Adolescent, The: Development, Relationships, and Culture, 14th edition

Published by Pearson (June 11, 2017) © 2018
Kim G. Dolgin

Title overview

Dynamic content designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn brings concepts to life
  • Integrated within the narrative, interactives empower students to engage with concepts and take an active role in learning. Revel's unique presentation of media as an intrinsic part of course content brings the hallmark features of Pearson's bestselling titles to life. Revel's media interactives have been designed to be completed quickly, so students stay focused and on task.
  • End-of-chapter quizzing affords students opportunities to check their understanding before moving on.
  • The Revel mobile app lets students read, practice, and study — anywhere, anytime, on any device. Content is available both online and offline, and the app syncs work across all registered devices automatically, giving students great flexibility to toggle between phone, tablet, and laptop as they move through their day. The app also lets students set assignment notifications to stay on top of all due dates.
  • Revel’s writing functionality enables educators to introduce writing — among the best ways to foster and assess critical thinking — into the course without significantly impacting their grading burden. Self-paced Journaling Prompts throughout the narrative encourage students to express their thoughts without breaking stride in their reading. Assignable Shared Writing Activities direct students to share written responses with classmates, fostering peer discussion.
  • Highlighting, note taking, and a glossary let students read and study however they like. Educators can add notes for students, too, including reminders or study tips.

An integrated approach and engaging features help students relate to course material
  • This text examines and integrates all facets of adolescent development — including physical, social, ethnic, sexual, and economic — in order to provide students a well-rounded view of the field.
  • A wide variety of ethnic, racial, and cultural groups are discussed throughout the text, reflecting the diversity of the adolescent population.
  • Cross-Cultural Concerns boxes show comparisons between different racial and ethnic groups on a wide variety of subjects.
  • Highlight boxes focus on current research issues in areas that are likely to be personally relevant to students — including computer gaming, self-esteem, and career decisions — boosting engagement with key course material.
  • Thought Questions at the end of each chapter encourage students to reflect on their own adolescent years. Divided into three categories — Personal Reflection, Group Discussion, and Class Debate — these questions prompt students to think critically about the issues discussed.
  • Personal Issues boxes throughout the text discuss contemporary topics that may be of particular interest to students.
  • The final section of text cover common problems in adolescence — such as substance abuse, running away, suicide and depression, and delinquency. These topics are helpful to discuss so that students can achieve a well-rounded view of adolescence.
  • The text’s epilogue discusses the differences between adolescence and young adulthood, encouraging students to think about where they are where they’ll soon be headed. It also incorporates the most current thinking about emerging adulthood, a new stage of life that often follows adolescence in many modern societies.
  • Pedagogical tools in every chapter guide students through the text.
    • Chapter outlines and key terms help reinforce student learning.
    • Chapter summaries at the end of the each chapter help students review what they’ve learned.
    • Suggested reading lists guide students who wish to explore topics presented in the chapter in more depth.

New and updated content ensures an up-to-date learning experience
  • NEW! In the Fourteenth Edition, author Kim Dolgin presents a more global emphasis, and includes more non-American examples. In addition, additional coverage of international issues has been incorporated where relevant throughout the text.
  • NEW! The effects of technology and the digital world on the adolescent are examined to a greater degree than in the previous edition.
  • NEW! To maintain the relevancy of the text, author Kim Dolgin includes coverage of recent events and developments affecting adolescents. For instance, the Fourteenth Edition offers discussions of the growing acceptance of homo- and bisexuality and changing attitudes and laws concerning marijuana use, and many other important current issues.
  • NEW! Additional coverage of biological theory and research has been incorporated into the text, in order to reflect the huge upticks these perspectives have seen in recent years.
  • NEW! The Fourteenth Edition has been thoroughly revised to include the latest research, data and terminology. Approximately 1350 new reference citations, taken from the most up-to-the-minute research on adolescents’ growth, development, and behavior, appear throughout the text. In addition, all data and terminology have been updated to be as current as possible.

