Adolescence

To be Answered:

1. What does it mean to be a teenager?  
2. Does being a teenager mean different things to males and females?
3. How is being a teenager different than being an adult?
4. What are the most important issues that teenagers face?  
5. What are the most powerful social influences on adolescents?

a) Birth of the American teenager

1950s powerpoint?

b) Rebel Without a Cause


c) Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye


d) NPR 'Teenage Diaries'

- Listen to 'Girlfriend' by Amanda

Job later - create audio diaries.

(Most crucial question for adolescents = Who am I?)

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Assessment+of+Teenage+Diaries+for+teaching+concepts+in+adolescent...-a0217178567

http://www.psychologytoday.com/search/query?keys=adolesence&x=0&y=0

Review:

Personality development

Nature vs Nurture

Ecological Theory of Development

Kohlberg theories of development