Announcements 11/3/14
 Seniors taking CCC classes next semester: Turn in your
paperwork to the counselor’s office ASAP
 Youth Congress papers need to be turned in to the
counselors office
 Detention study hall this week: Ms. Welch’s room
 Lunch Pork patty or chicken fajita
In your notes….
 Write down your thoughts on these two issues:
 How are teenagers viewed by older age groups?
 How do teenagers view older age groups?
Understanding Adolescence
Objective
 Be able to explain aspects of adolescence to a group
Brain is developing
 Pg. 110
 Cerebellum- controls coordination
 Corpus callosum- fibers thicken
 Connects left brain to right brain
 Improves problem solving
 Prefrontal cortex- develops into the 20s
 Helps plan ahead/think of consequences
 Rely on amygdala to make less rational decisions
The Concept of Adolescence
 What is adolescence?
 Time between normal onset of puberty and the
beginning of adulthood
 Not children, but not adults
 Ages: Roughly 12-19 years old
 Not universal
 Coming of age ceremonies
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Tattoos, demonstration of strength/endurance
 Recent phenomenon
 Post Civil War
 Three important factors
 1. Education
 2. Exclusion from the labor force
 3. Juvenile justice system
Education
 State laws require education until the age of 16
 18 in Nebraska
 College
 Graduate School
 Usually dependent on others during this time
What’s the Difference?
VS.
Labor Force
 Most states have laws on age limit: 16
 Part time jobs
 Adolescence usually lack experience
Juvenile Justice System
 Separate Legal system
Characteristics of Adolescence
 5 factors
 Biological growth and development
 Undefined status
 Increased decision making
 Increased pressures
 Search for self
Ambassadors
 First group = Home Group
 Second Group = Subgroup
 Subgroup 1: Biological Growth and Development (111)
 Subgroup 2: Undefined Status (112)
 Subgroup 3: Increased Pressures (112)
 Subgroup 4: The Search for Self (113)
Increased Decision Making
 Short term and long term decisions
 What classes to take
 What groups/teams to join
 Should you go to college?
 What do you want to do when you graduate?
 Voting/Donating Blood
Biological Growth and
Development
 Marked by the onset of puberty
 Biological not cultural
 Controlled by the brain and endocrine system
 Group of glands that produce hormones
 Early teens
 Growth spurts, voice changes, sexual development,
complexion problems
 Time of embarrassment if development is faster or
slower than others
Undefined Status
 Vague expectations from society
 Treated as children and/or adults
 16 to marry
 18 to vote
 21 to drink
 Are older people accepting or critical of adolescence?
Michael Dunn
Candy Crush and Facebook
Memorial Stadium
 We are senior citizens and have enjoyed Big Red
football ever since Bob Devaney came in 1962- 334
football games.
We think the new stadium sound system is great;
however, it was so loud we could hardly talk to each
other. People could probably hear it in Crete!
Come on. Turn it down halfway, and by the way it
would be nice to have some wonderful music instead
of all this hip-hop hogwash…the kind that Dr. Tom
Osborne could enjoy.
-Charley Ackerman, Milford
Pinnacle Bank Arena
 I enjoy the pep band and the student Red Zone and the
enthusiasm they bring to the games, but I have been
disappointed at the last two home games concerning a new
practice by the Red Zone. I refer to the loud cheering of
“HUSKER POWER” during the introduction of the visiting
team.
This seems rude and unsportsmanlike on our part. If other
Big Ten teams do this sort of thing, then shame on them.
Nebraska fans have a reputation for being good fans. I
would hope that the reputation would not be tarnished.
-Jean Peck
Increased Pressure
 Balance between parents and peer pressure
 Pressures from school: class, grades, activities
 Fads and fashions
 Establish relationships
 Finding jobs
Fads and fashions
 Even influences college football!
The Search for Self
 Mature enough to think of what you want in life, figure
out values, personal norms, and priorities
 Anticipatory Socialization
 Learning the rights, obligations, and expectations of a
role to prepare for that role in the future
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Part time job
Club membership
Dating
Results May Vary
 Adolescence is not the same for everyone
 Economic status
 Family
 Place of residence
 Race
 Culture
 Religion
Tomorrow
 People who did not take the test on Friday will do so
tomorrow
 Notes over Section 2: Teenagers and Dating