Skip to main content
Humanities LibreTexts

17.7: Chapter 7. Adolescence

  • Page ID
    310061
  • \( \newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \)

    \( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash {#1}}} \)

    \( \newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\) \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)

    ( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\) \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\)

    \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\) \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\)

    \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\) \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\)

    \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\)

    \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)

    \( \newcommand{\id}{\mathrm{id}}\)

    \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\)

    \( \newcommand{\kernel}{\mathrm{null}\,}\)

    \( \newcommand{\range}{\mathrm{range}\,}\)

    \( \newcommand{\RealPart}{\mathrm{Re}}\)

    \( \newcommand{\ImaginaryPart}{\mathrm{Im}}\)

    \( \newcommand{\Argument}{\mathrm{Arg}}\)

    \( \newcommand{\norm}[1]{\| #1 \|}\)

    \( \newcommand{\inner}[2]{\langle #1, #2 \rangle}\)

    \( \newcommand{\Span}{\mathrm{span}}\) \( \newcommand{\AA}{\unicode[.8,0]{x212B}}\)

    \( \newcommand{\vectorA}[1]{\vec{#1}}      % arrow\)

    \( \newcommand{\vectorAt}[1]{\vec{\text{#1}}}      % arrow\)

    \( \newcommand{\vectorB}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \)

    \( \newcommand{\vectorC}[1]{\textbf{#1}} \)

    \( \newcommand{\vectorD}[1]{\overrightarrow{#1}} \)

    \( \newcommand{\vectorDt}[1]{\overrightarrow{\text{#1}}} \)

    \( \newcommand{\vectE}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash{\mathbf {#1}}}} \)

    \( \newcommand{\vecs}[1]{\overset { \scriptstyle \rightharpoonup} {\mathbf{#1}} } \)

    \( \newcommand{\vecd}[1]{\overset{-\!-\!\rightharpoonup}{\vphantom{a}\smash {#1}}} \)

    \(\newcommand{\avec}{\mathbf a}\) \(\newcommand{\bvec}{\mathbf b}\) \(\newcommand{\cvec}{\mathbf c}\) \(\newcommand{\dvec}{\mathbf d}\) \(\newcommand{\dtil}{\widetilde{\mathbf d}}\) \(\newcommand{\evec}{\mathbf e}\) \(\newcommand{\fvec}{\mathbf f}\) \(\newcommand{\nvec}{\mathbf n}\) \(\newcommand{\pvec}{\mathbf p}\) \(\newcommand{\qvec}{\mathbf q}\) \(\newcommand{\svec}{\mathbf s}\) \(\newcommand{\tvec}{\mathbf t}\) \(\newcommand{\uvec}{\mathbf u}\) \(\newcommand{\vvec}{\mathbf v}\) \(\newcommand{\wvec}{\mathbf w}\) \(\newcommand{\xvec}{\mathbf x}\) \(\newcommand{\yvec}{\mathbf y}\) \(\newcommand{\zvec}{\mathbf z}\) \(\newcommand{\rvec}{\mathbf r}\) \(\newcommand{\mvec}{\mathbf m}\) \(\newcommand{\zerovec}{\mathbf 0}\) \(\newcommand{\onevec}{\mathbf 1}\) \(\newcommand{\real}{\mathbb R}\) \(\newcommand{\twovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\ctwovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\threevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cthreevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\mattwo}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{rr}#1 \amp #2 \\ #3 \amp #4 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\laspan}[1]{\text{Span}\{#1\}}\) \(\newcommand{\bcal}{\cal B}\) \(\newcommand{\ccal}{\cal C}\) \(\newcommand{\scal}{\cal S}\) \(\newcommand{\wcal}{\cal W}\) \(\newcommand{\ecal}{\cal E}\) \(\newcommand{\coords}[2]{\left\{#1\right\}_{#2}}\) \(\newcommand{\gray}[1]{\color{gray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\lgray}[1]{\color{lightgray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\rank}{\operatorname{rank}}\) \(\newcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\col}{\text{Col}}\) \(\renewcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\nul}{\text{Nul}}\) \(\newcommand{\var}{\text{Var}}\) \(\newcommand{\corr}{\text{corr}}\) \(\newcommand{\len}[1]{\left|#1\right|}\) \(\newcommand{\bbar}{\overline{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bhat}{\widehat{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bperp}{\bvec^\perp}\) \(\newcommand{\xhat}{\widehat{\xvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\vhat}{\widehat{\vvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\uhat}{\widehat{\uvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\what}{\widehat{\wvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\Sighat}{\widehat{\Sigma}}\) \(\newcommand{\lt}{<}\) \(\newcommand{\gt}{>}\) \(\newcommand{\amp}{&}\) \(\definecolor{fillinmathshade}{gray}{0.9}\)

