| Major Section | Study Guide Features |
| I. Introduction | Important terms: social redefinition |
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| II. Social Redefinition and Psychosocial | Learning objectives: 1 |
| | DevelopmentImportant terms: age of majority Multiple choice questions: 1, 34 |
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| III. Adolescence as a Social Invention | Learning objectives: 2 |
| | Important terms: inventionists, child protectionists, teenager, youth Multiple choice questions: 2, 3, 26 Fill in the blank questions: 1-4, 20 Matching questions: 1, 15, 18, 19 |
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| IV. Changes in Status | Learning objectives: 3 |
| | Important terms: status Fill in the blank questions: 5 |
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| A. Changes in interpersonal status | Learning objectives: 3 |
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| B. Changes in political status | Learning objectives: 3 |
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| C. Changes in economic status | Fill in the blank questions: 17 |
| | Matching questions: 8 |
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| D. Changes in legal status | Important terms: status offense, juvenile |
| | justice system Multiple choice questions: 5 Fill in the blank questions: 18 Matching questions: 6, 13, 16 |
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| V. The Process of Social Redefinition | Important terms: initiation ceremony, cohort, |
| | quinceanera, extrusion, brother-sister avoidance, Bar Mitzvah, Bas Mitzvah, scarification Multiple choice questions: 6, 20, 27 Fill in the blank questions: 6-10 Matching questions: 3, 11, 12, 20 |
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| VI. Variations in Social Transitions | Learning objectives: 4, 5 |
| | Important terms: clarity, continuity Multiple choice questions: 28, 29 Matching questions: 10 |
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| A. Variations in clarity | Important terms: marginal man |
| | Multiple choice questions: 7, 21, 23, 31 Matching questions: 2 Matching questions: 5 |
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| B. Variations in continuity | Important terms: Ruth Benedict, continuous |
| | transition, discontinuous transition, school-to-work transition, youth apprenticeship, Margaret Mead, Glen Elder, Jr. Multiple choice questions: 4, 8, 10, 11, 22,
24 Fill in the blank questions: 11, 12 Matching questions: 4, 9, 14 |
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| C. The sexes: Similarities and differences | Multiple choice questions: 9 |
| | in the transition to adulthood |
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| D. The scientific study of adolescence: | Multiple choice questions: 12, 32 |
| | Does leaving home too early cause problems for adolescents? |
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| VII. The Transition into Adulthood in | Learning objectives: 6 |
| Contemporary Society | Important terms: collective efficacy, |
| | forgotten half Multiple choice questions: 13-19, 25, 30, 33, 35 Fill in the blank questions: 13-16, 18 Matching questions: 7 |
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