Opis: The Adolescent - Kim Gale Dolgin

For undergraduate courses in Adolescence and Adolescent Development The Adolescent: Development, Relationships and Culture offers an eclectic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of adolescence, presenting both psychological and sociological viewpoints as well as educational, demographic, and economic data. This text discusses not just one theory on the subject, but many, and outlines the contributions, strengths, and weaknesses of each. The authors also take into consideration current and important topics such as ethnic identity formation, gender issues, the Internet, effects of single-parent families, etc.Table of Contents FEATURES PREFACE CHAPTER 1 THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF ADOLESCENCE APPROACHES TO STUDYING ADOLESCENCE THE CHANGING FACE OF AMERICAN ADOLESCENCE OUR EVOLVING SOCIETY CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS The Major Issues Facing the World's Adolescents THE EVOLVING PROLONGATION OF ADOLESCENCE EVOLVING COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES The Internet Cell Phones EVOLVING WORLD OF WORK AND CONSUMPTION Longer Workdays Working Women Adolescent Employment Adolescent Consumption EVOLVING EDUCATIONAL IMPERATIVES Educational Attainment Embracing the New Technology Innovations in Career Education EVOLVING FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS Changes in Marriage and Parenthood Changes in Family Dynamics THE EVOLVING SEXUAL LANDSCAPE Positive Effects of the Sexual Revolution Negative Effects of the Sexual Revolution EVOLVING SAFETY CONCERNS Violent Crime Violence in Society RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Computer Games Violence in the Home Violent Deaths UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENCE: RESEARCH METHODS Correlations True vs. Quasi-Experiments Research Designs that Measure Developmental Change RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Teens Who Kill Family Members CHAPTER 2 ADOLESCENTS IN THEORETICAL CONTEXT BIOLOGICAL VIEWS OF ADOLESCENCE G. Stanley Hall: Sturm und Drang Arnold Gesell: Spiral Growth Patterns PSYCHOANALYTICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL VIEWS OF ADOLESCENCE Sigmund Freud: Individuation Anna Freud: Defense Mechanisms Erik Erikson: Ego Identity COGNITIVE VIEWS OF ADOLESCENCE Jean Piaget: Adaptation and Equilibrium Lev Vygotsky: Social Influences on Cognition SOCIAL-COGNITIVE LEARNING VIEW OF ADOLESCENCE Albert Bandura: Social Learning Theory RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Scaffolding in Course-Related Bulletin Boards Social-Cognitive Theory THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON ADOLESCENTS Robert Havighurst: Developmental Tasks Kurt Lewin: Field Theory Urie Bronfenbrenner: Ecological Systems Theory Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: Anthropological Views PERSONAL ISSUES When Do Adolescents Become Adults? RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT How Troubled Are Adolescents? CHAPTER 3 ADOLESCENT DIVERSITY: SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS AND ETHNICITY ADOLESCENTS OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS Limitations of Low Socioeconomic Status Cycle of Poverty and Deprivation RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Those Who Make It MINORITY ADOLESCENTS African American Adolescents Latino Adolescents Native American Adolescents Asian American Adolescents CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS An Example of Cross-Cultural Conflict - Chinese American Adolescent Dating IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES Southeast Asian Refugee Experience CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS Comparison of Traditional Asian Values and Urban Industrial Values CHAPTER 4 BODY ISSUES: PHYSICAL GROWTH AND HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS BIOCHEMICAL BASIS OF PUBERTY The Hypothalamus The Pituitary Gland The Gonads The Adrenal Glands Sex Hormone Regulation in Males Sex Hormone Regulation in Females MATURATION AND FUNCTIONS OF MALE SEX ORGANS Spermatogenesis The Developing Penis PERSONAL ISSUES Use of Steroids by Athletes The Cowper's