    6.7.1. Exercise 1-Listening Comprehension

    1. d

    2. b

    3. c

    6.7.2. Exercise 2-Reading Comprehension

    1. c

    2. b

    3. a

    4. b

    6.7.3. Grammar Presentation

    1. Unfortunately, no matter how you feel [object], you cannot choose when you will start to experience changes or what will happen [object]. (Paragraph 1)

    2. You begin to think more often about abstract ideas, such as love and beauty, rather than thinking just about what you can see and feel [object of a preposition]. (Paragraph 4)

    3. If I asked you when you were seven years old what your favorite song was [object], you might respond with a song from the 80s or 90s. (Paragraph 5)

    4. This is what people usually refer to [object] when talking about “puberty.” (Paragraph 6)

    5. These are just a few examples of how much your body changes during this time period [object of a preposition]. (Paragraph 7)

    6. Why you feel these things [subject] can seem like a mystery. (Paragraph 8)

    7. In fact, it’s always good to talk about what you’re going through [object of a preposition]. (Paragraph 10)

    8. You might feel like you don’t recognize yourself and have no control over what’s happening[object of a preposition]. (Paragraph 10)

    9. The more people talk about these things, the more everyone will realize how normal it is [object]. (Paragraph 10)

    6.7.4. Exercise 3-Sentence Completion

    1. b

    2. c

    3. b

    4. b

    5. c

    6. b

    7. b

    8. a

    9. c

    10. b

    11. b

    12. a

    13. b

    14. a

    15. b

    16. a

    6.7.5. Exercise 4-Objects of Prepositions

    1. I think about where I will see him.

    2. I was surprised about who your teacher is.

    3. I am unaware of whose car he was driving.

    4. I am interested in why they are smiling.

    5. I am proud of where you are in your career.

    6.7.6. Exercise 5-Editing Embedded Questions

    All children around the world eventually become adolescents; however, when their coming of age is celebrated depends on their culture. In the Jewish faith, 12 to 13-year-old boys and girls participate in a celebration called a Bar and Bat Mitzvah. Jewish historians offer many theories on how this celebration began, but it rose in importance during the 18th and 19th centuries. In the Christian faith, 14-year-old boys and girls participate in the ritual of confirmation. Confirmation is what signals that the adolescent is a full member of society. A girl’s 15th birthday is when many Latin American cultures celebrate a girl’s passage to womanhood. However, various Latin American cultures differ in how they celebrate the Quinceañera. Finally, the United States celebrates boys and girls at 16 years old (“sweet sixteen”). Why adolescents are celebrated at 16 in America is unknown, but some speculate that 16 gives adolescents freedom since they are allowed to get their driver’s license. Becoming an adult means having the freedom to choose what you want to do with life. However, these ceremonies mean taking new responsibilities. What these ceremonies demonstrate is that becoming an adult is an entire community of friends, family, and neighbors.


    This page titled 17.7: Chapter 7. Adolescence is shared under a CC BY 4.0 license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by Rebecca Al Haider via source content that was edited to the style and standards of the LibreTexts platform.