首页
登录
职称英语
The period of adolescence, i.e., the period between childhood and adulthood,
The period of adolescence, i.e., the period between childhood and adulthood,
游客
2024-06-12
14
管理
问题
The period of adolescence, i.e., the period between childhood and adulthood, may be long or short, depending on social expectations and on society’s definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood. In primitive societies adolescence is frequently a relatively short period of time, while in industrial societies with patterns of prolonged education coupled with laws against child labor, the period of adolescence is much longer and may include most of the second decade of one’s life. Furthermore, the length of the adolescent period and the definition of adulthood status may change in a given society as social and economic conditions change. Examples of this type of change are the disappearance of the frontier in the latter part of the nineteenth century in the United States, and more universally, the industrialization of an agricultural society.
In modern society, ceremonies for adolescence have lost their formal recognition and symbolic significance and there no longer is agreement as to what constitutes initiation ceremonies. Social ones have been replaced by a sequence of steps that lead to increased recognition and social status. For example, grade school graduation, high school graduation and college graduation constitute such a sequence, and while each step implies certain behavioral changes and social recognition, the significance of each depends on the socio-economic status and the educational ambition of the individual. Ceremonies for adolescence have also been replaced by legal definitions of status roles, rights, privileges and responsibilities. It is during the nine years from the twelfth birthday to the twenty-first that the protective and restrictive aspects of childhood and minor status are removed and adult privileges and responsibilities are granted. The twelve-year-old is no longer considered a child and has to pay full fare for train, airplane, theater and movie tickets. Basically, the individual at this stage loses childhood privileges without gaining significant adult rights. At the age of sixteen the adolescent is granted certain adult fights which increase his social status by providing him with more freedom and choices. He now can obtain a driver’s license; he can leave public schools; and he can work without the restrictions of child labor laws. At the age of eighteen the law provides adult responsibilities as well as rights; the young man can now be a soldier, but he also can marry without parental permission. At the age of twenty-one the individual obtains his full legal rights as an adult. He now can vote, he can buy liquor, be can enter into financial contracts, and he is entitled to run for public office. No additional basic rights are acquired as a function of age after majority status has been attained. None of these legal provisions determine at what point adulthood had been reached but they do point to the prolonged period of adolescence. [br] Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
选项
A、One is considered to have reached adulthood when he has a driver’s license.
B、One is not free from the restrictions of child labor laws until he can join the army.
C、No one can marry without the permission of his parents until the age of twenty-one.
D、In the late 19th century in the United States the dividing line between adolescence and adulthood no longer existed.
答案
D
解析
见文章第1段,19世纪下半叶随着美国边疆开垦的结束,美国人青春期时间延长,与成年之间不再有明显界限。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3630145.html
相关试题推荐
Theperiodofadolescence,i.e.,theperiodbetweenchildhoodandadulthood,
Theperiodofadolescence,i.e.,theperiodbetweenchildhoodandadulthood,
Theperiodofadolescence,i.e.,theperiodbetweenchildhoodandadulthood,
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadcastingou
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadcastingou
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadcastingou
Fromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageasameansofbroadcastingou
Itiswrongto___________________________(把学生按家庭背景区分开).differentiatebetweens
[originaltext]M:Betweenthetwohomeswesawyesterday,whichonedoyouprefe
[originaltext]M:Betweenthetwohomeswesawyesterday,whichonedoyouprefe
随机试题
[originaltext]M:Hello,andwelcometoourprogram,"WorkingAbroad".Ourguest
Itisoftenobservedthattheagedspendmuchtimethinkingandtalkingabou
[originaltext]Wearenowlivinginaworldinwhichrobotsaretakingover
与垂体毗邻的结构为()A.蝶窦前壁上方近鼻中隔处 B.蝶窦后壁上方
会计核算提供的信息要简明、易懂,能简单地反应企业财务状况、经营成果和现金流量,能
《学记》提出教者也,长善而救其失者也,这句话体现的德育原则是()。A.发扬积
A.致育性质粒 B.Col质粒 C.R质粒 D.Vi质粒 E.M质粒编码
临床上去除龋坏组织的标准主要根据A.洞壁牙体组织的颜色深浅 B.洞壁牙体组织的
企业向投资者宣告发放现金股利,应在宣告时确认为费用。()
混合性血栓可见于A.延续性血栓体 B.动脉血栓头部 C.肾小球毛细血管内
最新回复
(
0
)