Glands Nocturnal Emissions MATURATION AND FUNCTIONS OF FEMALE SEX ORGANS The Developing Vagina Changes in the Vulva and Uterus Ovarian Changes Menarche and the Menstrual Cycle PERSONAL ISSUES Stress, Family Discord, and Pubertal Timing Menstrual Concerns DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Menstrual Irregularity in Athletes Males Females In Their Own Words Results of Sexual Maturation GROWTH IN HEIGHT AND WEIGHT Growth Trends Determinants of Height Other Physical Changes BODY IMAGE Physical Attractiveness Body Types and Ideals PERSONAL ISSUES Plastic surgery among Adolescents EARLY AND LATE MATURATION Early-Maturing Boys Late-Maturing Boys Early-Maturing Girls Late-Maturing Girls HEALTH STATUS Mortality PERSONAL ISSUES Automobile Casualties Health Decisions Adolescent Health in the Third World HEALTH CONCERNS Nutrition Exercise Obesity In Their Own Words Sleep Acne CHAPTER 5 COGNITVE DEVELOMENT: IMPROVEMENTS IN THINKING, REASONING, AND DECISION MAKING PIAGET'S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT Sensorimotor Stage Preoperational Stage Concrete Operational Stage Formal Operational Stage EFFECTS OF ADOLESCENT THOUGHT ON PERSONALITY AND BEHAVIOR Idealism Hypocrisy Pseudostupidity Egocentrism In Their Own Words RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Is a Personal Fable Entirely a Bad Thing? Introspection CRITIQUE OF PIAGET'S THEORY Age of Onset and Universality Beyond Formal Operations WHAT CAN WE RETAIN FROM FORMAL OPERATIONS? INFORMATION PROCESSING Steps in Information Processing Processing Speed Higher-Order Thought Processes The Role of Knowledge DECISION MAKING The Process Barriers to Good Decision Making Risky Decision Making EPISTEMOLOGICAL UNDERSTANDING In Their Own Words BRAIN DEVELOPMENT DURING ADOLESCENCE ASSESSING COGNITION Theories of Intelligence Intelligence Testing Factors Influencing Test Results Uses and Misuses of IQ Tests RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Intellectually Different Adolescents ACHIEVEMENT TESTS The Scholastic Reasoning Test (SAT) CHAPTER 6 SELF-CONCEPT, IDENTITY, ETHNICITY, AND GENDER SELF-CONCEPT AND SELF-ESTEEM RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT: Does This Generation Have Higher Self-Esteem? Importance of Having a Good Self-Concept PERSONAL ISSUES Perfectionism Self-Esteem Development of a Positive Self-Concept In Their Own Words Changes in Self-Concept during Adolescence IDENTITY Seven Conflicts Identity Status In Their Own Words Identity as a Process Ethnic Identity RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT The Effects of Maternal Ethnic Socialization on Sons and Daughters GENDER Biological Sex Cognitive-Developmental Theories Societal Influences Androgyny Gender in Adolescence CHAPTER 7 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MORAL VALUES COGNITIVE-SOCIALIZATION THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT Piaget and Children's Moral Development Kohlberg and Levels of Moral Development Gilligan and Sex Differences in Moral Reasoning In Their Own Words The Social-Cognitive Domain Approach to Moral Reasoning Moral Reasoning and Prosocial Behavior FAMILY FACTORS AND MORAL LEARNING The Family's Role EXTRAFAMILIAL INFLUENCES ON MORALITY Peers Religion In Their Own Words Television RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Adolescents' Views of Political and Human Rights RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Why Do We Like Scary Media? Moral Education PERSONAL ISSUES Academic Cheating in College CHAPTER 8 RELATIONSHIPS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS PARENTING ADOLESCENTS What Kind of Parents Do Adolescents Want? Connection Trust Attachment Style Autonomy Regulation RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Is It OK to Mislead One's Parents? PERSONAL ISSUES Corporal Punishment PARENT-ADOLESCENT TENSION Differences in Outlook Focus of Conflict Variables Affecting Conflict Conflicts with Parents versus Conflicts with Peers Results of Conflict RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS Adolescent-Sibling Relationships Relationships with Other Relatives MALTREATMENT Physical Abuse Sexual Abuse Incest Neglect CHAPTER 9 DIFFERENT FAMILY