Superior assignability and tracking tools help educators make sure students are completing their reading and understanding core concepts
  • Revel’s assignment calendar allows educators to indicate precisely which readings must be completed on which dates. This clear, detailed schedule helps students stay on task by eliminating any ambiguity as to which material will be covered during each class. When they understand exactly what is expected of them, students are better motivated to keep up.
  • Revel’s performance dashboard empowers educators to monitor class assignment completion as well as individual student achievement. Actionable information, such as points earned on quizzes and tests and time on task, helps educators intersect with their students in meaningful ways. For example, the trending column reveals whether students' grades are improving or declining, helping educators to identify students who might need help to stay on track.
  • Revel’s Blackboard Learn™ integration provides institutions, instructors, and students easy access to their Revel courses. With single sign-on, students can be ready to access Revel’s interactive blend of authors' narrative, media, and assessment on their first day. Flexible, on-demand grade synchronization capabilities allow educators to control exactly which Revel grades should be transferred to the Blackboard Gradebook.
Dynamic content designed for the way today's students read, think, and learn brings concepts to life
  • Integrated within the narrative, interactives empower students to engage with concepts and take an active role in learning. Revel's unique presentation of media as an intrinsic part of course content brings the hallmark features of Pearson's bestselling titles to life. Revel's media interactives have been designed to be completed quickly, so students stay focused and on task.
  • End-of-chapter quizzing affords students opportunities to check their understanding before moving on.
  • The Revel mobile app lets students read, practice, and study — anywhere, anytime, on any device. Content is available both online and offline, and the app syncs work across all registered devices automatically, giving students great flexibility to toggle between phone, tablet, and laptop as they move through their day. The app also lets students set assignment notifications to stay on top of all due dates.
  • Revel’s writing functionality enables educators to introduce writing — among the best ways to foster and assess critical thinking — into the course without significantly impacting their grading burden. Self-paced Journaling Prompts throughout the narrative encourage students to express their thoughts without breaking stride in their reading. Assignable Shared Writing Activities direct students to share written responses with classmates, fostering peer discussion.
  • Highlighting, note taking, and a glossary let students read and study however they like. Educators can add notes for students, too, including reminders or study tips.

New and updated content ensures an up-to-date learning experience
  • In the Fourteenth Edition, author Kim Dolgin presents a more global emphasis, and includes more non-American examples. In addition, additional coverage of international issues has been incorporated where relevant throughout the text.
  • The effects of technology and the digital world on the adolescent are examined to a greater degree than in the previous edition.
  • To maintain the relevancy of the text, author Kim Dolgin includes coverage of recent events and developments affecting adolescents. For instance, the Fourteenth Edition offers discussions of the growing acceptance of homo- and bisexuality and changing attitudes and laws concerning marijuana use, and many other important current issues.
  • Additional coverage of biological theory and research has been incorporated into the text, in order to reflect the huge upticks these perspectives have seen in recent years.
  • The Fourteenth Edition has been thoroughly revised to include the latest research, data and terminology. Approximately 1350 new reference citations, taken from the most up-to-the-minute research on adolescents’ growth, development, and behavior, appear throughout the text. In addition, all data and terminology have been updated to be as current as possible.

Included throughout the Fourteenth Edition, the following new and expanded topics keep the text current
  • 1. The Social Context of Adolescence
    • The global face of adolescence
    • Commonalities of the adolescent experience
    • Expanded coverage of 20th century youth cohorts
    • Global need for employment opportunities for youth
    • The digital divide
    • Technology in the classroom
    • Growing acceptance of homo- and bisexuality
    • Effects of violent video games
    • Teens who attack family members
    • Time-lag research designs
  • 2. Adolescents in Theoretical Context
    • Gap years and volunteer tourism
    • Resurgence of biological approach to understanding adolescence (evolutionary and genetic models)
    • The chronosystem
  • 3. Adolescent Diversity
    • Changes in make-up of American ethnic groups
    • Arab Americans and Arab American Adolescents
    • Rural poverty
    • Increases in youth homelessness
    • Institutional vs. individual vs. internal racism
    • Micro-aggression
    • Assets vs resources in resiliency
    • Residential segregation and educational inequality
    • (Subcontinent) Indian American adolescents
    • Arab American adolescents
    • Asylees
  • 4. Body Issues
    • Hazards of early maturation in boys
    • Theories as to why early maturation is risky
    • Global adolescent health concerns
    • Adolescent use of energy drinks
  • 5. Cognitive Development
    • Multitasking and polychronicity
    • Neurological approach to cognitive development
    • Dual process model of decision making
    • King’s model of epistemic reasoning
    • Classic theories of intelligence
    • Emotional intelligence
    • The ACT test
  • 6. Self-Concept, Identity, Ethnicity, and Gender
    • The ideal self
    • Relative deprivation and self-esteem
    • Adams’ perspective on the functions of identity
    • The searching moratorium identity state (Meeus’ perspective)
    • Racial and ethnic identity
    • Racial identification, constancy, and affirmation
    • Preventing radicalization of Western youth
    • Caucasian ethnic and racial identity
    • The role of expectation and beliefs in gender development
    • Negative vs positive androgyny
  • 7. The Development of Moral Values
    • Education and moral development
    • Adolescents’ own views on morality
    • Moral identity
    • Parental expectations and moral development
    • Non-religious spirituality and moral development
    • Adolescents’ conceptions of democracy
    • Racial/ethnic differences in political attitudes
    • Adolescents’ views of universal human rights
    • The evolution of moral education
    • Haidt’s perspective on moral education (moral foundations theory)
    • Academic cheating in both high school and college
  • 8. Relationships with Family Members
    • Chinese American “Tiger Parents”
    • Over-parenting/helicopter parents
    • Parental acceptance and teen self-disclosure
    • Routine vs. personal self-disclosure
    • De Identification and separation from older siblings
    • Benefits to teens of having involved grandparents
    • Emotional abuse
  • 9. Different Family Patterns
    • Post-divorce economic resources
    • Lifetime effects of divorce
    • Historical overview of custody decisions
    • Three generation households
    • Health outcomes of being reared in a one-parent family
    • Effect of step-siblings on other family relationships
  • 10. Being a Member of the Adolescent Subculture
    • Characteristics of the Adolescent Subculture
    • Popularity and club participation
    • SES divide in extra-curricular participation
    • School racial composition and school crowds
    • Goth subculture
    • Hipsters
    • Why bullying goes unreported
    • Global perspective on cyberbullying
    • Parents’ and friends’ influences on dating behavior
    • Common reasons for cohabiting
    • The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act
    • The waning of the adolescent car culture
    • Sexting
    • Functions/effects of listening to music
  • 11. Sexual Behaviors
    • Global perspective on the sexual double standard
    • Hooking up
    • The American Academy of Obstetricians recommendation for adolescent contraception
    • Emergency contraception
    • Current usage of the Gardasil vaccine
    • Decline in adolescent pregnancy
    • Public interest in sex education
    • Current sex education requirements
  • 12. Education and School
    • Historical beginning of secondary education in the U.S.
    • Changes to the No Child Left Behind Act
    • Re-emergence of tracking
    • Advanced Placement and dual-enrollment courses
    • Charter schools
    • GEDs
    • Alternative to traditional college education (e.g. MOOCs)
    • The rise of community colleges
  • 13. Work and Vocation
    • The happenstance-learning theory of career development
    • Career self-efficacy
    • Stereotype threat and career selection
    • New explanations as to why girls avoid science careers
    • Global youth employment concerns
  • 14. Adolescent Stress and Alienation
    • Components of alienation
    • Characteristics of runaways
    • Global youth homelessness
    • Genetic contributions to gender differences in depression
    • Events that trigger girls’ and boys’ depression
    • Treatments for non-suicidal self-injurious behavior
    • Help for those who are grieving
    • Binge-eating disorder
    • Genetic influences on delinquency
  • 15. Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Dependency
    • Consequences of narcotic use
    • The changing legal status of marijuana
    • Salvia use
    • Global perspective on youth drug use
    • Treating drug use with ecological family therapy and motivational interviewing
    • E-cigarettes
  • 16. Epilogue
    • Acquiring responsibility through youth development programs
    • Personality changes that accompany psychological maturity

