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C1: Adolescent Development. Introduction

4 important questions on C1: Adolescent Development. Introduction

In what three areas is social change occurring?

1. Typical characteristics of society.
2. Direct, social context.
3. At the international or national level.

What is the importance of social change?

1. Creates important developmental challenges for adolescents.
2. Cohort-specific demands explains diversity in results.
3. Useful for individual x context effects.
4. Implications for intervention research.
5. Theoretical concepts may only be limited to particular historical circumstances.

What four things says Hall over social change?

1. It affects fit between needs and opportunities.
2. Social change does not affect all individual equally.
3. Adolescents are the most responsive to change.
4. Social change is bidirectional.

What does it mean to make the transition to adulthood?

1. Accepting responsibility for oneself.
2. Making independent decisions.
3. Becoming financially independent.
4. Standing alone as a self sufficient person.
5. Developing greater concern for others.
6. Avoiding behavior that might harm others.