PATTERNS WITH WHOM DO AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS LIVE? CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS Extended Families DIVORCE AND ADOLESCENTS Attitudes toward Divorce Short-Term Emotional Reactions Long-Term Effects RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Adolescent Children Raised by Gay and Lesbian Parents Factors Influencing the Effects of Divorce SINGLE-PARENT/GRANDPARENT-HEADED FAMILIES In Their Own Words Single-Parent Families Resulting from Parental Death In Their Own Words EFFECTS OF BEING RAISED IN A ONE-PARENT FAMILY Development of Masculinity/Femininity RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Single Fathers Influences on School Performance, Achievement, and Vocation BLENDED FAMILIES RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Open and Closed Adoptions PERSONAL ISSUES Stepparents versus Natural Parents ADOPTED ADOLESCENTS CHAPTER 10 BEING A MEMBER OF THE ADOLESCENT SUBCULTURE: ACTIVITIES AND INTERACTIONS WITH PEERS ADOLESCENT CULTURE AND SOCIETY ADOLESCENT SOCIETIES Formal Systems Informal Systems RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Two Notable Youth Subcultures THE DARKER SIDE OF PEER INTERACTIONS: BULLYING RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Cyberbullying FRIENDSHIP PERSONAL ISSUES Being Alone versus Being Lonely Loneliness Family and Peer Relationships Age Changes in Adolescent Friendships In Their Own Words GROUP ACCEPTANCE AND POPULARITY What Does It Take to Be Popular? RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Friendship Expectations Routes to Social Acceptance HETEROSOCIALITY Psychosocial Development Cross-sex Friendships Adolescent Love and Crushes Loss of Love RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Gay and Lesbian Adolescents' Romantic Relationships DATING The Development of Dating Violence NONMARITAL COHABITATION Incidence Meanings Attached to Cohabitation Cohabitation versus Dating Cohabitation versus Marriage Effects on Subsequent Marriage ADOLESCENT MARRIAGE Trends and Incidence A Profile of the Young Married Reasons for Adolescent Marriage Adjustments and Problems Early Marriage and Education MATERIAL CONCERNS OF ADOLESCENT CULTURE Adolescents as Consumer Forces PERSONAL ISSUES Adolescent Credit Card Debt Clothing Automobiles Cell Phones Computers and the Internet PERSONAL ISSUES Internet Addiction NONMATERIAL CONCERNS OF ADOLESCENT CULTURE Slang Music CHAPTER 11 SEXUAL BEHAVIORS CHANGING ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR Premarital Sexual Behavior CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Preindustrial Societies Correlates Other Mutual Sexual Behaviors RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Just How Common Is Oral Sex? Masturbation SEX AND ITS MEANING What Are Adolescents Seeking? Sexual Pluralism Gender Differences in Sexual Ethics RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Hooking Up on College Campuses Sexual Aggression RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT The Nature of Rape CONTRACEPTIVES AND SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES Use of Contraceptives among Adolescents Why Contraceptives Are Not Used Should Adolescents Have Contraceptives? Sexually Transmitted Diseases AIDS PERSONAL ISSUES How Much Do You Know about AIDS? UNWED PREGNANCY AND ABORTION Incidence of Teen Pregnancy Causation Theories Pregnancy-Resolution Decisions Adolescent Mothers Adolescent Fathers GAY AND LESBIAN YOUTH Determinants of Sexual Orientation CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS Gay Adolescents from Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups Adjustment In Their Own Words SEX KNOWLEDGE AND SEX EDUCATION Sources of Sex Information The Role of Parents PERSONAL ISSUES Adolescent Sexual Folklore The Role of Schools CHAPTER 12 EDUCATION AND SCHOOL TRENDS IN U.S. EDUCATION Traditionalists versus Progressives Rise of Progressive Education Sputnik and After 1960s and 1970s 1980s 1990s Early Twenty-First Century MIDDLE SCHOOLS RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Tracking CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD SCHOOLS Size Atmosphere Teachers Curriculum CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS Japanese Education PRIVATE VERSUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACHIEVEMENT AND DROPPING OUT Enrollment Figures Who Drops Out and Why RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Factories of Failure? RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT School Violence Dropouts and Employment PERSONAL ISSUES Is It Worthwhile to Get a College Degree? CHAPTER 13 WORK AND VOCATION MOTIVES FOR CHOICE THEORIES OF VOCATIONAL CHOICE Ginzberg's Compromise with Reality Theory RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Developmental-Contextual Concepts Holland's Occupational Environment Theory Lent 's Social Cognitive Career Theory PEOPLE INFLUENCING VOCATIONAL CHOICE Parents Peers School Personnel GENDER ROLES AND VOCATIONAL CHOICE RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Why So Few Women Scientists? OTHER CRUCIAL DETERMINANTS OF VOCATIONAL CHOICE Aptitudes and Special Abilities Interests CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS The School-to-Work Transition for American versus European Adolescents Job Opportunities Salary SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS Familiarity Social Status and Aspirations In Their Own Words Race/Ethnicity and Aspirations YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Working for Wages RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Work, Military, or College? Volunteerism In Their Own Words ADOLESCENTS AND UNEMPLOYMENT Numbers of Unemployed Youths Causes of Unemployment CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS International Perspectives on Youth Employment CAREER EDUCATION CHAPTER 14 ADOLESCENT STRESS AND ALIENATION RUNNING AWAY Classes of Runaways Reasons for Running Away PERSONAL ISSUES Preventing Teens from Running and Finding Them When They Do Throwaways Life on the Street Help for Runaways Worldwide Scope DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE Depression Suicide PERSONAL ISSUES Why Are Adolescent Girls More Likely to Be Depressed Than Adolescent Boys? PERSONAL ISSUES Preventing Suicide RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT A Rapid Rise in Self-Mutilating Behavior In Their Own Words EATING DISORDERS Anorexia Nervosa Bulimia JUVENILE DELINQUENCY In Their Own Words Incidence of Delinquency Causes of Delinquency RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Conduct Disorder, ODD, and ADHD Juvenile Gangs The Juvenile Justice System RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT The Case That Changed Juvenile Court The Restorative Justice Movement CHAPTER 15 SUBSTANCE ABUSE, ADDICTION, AND DEPENDENCY DRUG USE AND ABUSE Physical Addiction and Psychological Dependency Patterns and Intensity of Drug Use Types of Drugs PERSONAL ISSUES Ecstasy Frequency of Adolescent Drug Use Reasons for First Drug Use Demographic Differences Compulsive Drug Use Prevention and Treatment CROSS-CULTURAL CONCERNS Substance Use by Native American Adolescents RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Families of Drug Abusers In Their Own Words RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Project DARE TOBACCO AND SMOKING Incidence of Tobacco Use Reasons Adolescents Start Smoking Effects of Cigarette Advertising RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT The Harmful Effects of Legal Drugs Reasons Adolescents Continue Smoking Smokeless Tobacco Keeping Adolescents from Starting ALCOHOL AND EXCESSIVE DRINKING Incidence of Alcohol Use Reasons for Drinking during Adolescence PERSONAL ISSUES Drinking on College Campuses Adult and Peer Influences Physical Consequences of Alcohol Use Drinking in Young Adulthood RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism PERSONAL ISSUES Adolescent Children of Alcoholic Parents EPILOGUE POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT EMERGING ADULTHOOD YOUNG ADULTHOOD GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY PHOTO CREDITS INDEX

Szczegóły: The Adolescent - Kim Gale Dolgin

Tytuł: The Adolescent
Autor: Kim Gale Dolgin
Producent: Pearson
ISBN: 9781292042374
Rok produkcji: 2013
Ilość stron: 488
Oprawa: Miękka
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