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Table of Contents

Gowri Parameswaran

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

A PERSONAL NOTE TO THE READER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ADOLESCENCE

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. The Teenage Mystique: Neither Child nor Adult
    1. The Raging Hormones: A Biological View
    2. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 1
  4. Problems with Brain Analysis
    1. The Psychological Perspective
    2. The Psychoanalysts
    3. The Cognitive View of Youth
    4. Ecological Theories
  5. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 2
  6. Recent Critical Perspectives on Adolescence
    1. Historical Perspectives of Adolescence
    2. Postmodernist Critiques
    3. Sociological Perspectives
    4. Political Perspectives.
    5. Aesthetic/Literary Perspectives
  7. Conclusion
  8. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 3
  9. Glossary of Terms
  10. References

CHAPTER 2: METHODS IN ADOLESCENCE RESEARCH

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. Introduction
    1. Ideological Differences in Methodology
    2. A History of Research Methods
  4. Research Strategies in the Social Sciences
    1. Systematic Observation
    2. Self-Reports/Interviews
    3. Survey Studies
    4. The Case Study Method
    5. Experimental Studies
    6. Time Frames for Conducting Studies
  5. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 1
  6. Tools and Techniques Specific to Disciplines
      1. Biological;
        1. Contrast Radiography
        2. Computerized Axial Tomography Scan
        3. Positron Tomography Scans
        4. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI):
    2. Historical Method
    3. Postmodern Methodology
    4. Sociology & Cultural Anthropology
  7. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 2
  8. Data Collection and Analysis
    1. Quantitative Data
    2. Qualitative Method
  9. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 3
  10. An Illustration of a Problem and its Exploration in Various Disciplines
    1. Problem
    2. Examples of Studies on Recycling Behaviors
  11. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 4
  12. Glossary of Terms
  13. References

CHAPTER 3: PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMBODIED GENDER IN ADOLESCENCE

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. Biological Changes:
    1. Brain Development and the Role of Toxic Stress
    2. Puberty
    3. Changes in Physical Stature During Adolescence
    4. The Timing of Puberty and the Secular Trend
  4. Puberty and Gender
    1. Silence around Menarche
    2. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 1
  5. Youth and their Bodies
    1. Body Dysmorphic Disorders and Eating Disorders
    2. Factors that Lead to Disordered Eating
    3. Interventions
    4. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 2
  6. Obesity
    1. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 3
  7. The Postmodern Perspective and Fat Acceptance
  8. Critical Disability Studies
  9. Sports and its Impact
  10. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 6
  11. Glossary of Terms
  12. References

CHAPTER 4: COGNITIVE CHANGE AND SCHOOLING

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. Introduction
  4. Biopsychological Frameworks
    1. Brain Development
  5. Cognitive Change During Adolescence
    1. Piaget and Cognitive Constructivism
      1. Assessment of Piaget’s Theory and its Uses
    2. Vygotsky and his theory of Cognitive Development
    3. Improvements in Information Processing
  6. Technology in the Classroom
  7. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 1
  8. The Social-Historical Context of Learning
    1. A Brief History of Schooling in the USA
    2. Public Schooling and Equity
    3. The New Assaults on Schooling
  9. The Schools to Prisons Pipeline
    1. Addressing the Schools to Prisons Pipeline
  10. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 2
  11. The New Educational Reform Movements
    1. Schooling and Privatization
  12. Conclusion
  13. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 3
  14. Glossary of Terms
  15. References

 

CHAPTER 5: MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. Introduction: Leisure and its Possibilities
    1. The Post-war Origins of Youth Leisure Today
    2. The Explosion of Commercial Media
  4. How Media Constructs Adolescent Needs
  5. Violent Video Games, Sexism and Youth Aggression
  6. Sexuality in Commercial Media
  7. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 1
  8. Representation and Difference
    1. Gender
    2. Race and Ethnicity
    3. LGBTQIA+ Youth
    4. Youth with Disabilities
    5. Social Class
    6. Conclusion
  9. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 2
  10. Digital Media and Youth
    1. Cell Phones, Social Media and Adolescents
    2. Communication and Sexting
  11. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 3
  12. Media Literacy and Youth Media Production
  13. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 4
  14. Conclusion
  15. Glossary of Terms
  16. References

