Adolescence

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 * Definition: **
 * The developmental stage that begins at puberty and encompasses the period from the end of childhood to the beginning of adulthood. Gen Psych, Ch 8, pp. 263 **

Examples:

 * It is during adolescence that children begin to go through puberty.
 * Adolescence describes the teenage years between 13 and 19 and can be considered the transitional stage from childhood to adulthood. However, the physical and psychological changes that occur in adolescence can start earlier, during the preteen or "tween" years from ages 9 to 12. Adolescence can be a time of both disorientation and discovery. The transitional period can bring up issues of independence and self-identity. Sometimes adolescents may be experimenting with drugs and alcohol or sexuality. During this time, peer groups and external appearance tend to increase in importance.



Analogies:

 * Adolescence:Curious as Adults:Experienced
 * Difficult teenagers are a one-way street: they demand respect in their direction but do not give respect to others.
 *  Adolescence is to children as budding is to flowers.
 * Teenage boys, goaded by surging hormones run in packs like primal hordes. They are in a brief season of exhilarating liberty between control by their mothers and control by their wives.
 * Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.

Mnemonics:
PECAn (Puberty, End of Childhood, Aging) (give a mnemonic in place of the bracketed text above, then delete these instructions. If you don't know of any examples, leave this section unchanged for someone else to improve on.)

In the News:
[|Adolescence] "Adolescence describes the teenage years between 13 and 19 and can be considered the transitional stage from childhood to adulthood."

[|Puberty Before Age 10: A New ‘Normal’?] "For many parents of early-developing girls, “normal” is a crazy-making word, especially when uttered by a doctor; it implies that the patient, or patient’s mother, should quit being neurotic and accept that not much can be done."

[|The Teen Brain on Rage: How It's Different] "An immature brain may play a role in making teens like the 17-year-old Ohio shooting suspect more prone to violence."

[|Jailed for Life After Crimes as Teenagers] "Juvenile criminals are serving life terms in at least 48 states, according to a survey by The New York Times, and their numbers have increased sharply over the past decade."

[|The Real Reasons for Teenage Crime in the 21st Century] "Teenage crime is caused because of the need of want for something. Teenagers do not want to be poor and not have enough money even for essential school supplies. They want peace and harmony at home and also they need and want to be accepted, wherever that is."

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