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Adolescence, 6/e
Laurence Steinberg, Temple University
The Contexts of Adolescence
Peer Groups

Essay Questions



1

At what age would you begin a program designed to change the hostile attribution bias that aggressive adolescents have, and why?
2

Argue for or against the following statement: Today, there is a serious generation gap between adolescents and their parents. Parents don't have the slightest idea what their teenagers are like, and their teenagers do not value anything about their parents' generation.
3

How is the technological revolution (computers, the internet, email, instant messaging) affecting peer relationships and psychosocial development during adolescence today?
4

Describe what you gained from your own membership in "cliques" and "crowds" in your own adolescence.
5

Where would you collect ethnographic data from adolescents today in order to describe youth development most accurately? Why?








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