The Adolescent
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-205-40783-5 (ISBN)
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Contemporary and inclusive, The Adolescent continues to be the best selling and most comprehensive text in its subject area, setting the standard for adolescent psychology books since publication more than twenty years ago. The Adolescent 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.. The result is a treatment of the adolescent that offers a current scholarship as well as an understanding of what it means to be an adolescent today.
Each chapter concludes with Chapter Summaries, Thought Questions, and Suggested Readings.
1. Adolescents in Social Context.
The Changing Face of American Adolescence.
Our Society in Revolution.
The Prolongation of Adolescence.
The Revolution in Information Technology.
The Revolution in the Workplace.
The Education Revolution.
The Family Revolution.
The Sexual Revolution.
The Violence Revolution.
2. Adolescents in Theoretical Context.
Biological Views of Adolescence.
Psychoanalytical Views of Adolescence.
Psychosocial Views of Adolescence.
Cognitive Views of Adolescence.
Ecological View of Adolescence.
Social-Cognitive Learning View of Adolescence.
The Impact of Culture on Adolescents.
3. Adolescent Diversity: Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity.
Adolescents of Low Socioeconomic Status.
Minority Adolescents.
African American Adolescents.
Latino Adolescents.
Native American Adolescents.
Asian American Adolescents.
Immigrants and Refugees.
4. Body Issues: Sexual Maturation and Physical Growth.
The Biochemical Basis of Puberty.
Maturation and Functions of Male Sex Organs.
Maturation and Functions of Female Sex Organs.
Development of Secondary Sexual Characteristics.
Growth in Height and Weight.
5. Body Issues: Health Behaviors and Attitudes.
The Body Beautiful.
Early and Late Maturation.
Weight.
Eating Disorders.
Health Related Behaviors.
Acne.
6. Traditional Approaches to Cognitive Development: Piaget and Elkind.
Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development.
Effects of Adolescent Thought on Personality and Behavior.
Critique of Piaget's Formal Operational Stage.
What Can We Retain from Formal Operations?
7. New Approaches to Cognitive Development: Information Processing, Decision Making, and Assessment Issues.
Decision Making.
Information Processing.
Assessing Cognition.
Achievement Tests.
8. Self-Concept, Identity, Ethnicity, and Gender.
Self-Concept and Self-Esteem.
Identity.
Gender.
9. Sexual Values and Behavior.
Changing Attitudes and Behavior.
Sex and Its Meaning.
Contraceptives and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Unwed Pregnancy and Abortion.
Homosexuality.
Sex Knowledge and Sex Education.
10. Adolescents and Their Families.
Parenting Adolescents.
Parent-Adolescent Tension.
Relationships with Other Family Members.
Maltreatment.
11. Divorced, Parent-Absent, and Blended Families.
With Whom Do Adolescents Live?
Divorce and Adolescents.
Parent-Absent Families.
Blended Families.
Adopted Adolescents.
12. Social Development: The Nature of Friendship and Romance.
Companionship.
Group Acceptance and Popularity.
Heterosociality.
Dating.
Nonmarital Cohabitation.
Adolescent Marriage.
Marriage and Public Schools.
13. Adolescent Society, Culture, and Subculture.
Culture and Society.
The Adolescent Subculture.
Adolescent Societies.
In-School Subsystems.
Extremist Subcultures.
Material Concerns of Adolescent Culture.
Nonmaterial Aspects of Adolescent Culture.
14. The Development of Values.
Cognitive-Socialization Theories of Development.
Family Factors and Moral Learning.
Extra-familial Influences on Morality.
Transmission of Religious Beliefs and Practices.
15. Education and School.
Trends in U.S. Education.
Characteristics of Good Schools.
Middle Schools.
Private versus Public Schools.
Achievement and Dropping Out.
Congruence between School and Home.
16. Work and Vocation.
Motives for Choice.
Theories of Vocational Choice.
People Influencing Choice.
Sex Roles and Vocational Choice.
Other Crucial Determinants of Vocational Choice.
Socioeconomic Familiarity.
Youth Employment.
Adolescents and Unemployment.
Career Education.
17. Adolescent Alienation.
Running Away.
Suicide.
Juvenile Delinquency.
18. Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Dependency.
Use and Abuse.
Tobacco and Alcohol.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.8.2004 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 205 x 253 mm |
| Gewicht | 984 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-205-40783-8 / 0205407838 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-205-40783-5 / 9780205407835 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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