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Adolescence, 6/e
Laurence Steinberg, Temple University

The Fundamental Changes of Adolescence
Social Transitions

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According to , the stage of life we call adolescence is primarily defined by society's official recognition of an individual's status as a child, adolescent, or adult.
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laws were enacted to keep youths out of the job market.
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The term arose around the middle of the 1900s, and was used to describe youth who spent a newfound affluence on frivolous activities and products, such as cosmetics and cars.
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Very recently, some argue that the extension of the time before an individual becomes an adult has created a post-adolescent phase of .
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When adolescents gain the right to own property, and control their own income they have experienced a change in their status.
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are used to signify the adolescent's transition into adulthood.
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During the transition into adulthood in traditional cultures, there is usually real or symbolic separation from one's parents, called .
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In some cultures, religious ceremonies signal the transition to adulthood, such as the Jewish .
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Ceremonies that involve require the youth to receive cuts or incisions to various parts of the body, which serve to signify one's adult status to others.
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In the U.S., the most visible social redefinition ceremony experienced by most adolescents is the .
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are those in which the adolescent assumes adult roles all at once.
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Other industrialized countries still employ , in which youth are trained for adult occupational roles before they take on such roles.
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believed that self-concept, or identity, of youth is created by growing self-awareness and feedback from society.
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Social problems are - they spread from individual to individual.
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is the extent to which neighbors trust each other, share common values, and can count on each other to monitor the activities of youth in the community.
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Approximately of the youth population in the U.S. are in minority groups.
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Prior to the , the primarily agricultural society of the U.S. viewed children as miniature adults.
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While children may commit , and adolescents may come into contact with the juvenile justice system, after a certain age youth who commit crimes will be handled by the adult courts and corrections system.
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Foreign-born adolescent have better mental health, exhibit less problem behavior, and perform better in school than adolescents in the same ethnic group who are born in America.
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With industrialization, it became more important for youth to learn that couldn't be handed down from parents.