students to apply various pieces of information to find a solution; 2) Students are directed to the Steinberg website, where a series of quiz questions helps them reason, step by step, through the end-of-chapter question; 3) Links to other Web addresses provide even further background information on the topics students need to understand in order to answer the initial question; 4) Based on the quiz and the research process, the students can then answer the question posed at the end of the chapter.
A "Scientific Study of Adolescence" box in each chapter focuses on one study discussed in the chapter and teaches students about a key aspect of research methods, design, or statistics. Topics include the difference between an independent and dependent variable, the meaning of a statistical interaction, and the use of meta-analysis in examining a research literature.
The text includes a chapter on psychosocial problems in adolescence and follows John Hill’s Framework for the Study of Adolescence.
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