CHAPTER 6: FAMILY AND SOCIAL CLASS

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. A Historical Review of the Family
    1. The Communal Family
    2. The Early European Settlers in The Americas
    3. The Early Industrial Era
    4. The Birth of the Nuclear Family
  4. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 1
  5. A Sociological View of the Family
    1. Socioeconomic Status and Poverty
    2. Immigrant Families, Policy and Impact on Youth
    3. Undocumented Youth
  6. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 2
  7. Psychological Framework Exploring Family Dynamics
    1. Attachment Theory
    2. Parenting Styles
    3. Social Class and Parenting Behaviors
  8. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 3
  9. Child Maltreatment
    1. Consequences of Child Maltreatment
    2. Factors that Contribute to Abuse
    3. Interventions
  10. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 4
  11. Healthy Families Through Evidence-based Social Policies
  12. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 5
  13. Glossary of Terms
  14. References

 

CHAPTER 7: EMOTIONAL LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. Introduction
    1. Emotional Self-Regulation and Relationships
  4. Friendships
    1. Intimacy
    2. Dating
      1. Violence in Dating Relationships
  5. Romantic Relationships
  6. Sociological Frameworks Exploring Relationships
    1. Social Reproduction Theory (SRT)
    2. School Status and Maintenance
    3. Fostering Interethnic Friendships
  7. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 2
  8. Issues Related to Relationships and Intimacy
  9. Cyber-bullying
    1. Strategies for Addressing Bullying
  10. Sexuality Education
  11. Coping with Loss and Grieving
  12. Conclusion
  13. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 3
  14. Glossary of Terms
  15. Reference

CHAPTER 8: SELF & IDENTITY DEVELOPMENT

  1. Introduction
  2. Psychological Exploration of the Self
    1. o Self-concept
    2. o The Social Construction of the Self
    3. o Self in the Digital World
    4. o Identity: A Psychological Exploration
  3. Privilege, Under-representation, and Identity
    1. o Identity Formation: Ethnicity and Race
    2. o Helm’s Theory of White Identity Development
    3. o Black Identity Development
    4. o Other Minoritized Groups
    5. o Non-normative Sexuality and Identity
    6. o Non-normative Gender Identity Development
    7. o Immigrant Youth
    8. o Youth with Disabilities
  4. Conclusion
  5. Glossary of Terms
  6. References

CHAPTER 9: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES

  1. Introduction
  2. Psychological Behavioral Perspectives of Mental Illness
    1. o The History of the DSM
    2. o Common Mental Health Disorders
    3. o Internalizing Disorders
      1. Suicides
      2. Mood Disorders and Anxiety
      3. Depression
      4. Anxiety
      5. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
      6. Other Internalizing Disorders
    4. o Externalizing Disorders
      1. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity
      2. Oppositional
    5. o Other Mental Illnesses
      1. Substance Use Disorders
    6. The Social Historical Perspective
      1. o History of Mental Illness
    7. Moral Panic & Youth Mental Health
    8. Facilitating Healthy Adolescence
      1. o Psychological Instability & Youth
      2. o Social Contextual Approaches
      3. o Childcare
      4. o Decolonization of Mental Health
    9. Glossary of Terms
    10. References

CHAPTER 10: YOUTH & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. An Introduction to Theories of Justice
    1. A Historical Exploration of Justice
    2. Philosophers on Morality
  4. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 1
  5. Psychological Frameworks
    1. The Cognitive Researchers
    2. The Development of Empathy
    3. The Morality of Disobedience
  6. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 2
  7. Civic Engagement
    1. Citizenship
    2. Activism
      1. The Movement for Black Lives:
      2. Occupy Wall Street
      3. Trans Activism
      4. Gun Control Advocacy
      5. Climate Change Movement
  8. Conclusion
  9. Review and Reflect: Learning Goal 3
  10. Glossary of Terms
  11. References

CHAPTER 11: CASE STUDIES AND INTEGRATING THE CHAPTERS

  1. Learning Goals
  2. Chapter Outline
  3. Introduction to Using Case Studies
  4. Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning
  5. Case Studies
    1. Ahmed:
    2. Sophia
    3. Jonathan
    4. Angela
    5. Keira
    6. Robin
    7. Javed
    8. Shefali
    9. Tara
    10. Jared
  6. Concluding Reflections
  7. References
  8. Glossary of Terms

 

 

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