Adolescence is a transition period between childhood and adulthood that is marked by puberty and physical changes. There are cultural rites of passage that signify becoming an adult. G. Stanley Hall viewed adolescence as a stressful time, but Margaret Mead argued that problems were caused more by industrialized society than adolescence itself. Hormones trigger puberty which includes growth spurts and development of secondary sex characteristics like breasts and pubic hair in girls and boys respectively. Teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases are social issues during adolescence.

1. By: Nate, Kevin, Anna, and Corey

2.  Adolescence is the transition period between
child and adult.
 The end of adolescence and the start of
adulthood is blurry
 Different cultures have initiation rites
marking becoming an adult such as
 Bar-mitzvah
 Bat-mitzvah
 Birthdays
 Graduations
 Weddings

3.  G Stanley Hall’s Theory:
 Thought adolescence was like a full grown animal
in a cage, knowing freedom without experiencing
it.
 Adolescence is a transitional stage
 Thought adolescence was stressful and stormy
 Opposition thought adolescence is not
discontinuous
 Margret Mead:
 1935-Adolescence was not storm and stress and
that problems came from industrialized society.

4.  Hormones trigger internal and external changes
 Puberty starts
 Girls: ages 8-10
 Boys: ages 9-16
 Everyone gets a growth spurt before puberty
 Peak for growth
 Girls: 12
 Boys: 14
 Boys and girls get fatty tissue before their growth
spurt.
 Boys loose the fatty tissue as they grow
 Girls grow into the fatty tissue

5.  Breasts and waists fill out
 Grow pubic hair
 Ages 10-17 is when first menstrual period
happens
 In 12-18 months the menstrual period
becomes normal and able to conceive a child

6.  Age 12 get pubic hair and larger genitals
 Ages 12-13 have 1st ejaculation
 Boy’s growth spurt happens 24-27 months
after girl’s growth spurt but lasts longer.
 At growth spurt
 Broader shoulders
 Trunk fills out
 More muscle tissue
 Larger heart and lungs
 Voice deepens
 Grow hair on face and chest

7.  Develops attitudes about sex and expectations
for gender roles
 Culture patterns about sex have changed from
generation to generation
 Some cultures keep children in the dark about
sex until marriage
 Middle and upper class females are more
sexually active then they were 30 years ago
 Teen pregnancies have been a rising social issue
 Aids is a problem in the world today even though
it is just beginning to decline in the United
States