Superior assignability and tracking tools help educators make sure students are completing their reading and understanding core concepts
  • Revel’s assignment calendar allows educators to indicate precisely which readings must be completed on which dates. This clear, detailed schedule helps students stay on task by eliminating any ambiguity as to which material will be covered during each class. When they understand exactly what is expected of them, students are better motivated to keep up.
  • Revel’s performance dashboard empowers educators to monitor class assignment completion as well as individual student achievement. Actionable information, such as points earned on quizzes and tests and time on task, helps educators intersect with their students in meaningful ways. For example, the trending column reveals whether students' grades are improving or declining, helping educators to identify students who might need help to stay on track.
  • Revel’s Blackboard Learn™ integration provides institutions, instructors, and students easy access to their Revel courses. With single sign-on, students can be ready to access Revel’s interactive blend of authors' narrative, media, and assessment on their first day. Flexible, on-demand grade synchronization capabilities allow educators to control exactly which Revel grades should be transferred to the Blackboard Gradebook.

Table of contents

1. The Social Context of Adolescence
2. Adolescents in Theoretical Context
3. Adolescent Diversity
4. Body Issues
5. Cognitive Development
6. Self-Concept, Identity, Ethnicity, and Gender
7. The Development of Moral Values
8. Relationships with Family Members
9. Different Family Patterns
10. Being a Member of the Adolescent Subculture
11. Sexual Behaviors
12. Education and School
13. Work and Vocation
14. Adolescent Stress and Alienation
15. Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Dependency
16. Epilogue

Author bios

Kim Dolgin received her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. She majored in biology and physical anthropology as an undergrad, completed a masters in evolutionary biology, and then went on for a Ph.D. in psychology there. Her first full-time academic position was as an assistant professor at the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota, and it was there that she initially became interested in adolescent psychology. Later, she moved to Ohio Wesleyan University, where she continued to teach Adolescent Psychology, and also taught Child Psychology and Human Sexuality. She ended her teaching career at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, lecturing in both the College of Education and in the College of Science’s psychology departments. Her research has spanned diverse topics: from comparative cognition to parent-child, sibling, and friendship relationships, to music perception, to the development of higher-order reasoning capabilities, to cyber-bullying. She is the recipient of three university-wide teaching awards. Now semi-retired, Kim is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys bird watching, traveling, and participating in community service projects.
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