Culture

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high correlation between high amounts of internet/tv activity and this

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obesity, passivity

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ethnocentrism

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we learn how to favor our own culture, more than having a sense of pride or dignity about where you come from, but also includes having negative attitudes and opinions about groups that are different from your own

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Cross-cultural studies

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comparing research across different cultures, recognizing that there are some things that are universal and some things that are culture-specific, we don’t really have ways of measuring intelligence that are not culture-specific

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individualism

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emphasizing self as the most important part of a society, priority in an individualistic culture is personal achievement, not about the group; things like autonomy, the right to choose, having independence, competitive, people are pitted against each other and have to out-perform one another, about personal power, individual achievement; Canada, U.S., Great Britain

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collectivism

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China, India, Japan, Mexico; all about the values that take care of the common good and everybody, affiliation, being a part of a group outside of yourself, interdependence, balance of dependence on one another and independence ; cooperation, mutual respect, people are equals, relationships, intimacy, loyalty, are front and center, most valued

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higher rates of problem behaviors occur in this type of culture

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individualistic

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the country in which adolescents have the largest about of unstructured/discretionary time

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U.S.

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percentage of unstructured/discretionary time adolescents in the U.S. have

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40-50%

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the amount of time teenagers have spent watching tv by the time they graduate high school

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2,000 hours

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the amount of time on average teenagers spend per day with some type of electronic media

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6 and a half hours

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the amount of time per day on average that teenagers spend on their homework

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less than an hour

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the amount of time per day on average that teenagers spend with their families

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about 2 hours

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the amount of time per day on average that teenagers spend media multitasking

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8 hours

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media multitasking

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using more than one type of media at a time

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amount of teenagers that have visited pornography sites

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almost half

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amount of teens that are are exposed to unwanted pornography or sexual material on the internet

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almost 2/3

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percentage of teenagers that visit websites that promote hate groups or hate activities

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25%

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percentage of teenagers that visit groups that promote aggression (making bombs, etc.)

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12%

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teens find it easier to do this online than in person

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self-disclose, in terms of intimacy and self-disclosure, this is a disadvantage/drawback

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rites of passage

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transitions from childhood to adulthood, initiation; initially to help adolescents have a clean separation from their families,
typically mostly boys from their mothers, instruction, incorporation back into the community

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most clear rite of passage in the U.S.

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graduation, in U.S. rites of passage are pretty ambiguous, unclear, even after graduation, still live with parents, still dependent in many ways

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in other global cultures, this is considered to be a dangerous and vulnerable time for a girl

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a girl’s first period is considered to be a dangerous time for her in terms of demons/spirits possessing her; gets sent off to seclusion for like 12 weeks, African and Northwest Amazon tribes

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fattening rooms

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girls between the ages of 14 and 16 in African cultures are sent here, to become more of an adult woman in physical appearance, romantic feelings towards water spirits; final rite of passage is that all of the adult men beat adolescent girls with sticks and if they can make it back to the tribe they are considered adults

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rite of passage in Kenya for adolescent boys

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public circumcision, then sent away to grow into their manhood

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The Vision Quest

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fasting, sweat lodges until hallucination, for Native Americans

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Socioeconomic Status (SES)

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grouping of people by occupation, education, or economic status, the more/higher of these they have, the more perceived “power” they have, significant impact on adolescence in terms of where/how you grew up and who you want to be

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percentage of kids under the age of 18 who come from parents under the poverty line

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17%, used to be as high as 25% in the 90s

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percentage of kids in single-mother headed households living in poverty

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42%

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percentage of kids in single-father headed households living in poverty

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18%

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percentage of kids in married households living in poverty

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8%

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percentage of African American families living in poverty

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33%

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percentage of Latino families living in poverty

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27%

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percentage of white families living in poverty

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10%

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parents with low SES

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higher interest in kids conforming to social standards/expectations, more authoritarian

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parents with higher SES

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children seen more as equal participants, more authoritative